The Acoustic Bubble
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: June 3, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 613
ISBN-13: 9780124419216
Subjects: Condensed matter physics (liquids & solids); Sound, vibration & waves (acoustics); Science; Technology & Industrial Arts; Science/Mathematics; Acoustics & Sound; Earth Sciences - Oceanography; Science / Oceanography
First sentence: Whether it be the bang of an explosion or the steady sine-wave tone of a whistle, an underwater sonar pulse or the output of a clinical foetal scanner, 'sound' is a waveform consisting of density variations in an elastic medium, propagating away from a source.