The book may be viewed as an introduction to time-harmonic waves in dissipative bodies, notably viscoelastic solids and fluids. The inhomogeneity of the waves, which is due to the fact that planes of constant phase are not parallel to planes of constant amplitude, is shown to be…
1. Inhomogeneous waves. 1.1. Introduction to inhomogeneous waves -- 1.2. Geometric aspects of inhomogeneous waves -- 1.3. Damping of inhomogeneous waves -- 1.4. Properties from Fourier analysis -- 2. Modelling of dissipative media. 2.1. Preliminaries on deformation and motion --…
The book may be viewed as an introduction to time-harmonic waves in dissipative bodies, notably viscoelastic solids and fluids. The inhomogeneity of the waves, which is due to the fact that planes of constant phase are not parallel to planes of constant amplitude, is shown to be…