Title Wave Propagation in Solids and Fluids Author(s) Davis, Julian L Publication New York, NY, Springer New York, 1988. Description X, 386 p : online resource Abstract Note The purpose of this volume is to present a clear and systematic account of the mathematical methods of wave phenomena in solids, gases, and water that will be readily accessible to physicists and engineers. The emphasis is on developing the necessary mathematical techniques, and on showing how these mathematical concepts can be effective in unifying the physics of wave propagation in a variety of physical settings: sound and shock waves in gases, water waves, and stress waves in solids. Nonlinear effects and asymptotic phenomena will be discussed. Wave propagation in continuous media (solid, liquid, or gas) has as its foundation the three basic conservation laws of physics: conservation of mass, momentum, and energy, which will be described in various sections of the book in their proper physical setting. These conservation laws are expressed either in the Lagrangian or the Eulerian representation depending on whether the boundaries are relatively fixed or moving. In any case, these laws of physics allow us to derive the "field equations" which are expressed as systems of partial differential equations. For wave propagation phenomena these equations are said to be "hyperbolic" and, in general, nonlinear in the sense of being "quasi linear" . We therefore attempt to determine the properties of a system of "quasi linear hyperbolic" partial differential equations which will allow us to calculate the displacement, velocity fields, etc ISBN,Price 9781461238867 Keyword(s) 1. ACOUSTICS 2. Classical and Continuum Physics 3. CLASSICAL MECHANICS 4. Continuum physics 5. EBOOK 6. EBOOK - SPRINGER 7. ENGINEERING 8. Engineering Fluid Dynamics 9. Engineering, general 10. FLUID MECHANICS 11. Fluid- and Aerodynamics 12. FLUIDS 13. MECHANICS Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I00056     On Shelf