Acoustic and electromagnetic waves / D.S. Jones.
By: Jones, D. S. (Douglas Samuel).
Material type: BookSeries: Oxford science publications.Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon, 1986Description: xix, 745 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0198533659 .Subject(s): Sound | ElectromagnetismDDC classification: 534Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 534 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00029680 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
From a mathematical point of view, acoustics and electromagnetism exhibit similar phenomena and are tackled with the same kind of technique. Jones's exhaustive study is unique in providing a unified treatment of the two fields, bringing out their common and disparate features and showing how they cross-fertilize one another. The book is designed so that the reader with a familiarity with either Maxwell's Equations or the equation of sound waves in fluid dynamics can follow the developments in both fields without difficulty. This is a comprehensive treatment which will provide a needed reference for researchers in applied mathematics and mathematical physics but also caters to the student, who is taken up to the frontiers of research with the help of appropriate exercises. Engineers with any sort of mathematical competence, particularly electrical engineers and those concerned with communications technology, will need to have access to it.
Bibliography: p. 721-722. - Includes index.
The representation of acoustic and electromagnetic fields -- The special theory of relativity -- Radiation -- Resonators -- The theory of waveguides -- Refraction -- Surface waves -- Scattering by smooth objects -- Diffraction by edges -- Transient waves.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- 1 The Representation of Acoustical and Electromagnetic Fields
- 2 The Special Theory of Relativity
- 3 Radiation
- 4 Resonators
- 5 The Theory of Waveguides
- 6 Refraction
- 7 Surface Waves
- 8 Scattering By Smooth Objects
- 9 Diffraction by Edges
- 10 Transient Waves