Strain Solitons in Solids and How to Construct Them
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Chapman & Hall/CRC
Published: January 18, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780849306846
Subjects: Calculus & mathematical analysis; Mathematics for scientists & engineers; Mechanics of solids; Waves & Wave Mechanics; Wave Mechanics; Science; Science/Mathematics; Mathematical Physics; Solid State Physics; Mathematics / Functional Analysis; Physics
First sentence: There is no exhaustive definition of a wave, one the most common phenomena of nature, and for this reason we will adopt the one used by Truesdell and Noll (1965): A wave is a state moving into another state with a finite velocity.