Questions about elastic waves / Jüri Engelbrecht.

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Questions about elastic waves / Jüri Engelbrecht.

9783319147918 (electronic book)
3319147919 (electronic book)
9783319147901

Cham : Springer, [2015]

©2015

English

1 online resource (xiv, 196 pages) : illustrations.

10.1007/978-3-319-14791-8 doi

QA935

531/.1133

This book addresses the modelling of mechanical waves by asking the right questions about them and trying to find suitable answers. The questions follow the analytical sequence from elementary understandings to complicated cases, following a step-by-step path towards increased knowledge. The focus is on waves in elastic solids, although some examples also concern non-conservative cases for the sake of completeness. Special attention is paid to the understanding of the influence of microstructure, nonlinearity and internal variables in continua. With the help of many mathematical models for describing waves, physical phenomena concerning wave dispersion, nonlinear effects, emergence of solitary waves, scales and hierarchies of waves as well as the governing physical parameters are analysed. Also, the energy balance in waves and non-conservative models with energy influx are discussed. Finally, all answers are interwoven into the canvas of complexity.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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