Elastic Waves in Solids I
Subtitle: Free and Guided Propagation (Advanced Texts in Physics)
Contributors: D.P. Morgan (Translator)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: January 14, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9783540659327
Subjects: Classical mechanics; Condensed matter physics (liquids & solids); Mathematics for scientists & engineers; Mechanics of solids; Waves & Wave Mechanics; Physics; Acoustics; Solid State Physics; Science; Science/Mathematics; Signal processing; Engineering - General; Science / Acoustics & Sound; Acoustic surface waves; Elastic waves
First sentence: In general, a localized departure from equilibrium conditions can cause a perturbation which spreads out, and this is essentially a propagating wave.