TY - BOOK AU - Pain,H.J. TI - The physics of vibrations and waves SN - 0471985430 AV - QC231 .P3 2003 PY - 2003/// CY - Chichester, New York PB - Wiley KW - Vibration KW - Waves N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; -- Contents; Introduction to First Edition; Introduction to Second Edition; Introduction to Third Edition; Introduction to Fourth Edition; Introduction to Fifth Edition; Chapter Synopsis; 1 Simple Harmonic Motion; 2 Damped Simple Harmonic Motion; 3 The Forced Oscillator; 4 Coupled Oscillations; 5 Transverse Wave Motion; 6 Longitudinal Waves; 7 Waves on Transmission Lines; 8 Electromagnetic Waves; 9 Waves in More than One Dimension; 10 Fourier Methods; 11 Waves in Optical Systems; 12 Interference and Diffraction; 13 Wave Mechanics; 14 Non-linear Oscillations and Chaos; 15 Non-linear Waves, Shocks and Solitons; Appendix 1 Normal Modes, Phase Space and Statistical Physics; Appendix 2 Kirchhoff's Integral Theorem; Appendix 3 Non-linear Schrodinger Equation; Index ER -