Introduction |
Linear Waves / Part 1: |
Basic Ideas / 1: |
Exercises |
Waves on a Stretched String / 2: |
Derivation of the Governing Equation / 2.1: |
Standing Waves on Strings of Finite Length / 2.2: |
D'Alembert's Solution for Strings of Infinite Length / 2.3: |
Reflection and Transmission of Waves by Discontinuities in Density / 2.4: |
A Single Discontinuity / 2.4.1: |
Two Discontinuities: Impedance Matching / 2.4.2: |
Sound Waves / 3: |
Plane Waves / 3.1: |
Acoustic Energy Transmission / 3.3: |
Plane Waves In Tubes / 3.4: |
Acoustic Waveguides / 3.5: |
Reflection of a Plane Acoustic Wave by a Rigid Wall / 3.5.1: |
A Planar Waveguide / 3.5.2: |
A Circular Waveguide / 3.5.3: |
Acoustic Sources / 3.6: |
The Acoustic Source / 3.6.1: |
Energy Radiated by Sources and Plane Waves / 3.6.2: |
Radiation from Sources in a Plane Wall / 3.7: |
Linear Water Waves / 4: |
Derivation of the Governing Equations / 4.1: |
Linear Gravity Waves / 4.2: |
Progressive Gravity Waves / 4.2.1: |
Standing Gravity Waves / 4.2.2: |
The Wavemaker / 4.2.3: |
The Extraction of Energy from Water Waves / 4.2.4: |
The Effect of Surface Tension: Capillary--Gravity Waves / 4.3: |
Edge Waves / 4.4: |
Ship Waves / 4.5: |
The Solution of Initial Value Problems / 4.6: |
Shallow Water Waves: Linear Theory / 4.7: |
The Reflection of Sea Swell by a Step / 4.7.1: |
Wave Amplification at a Gently Sloping Beach / 4.7.2: |
Wave Refraction / 4.8: |
The Kinematics of Slowly Varying Waves / 4.8.1: |
Wave Refraction at a Gently Sloping Beach / 4.8.2: |
The Effect of Viscosity / 4.9: |
Waves in Elastic Solids / 5: |
Waves in an Infinite Elastic Body / 5.1: |
One-Dimensional Dilatation Waves / 5.2.1: |
One-Dimensional Rotational Waves / 5.2.2: |
Plane Waves with General Orientation / 5.2.3: |
Two-Dimensional Waves in Semi-infinite Elastic Bodies / 5.3: |
Normally Loaded Surface / 5.3.1: |
Stress-Free Surface / 5.3.2: |
Waves in Finite Elastic Bodies / 5.4: |
Flexural Waves in Plates / 5.4.1: |
Waves in Elastic Rods / 5.4.2: |
Torsional Waves / 5.4.3: |
Longitudinal Waves / 5.4.4: |
The Excitation and Propagation of Elastic Wavefronts / 5.5: |
Wavefronts Caused by an Internal Line Force in an Unbounded Elastic Body / 5.5.1: |
Wavefronts Caused by a Point Force on the Free Surface of a Semi-infinite Elastic Body / 5.5.2: |
Electromagnetic Waves / 6: |
Electric and Magnetic Forces and Fields / 6.1: |
Electrostatics: Gauss's Law / 6.2: |
Magnetostatics: Ampere's Law and the Displacement Current / 6.3: |
Electromagnetic Induction: Farady's Law / 6.4: |
Plane Electromagnetic Waves / 6.5: |
Conductors and Insulators / 6.6: |
Reflection and Transmission at Interfaces / 6.7: |
Boundary Conditions at Interfaces / 6.7.1: |
Reflection by a Perfect Conductor / 6.7.2: |
Reflection and Refraction by Insulators / 6.7.3: |
Waveguides / 6.8: |
Metal Waveguides / 6.8.1: |
Weakly Guiding Optical Fibres / 6.8.2: |
Radiation / 6.9: |
Scalar and Vector Potentials / 6.9.1: |
The Electric Dipole / 6.9.2: |
The Far Field of a Localised Current Distribution / 6.9.3: |
The Centre Fed Linear Antenna / 6.9.4: |
Nonlinear Waves / Part 2: |
The Formation and Propagation of Shock Waves / 7: |
