Waves and oscillations / / Chaudhuri, R. N

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910807194603321
• Autore: Chaudhuri R. N
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New Delhi, : New Age International, 2010
• ISBN: 1-282-50122-4; 9786612501227; 81-224-2842-8
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (394 p.)
• Soggetti: Wave equation; Mathematical physics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface to the Second Edition""; ""Preface to the First Edition""; ""Contents""; ""Chapter-1.Simple Harmonic Motion""; ""1.1 Periodic Motion""; ""1.2 The Time Period (T)""; ""1.3 The Frequency (v)""; ""1.4 The Displacement (X or Y)""; ""1.5 Restoring Force or Return Force""; ""1.6 Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM)""; ""1.7 Velocity, Acceleration and Energy of a simple Harmonic Oscillator""; ""1.8 Reference Circle""; ""1.9 The Simple Pendulim""; ""1.10 Angular Simple Harmonic Motion (Torsional Pendulum)""; ""Solved Problems""; ""Supplementary Problems""; ""Chapter-2. Superposition Principle and Coupled Oscillations""""2.1 Degrees of Freedom""; ""2.2 Superposition Principle""; ""2.3 Superposition Principle for Linear Inhomogeneous Equation""; ""2.4 Superposition of Simple Harmonic Motions Along A Straight Line""; ""2.5 Superposition of Two Simple Harmonic Motions at Right Angles to Each Other""; ""Solved Problems""; ""Supplementary Problems""; ""Chapter-3. The Damped Harmonic Oscillator""; ""3.1 Damped Harmonic Motion""; ""3.2 Damped LC Oscillations (LCR Circuit)""; ""Solved Problems""; ""Supplementary Problems""; ""Chapter-4. Forced Vibrations and Resonance""""4.1 Forced Vibrations""; ""4.2 Resonance""; ""4.3 Quality Factor Q""; ""4.4 Helmholtz Resonator""; ""Solved Problems""; ""Supplementary ; Problems""; ""Chapter-5. Waves""; ""5.1 Waves""; ""5.2 Waves in One Dimension""; ""5.3 Three Dimensional Wave Equation""; ""5.4 Transverse Waves on a Stretched String""; ""5.5 Stroboscope or Strobe ""; ""Solved Problems""; ""Supplementary Problems""; ""Chapter-6. Superposition of Waves""; ""6.1 Superposition Principle""; ""6.2 Stationary Waves""; ""6.3 Wave Reflection""; ""6.4 Phase Velocity and Group Velocity""""Solved Problems""; ""Supplementary Problems""; ""Chapter-7. Fourier Analysis""; ""7.1 Fourier's Theorem""; ""7.2 Dirichlet's Condition of Convergence of Fourier Series""; ""7.3 Fourier Cosine Series""; ""7.4 Fourier Sine Series""; ""7.5 Representation of a Function By Fourier Series in the Range a â?? x â?? b""; ""7.6 Fourier Integral Theorem""; ""7.7 Fourier Transform""; ""7.8 Fourier Cosine Transform""; ""7.9 Fourier Sine Transform""; ""Solved Problems""; ""Supplementary Problems""; ""Chapter-8. Vibrations of Strings and Membranes""; ""8.1 Transverse Vibration of a String Fixed at Two Ends""""8.2 Plucked String""; ""8.3 Struck String ""; ""8.4 Bowed String""; ""8.5 Transverse Vibration of Membranes""; ""Solved Problems""; ""Supplementary Problems""; ""Chapter-9. The Doppler Effect""; ""9.1 The Doppler Shift ""; ""Solved Problems""; ""Supplementary Problems""; ""Chapter-10. Acoustics of Buildings""; ""10.1 Reverberation""; ""10.2 Time of Reverberation""; ""10.3 Sabine's Law""; ""10.4 Decibel (dB) Unit of Sound Level""; ""Solved Problems""; ""Supplementary Problems""; ""Chapter-11. Electromagnetic Waves""; ""11.1 Maxwell's Equations""