Wave phenomena

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This excellent undergraduate-level text emphasizes optics and acoustics, covering inductive derivation of the equation for transverse waves on a string, acoustic plane waves, boundary-value problems, polarization, three-dimensional waves and more. With numerous problems (solutions for about half). The material is superbly chosen and brilliantly written Physics Today. Problems. Appendices.

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Full title :Wave phenomena / Dudley H. Towne.

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Publication Date:1988, ©1967.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Dover
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:1988, ©1967.

Notes

Reprint, with corrections. Originally published: Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, 1967.

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Description:1 online resource (xiv, 482 pages) : : illustrations

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ISBN:9780486145150, 0486145158, 130686240X, 9781306862400
oclc:ocn893913353
LC Classification:QC174.2
Dewey Decimal:530.1/24

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1 Transverse Waves on a String; 1-1 Introduction; 1-2 Derivation of the Wave Equation; 1-3 Solution of the One-dimensional Wave Equation; 1-4 Wave Propagation Velocity on a String; 1-5 The Most General Solution to the One-dimensional Wave Equation; 1-6 Kinematics Associated with the Waveform; 1-7 Description of a Sinusoidal Progressive Wave; *1-8 Initial Conditions Applied to the Case of a String of Infinite Length; Chapter 2 The Acoustic Plane Wave; 2-1 Definition of the Variables; 2-2 Derivation of the Wave Equation.

2-3 The Velocity of Sound2-4 Simplified Form of the Equations for Acoustic Waves; 2-5 Detailed Description of a Progressive Sinusoidal Wave; 2-6 Nonlinear Wave Propagation in an Ideal Gas; Chapter 3 Boundary Value Problems; 3-1 Reflection at a Fixed end of Transverse Waves on a String; 3-2 Reflection of Acoustic Waves at a Rigid Surface; 3-3 Waves Produced by the Specified Motion of a Boundary Surface; 3-4 Reflection and Transmission at an Interface; 3-5 Reflection of a Sinusoidal Wave; Partial Standing Wave; 3-6 Extreme Mismatch of Impedances; Rigid and Free Surfaces.

3-7 Reflection of a Sinusoidal Wav…