Modulated Waves: Theory and Applications - Couverture rigide

Ostrovskii, L.A.; Potapov, Alexander; Ostrovsky, Lev A.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0801858704 ISBN 13 : 9780801858703

Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999

Synopsis

The authors consider a wide and very important class of waves that are referred to as modulated waves - those characterized by a slow variation of the macroscopic parameters of amplitude, frequency and profile. Most of the fundamentals of wave theory may be understood by considering this class of waves. The authors characterize linear and nonlinear wave propagation in terms of a common approach based on slowly varying parameters (modulations). They expand the concept of modulation to include a wide class of wave processes. After examining the nature of waves and wave dispersion, the authors turn to modulated waves in linear dispersive media and then to modulated waves in nonlinear media. Theoretical analysis is supported by examples from different branches of physics: electrodynamics, fluid mechanics, acoustics and the mechanics of solids.

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À propos de l?auteur

Lev A. Ostrovsky is a research scientist at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science at the University of Colorado and at the Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Science in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Alexander I. Potapov is Head of Laboratory at the Mechanical Engineering Research Institute in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801858704
• ISBN 13: 9780801858703
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 376
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