Pulses and Other Wave Processes in Fluids
Subtitle: An Asymptotical Approach to Initial Problems
By: by Mark Kelbert, Igor Sazonov
Contributors: Sazonov, Igor
Series: Modern Approaches in Geophysics -- 13; Modern Approaches in Geophysics -- 13
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9789048146697; 9789401586443
Subjects: Mechanics; Acoustics; Engineering; Physical geography; Vibration
Description: This book represents a comprehensive treatment of both classical and modern problems of pulse propagation. The authors provide a physical insight in the intriguing problem of pulse propagation in non-equilibrium media (unstable or admitting attenuation). A refined analysis of the acoustic-gravity waves generation in a compressible stratified fluid is also presented. The solution describes sophisticated wave pictures near the front of the perturbation where previously known methods fail. Finally a detailed account of a relatively new field of investigation related to continuous spectrum waves in shear flows is given. Audience: This volume will be of use to researchers and scientists with a background in wave motion, fluid mechanics and calculus including elementary aspects of asymptotic methods. A major source of information for academians specialized in acoustics, hydrodynamics and geophysics.
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