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Record Nr.

UNINA9910956246103321

Autore

D'Acunto Bernardino

Titolo

Computational partial differential equations for engineering sciences / / Berardino D'Acunto

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2012

ISBN

1-61761-401-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (587 p.)

Collana

Engineering tools, techniques, and tables

Mathematics research developments

Disciplina

620.001/515353

Soggetti

Differential equations, Partial

Engineering mathematics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [561]-566) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Heat conduction and diffusion -- Finite-difference method -- Parabolic equations -- Finite element method -- Wave motions  -- Elliptic equations -- Beam equation -- Diffusion in two and three space dimensions -- Elements of linear algebra -- Classification of PDEs.

Sommario/riassunto

Metamaterials - artificial materials with engineered electromagnetic properties - is a young, but rapidly growing topic that breaks down traditional rules, and fascinates scientists in the field of physics, optics and electromagnetics. One of the major breakthroughs in the development of metamaterials is the cloaking device for obtaining electromagnetic invisibility, which can bend light around an object as if it weren't there. The design of the cloaking device is realised by the co-ordinate transformation technique, which is based on the fact that Maxwell's equations are form-invariant under co-ordinate transformations. This book presents a variety of transformation media, based on two interpretations of the co-ordinate transformation technique.