The Physics of Vibrations and Waves
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The Physics of Vibrations and Waves

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The Physics of Vibrations and Waves

About this book

The main theme of this highly successful book is that the transmission of energy by wave propogation is fundamental to almost every branch of physics. Therefore, besides giving students a thorough grounding in the theory of waves and vibrations, the book also demonstrates the pattern and unity of a large part of physics.

This new edition has been thoroughly revised and has been redeisgned to meet the best contemporary standards. It includes new material on electron waves in solids using the Kronig-Penney model to show how their allowed energies are limited to Brillouin zones, The role of phonons is also discussed. An Optical Transform is used to demonstrate the modern method of lens testing. In the last two chapters the sections on chaos and solitons have been reduced but their essential contents remain.

As with earlier editions, the book has a large number of problems together with hints on how to solve them. The Physics of Vibrations and Waves, 6th Edition will prove invaluable for students taking a first full course in the subject across a variety of disciplines particularly physics, engineering and mathematics.

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Information

Edition
6
Subtopic
Physics
Index
Physics

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Introduction to First Editionr
  6. Introduction to Second Edition
  7. Introduction to Third Edition
  8. Introduction to Fourth Edition
  9. Introduction to Fifth Edition
  10. Introduction to Sixth Edition
  11. 1 Simple Harmonic Motion
  12. 2 Damped Simple Harmonic Motion
  13. 3 The Forced Oscillator
  14. 4 Coupled Oscillations
  15. 5 Transverse Wave Motion
  16. 6 Longitudinal Waves
  17. 7 Waves on Transmission Lines
  18. 8 Electromagnetic Waves
  19. 9 Waves in More than One Dimension
  20. 10 Fourier Methods
  21. 11 Waves in Optical Systems
  22. 12 Interference and Diffraction
  23. 13 Wave Mechanics
  24. 14 Non-linear Oscillations and Chaos
  25. 15 Non-linear Waves, Shocks and Solitons
  26. Appendix 1: Normal Modes, Phase Space and Statistical Physics
  27. Appendix 2: Kirchhoff’s Integral Theorem
  28. Appendix 3: Non-Linear Schrödinger Equation
  29. Index