A First Course in Vibrations and Waves
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About the Book
The study of vibrations and waves is central to physics and engineering disciplines.This text contains a detailed treatment of vibrations and waves at an introductory level suitable for second and third year students. It builds on first year physics and emphasizes understanding of vibratory motion and waves based on first principles. Since waves appear in almost all branches of physics and engineering, readers will be exposed to many different types of waves; this study aims to draw together their similarities, by examining them in a common language. The book is divided into three parts: Part I contains a preliminary chapter that serves as a review of relevant ideas of mechanics and complex numbers. Part II is devoted to a detailed discussion of vibrations of mechanical systems. This part covers simple harmonic oscillator, coupled oscillators, normal coordinates, beaded string, continuous string, and Fourier series. It concludes with a presentation of stationary solutions of driven finite systems. Part III is concerned with waves, focusing on the discussion of common aspects of all types of waves, and the applications to sound, electromagnetic, and matter waves are illustrated. Finally, relevant examples are provided at the end of the chapters to illustrate the main ideas, and better the reader's understanding.--
Book Details
ISBN-13: 9780198729792
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Acedemic Level: English
Book Type: English
Depth: 32
Height: 241 mm
Language: English
MediaMail: Y
PrintOnDemand: N
Spine Width: 25 mm
ISBN-10: 0198729790
Publisher Date: 13/10/2015
Binding: Paperback
Continuations: English
Dewey: 531.113
Illustration: Y
LCCN: 2015930647
No of Pages: 492
Series Title: 0
Width: 191 mm