Introduction to Wave Phenomena
Published on 2. April 1985
Book
Hardback
356 pages
978-0-471-81440-5 (ISBN)
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
illustrations, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 777 mm
Width: 777 mm
Weight
709 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-81440-5 (9780471814405)
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Content
Review of Oscillations. Wave Motion. Some Mathematics. Mechanical Waves. Sound Waves in Solids, Liquids and Gases. Wave Reflection and Standing Waves. Spherical and Cylindrical Waves, Waves in Nonuniform Media, and Multidimensional Waves. Doppler Effect of Sound Waves and Shock Waves. Electromagnetic Waves. Radiation of Electromagnetic Waves. Interference and Diffraction. Geometrical Optics. Fourier Analyses and LaPlace Transformation. Particle Nature of Light. Nonlinear Waves. Solitons and Shocks. Appendixes. Bibliography. Index.