Traffic Waves / 7.1: |
Small Amplitude Disturbances of a Uniform State / 7.1.1: |
The Nonlinear Initial Value Problem / 7.1.3: |
The Speed of the Shock / 7.1.4: |
Compressible Gas Dynamics / 7.2: |
Some Essential Thermodynamics / 7.2.1: |
Equations of Motion / 7.2.2: |
Construction of the Characteristic Curves / 7.2.3: |
The Rankine--Hugoniot Relations / 7.2.4: |
Detonations / 7.2.5: |
Nonlinear Water Waves / 8: |
Nonlinear Shallow Water Waves / 8.1: |
The Dam Break Problem / 8.1.1: |
A Shallow Water Bore / 8.1.2: |
The Effect of Nonlinearity on Deep Water Gravity Waves: Stokes' Expansion / 8.2: |
The Korteweg-de Vries Equation for Shallow Water Waves: the Interaction of Nonlinear Steepening and Linear Dispersion / 8.3: |
Derivation of the Korteweg-de Vries Equation / 8.3.1: |
Travelling Wave Solutions of the KdV Equation / 8.3.2: |
Nonlinear Capillary Waves / 8.4: |
Chemical and Electrochemical Waves / 9: |
The Law of Mass Action / 9.1: |
Molecular Diffusion / 9.2: |
Reaction-Diffusion Systems / 9.3: |
Autocatalytic Chemical Waves with Unequal Diffusion Coefficients* / 9.4: |
Existence of Travelling Wave Solutions / 9.4.1: |
Asymptotic Solution for [delta] [[ 1 / 9.4.2: |
The Transmission of Nerve Impulses: the Fitzhugh-Nagumo Equations / 9.5: |
The Fitzhugh-Nagumo Model / 9.5.1: |
The Existence of a Threshold / 9.5.2: |
Travelling Waves / 9.5.3: |
Advanced Topics / Part 3: |
Burgers' Equation: Competition between Wave Steepening and Wave Spreading / 10: |
Burgers' Equation for Traffic Flow / 10.1: |
The Effect of Dissipation on Weak Shock Waves in an Ideal Gas / 10.2: |
Simple Solutions of Burgers' Equation / 10.3: |
Asymptotic Solutions for v [[ 1 / 10.3.1: |
Diffraction and Scattering / 11: |
Diffraction of Acoustic Waves by a Semi-infinite Barrier / 11.1: |
Preliminary Estimates of the Potential / 11.1.1: |
Pre-transform Considerations / 11.1.2: |
The Fourier Transform Solution / 11.1.3: |
The Diffraction of Waves by an Aperture / 11.2: |
Scalar Diffraction: Acoustic Waves / 11.2.1: |
Vector Diffraction: Electromagnetic Waves / 11.2.2: |
Scattering of Linear, Deep Water Waves by a Surface Piercing Cylinder / 11.3: |
Solitons and the Inverse Scattering Transform / 12: |
The Korteweg-de Vries Equation / 12.1: |
The Scattering Problem / 12.1.1: |
The Inverse Scattering Problem / 12.1.2: |
Scattering Data for KdV Potentials / 12.1.3: |
Examples: Solutions of the KdV Equation / 12.1.4: |
The Nonlinear Schrodinger Equation / 12.2: |
Derivation of the Nonlinear Schrodinger Equation for Plane Electromagnetic Waves / 12.2.1: |
Solitary Wave Solutions of the Nonlinear Schrodinger Equation / 12.2.2: |
The Inverse Scattering Transform for the Nonlinear Schrodinger Equation / 12.2.3: |
Useful Mathematical Formulas and Physical Data / Appendix 1: |
Cartesian Coordinates / A1.1: |
Cylindrical Polar Coordinates / A1.2: |
Spherical Polar Coordinates / A1.3: |
Some Vector Calculus Identities and Useful Results for Smooth Vector Fields / A1.4: |
Physical constants / A1.5: |
Bibliography |
Index |
Introduction |
Linear Waves / Part 1: |
Basic Ideas / 1: |
Exercises |
Waves on a Stretched String / 2: |
Derivation of the Governing Equation / 2.1: |