Oscillations and waves : an introduction /: an introduction. (©2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Richard Fitzpatrick.
• Other Names: Fitzpatrick, Richard, 1963-
• Contents: Simple Harmonic Oscillation; Massona Spring; Simple Harmonic Oscillator Equation; LC Circuits; Simple Pendula; Compound Pendula Damped and Driven Harmonic Oscillation; Damped Harmonic Oscillation; Quality Factor; LCR Circuits; Driven Damped Harmonic Oscillation; Driven LCR Circuits; Transient Oscillator Response Coupled Oscillations; Two Spring-Coupled Masses; Two Coupled LC Circuits; Three Spring-Coupled Masses Transverse Standing Waves; Normal Modes of a Beaded String; Normal Modes of a Uniform String; General Time Evolution of a Uniform String Longitudinal Standing Waves; Spring-Coupled Masses; Longitudinal Waves on a Thin Elastic Rod; Sound Waves in an Ideal Gas; Fourier Analysis Traveling Waves; Standing Waves in a Finite Continuous Medium; Traveling Waves in an Infinite Continuous Medium ; Wave Interference; Energy Conservation; Transmission Lines; Normal Reflection and Transmission at Interfaces; Electromagnetic Waves; Doppler Effect; Wave Propagation in Inhomogeneous Media Multi-Dimensional Waves; Plane Waves; Three-Dimensional Wave Equation; Cylindrical Waves; Spherical Waves; Oscillation of an Elastic Sheet; Polarization of Electromagnetic Waves; Laws of Geometric Optics; Fresnel Relations; Total Internal Reflection; Sound Waves in Fluids Wave Pulses; Fourier Transforms; General Solution of One-Dimensional Wave Equation; Bandwidth Dispersive Waves; Pulse Propagation; Electromagnetic Waves in Unmagnetized Plasmas; Faraday Rotation; Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in Conductors; Waveguides; Pulse Propagation in Two Dimensions; Gravity Waves; Wave Dragon Ships; Ship Wakes; Capillary Waves Wave Optics ; Introduction; Two-Slit Interference; Coherence; Multi-Slit Interference; Thin Film Interference; One-Dimensional Fourier Optics; Single-Slit Diffraction; Multi-Slit Diffraction; Two-Dimensional Fourier Optics Wave Mechanics; Introduction; Photoelectric Effect; Electron Diffraction; Representation of Waves via Complex Numbers; Schrödinger’s Equation; Probability Interpretation of Wavefunction; Wave Packets; Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle; Wavefunction Collapse; Stationary States; Three-Dimensional Wave Mechanics; Particle in Finite Square Potential Well; Square Potential Barrier Appendix A: Physical Constants; Appendix B: Useful Mathematics ; Appendix C: Electromagnetic Theory Bibliography Index Exercises appear at the end of each chapter.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2013
• Copyright Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 287 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 531.32; Wave-motion, Theory of; Oscillations; Oscillations; Wave-motion, Theory of; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781466566095; 1466566094
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-282) and index.
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