Preface |
Prologue |
Sound waves / Chapter 1.: |
The wave equation / 1.1: |
The speed of sound / 1.2: |
Acoustic energy and intensity / 1.3: |
The simple source / 1.4: |
The acoustic dipole / 1.5: |
Compact source regions in general / 1.6: |
Compact source regions with dipole far fields / 1.7: |
Ripple-tank simulations / 1.8: |
Scattering by compact bodies / 1.9: |
Quadrupole radiation / 1.10: |
Radiation from spheres / 1.11: |
Radiation from plane walls / 1.12: |
Dissipation of acoustic energy / 1.13: |
Exercises on chapter 1 |
One-dimensional waves in fluids / Chapter 2.: |
Longitudinal waves in tubes and channels / 2.1: |
Examples, including elastic tubes and open channels / 2.2: |
Transmission of waves through junctions / 2.3: |
Propagation through branching systems / 2.4: |
Cavities, constrictions, resonators / 2.5: |
Linear propagation with gradually varying composition and cross-section / 2.6: |
Frictional attenuation / 2.7: |
Nonlinear theory of plane waves / 2.8: |
Simple waves / 2.9: |
Shock waves / 2.10: |
Theory of simple waves incorporating weak shock waves / 2.11: |
Hydraulic jumps / 2.12: |
Nonlinear propagation with gradually varying composition and cross-section / 2.13: |
Nonlinear geometrical acoustics / 2.14: |
Exercises on chapter 2 |
Water waves / Chapter 3.: |
Surface gravity waves / 3.1: |
Sinusoidal waves on deep water / 3.2: |
Sinusoidal waves on water of arbitrary, but uniform, depth / 3.3: |
Ripples / 3.4: |
Attenuation / 3.5: |
Introduction to group velocity / 3.6: |
The Fourier analysis of dispersive systems / 3.7: |
Energy propagation velocity / 3.8: |
Wave patterns made by obstacles in a steady stream / 3.9: |
Ship waves / 3.10: |
Exercises on chapter 3 |
Internal waves / Chapter 4.: |
Introduction to internal gravity waves / 4.1: |
Combined theory of sound and internal waves / 4.2: |
Internal waves in the ocean and in the atmosphere / 4.3: |
Introduction to anisotropic dispersion / 4.4: |
General theory of ray tracing / 4.5: |
Ray tracing in a wind / 4.6: |
Steady streaming generated by wave attenuation / 4.7: |
Stationary phase in three dimensions / 4.8: |
General theory of oscillating sources of waves / 4.9: |
Internal waves generated by an oscillating source / 4.10: |
Caustics / 4.11: |
Wave generation by travelling forcing effects / 4.12: |
Waveguides / 4.13: |
Exercises on chapter 4 |
Epilogue |
A variety of waves in fluids / Part 1: |
Nonlinear effects on dispersive wave propagation / Part 2: |
Bibliography (indexed as pages A to Q) |
Some basic texts |
Acoustic literature |
Water-wave literature / Part 3: |
Stratified-fluids literature / Part 4: |
A bibliography for the epilogue / Part 5: |
Notation list |
Author index |
Subject index |
Preface |
Prologue |
Sound waves / Chapter 1.: |