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Vibrations and waves in physics /

For the third edition of this successful undergraduate text, the author has made a number of changes to improve the presentation and clarify some of the arguments, and has also brought several of the applications up to date. The new material includes an elementary, descriptive introduction to the id...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:QC136 M3.4 1993
Autor principal: Main, Iain G., 1932- (autor)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge [England] : Cambridge University Press, 1993.
Edición:Tercera edición.
Temas:
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface to the first edition Preface to the second edition Preface to the third edition Notes for reference 1. Free vibrations
  • 2. Free vibrations in physics
  • 3. Damping
  • 4. Damping in physics
  • 5. Forced vibrations
  • 6. Forced vibrations in physics
  • 7. Anharmonic vibrations
  • 8. Two-coordinate vibrations
  • 9. Non-dispersive waves
  • 10. Non-dispersive waves in physics
  • 11. Fourier theory
  • 12. Dispersion
  • 13. Water waves
  • 14. Electromagnetic waves
  • 15. De Broglie waves
  • 16. Solitary waves
  • 17. Plane waves at boundaries
  • 18. Diffraction
  • Answers to problems and hints for solution
  • Constants and units
  • Index.