Introduction to First Edition xi
Introduction to Second Edition xii
Introduction to Third Edition xiii
Introduction to Fourth Edition xiv
Introduction to Fifth Edition xv
Introduction to Sixth Edition xvi
Chapter Synopses xvii
Table of Constants xxi
Table of Energy Storing Processes xxii
1 Simple Harmonic Motion 1
2 Damped Simple Harmonic Motion 37
3 The Forced Oscillator 53
4 Coupled Oscillations 79
5 Transverse Wave Motion 107
6 Longitudinal Waves 151
7 Waves on Transmission Lines 171
8 Electromagnetic Waves 199
9 Waves in More than One Dimension 239
10 Fourier Methods 267
11 Waves in Optical Systems 305
12 Interference and Diffraction 333
13 Wave Mechanics 411
14 Non-linear Oscillations and Chaos 459
15 Non-linear Waves, Shocks and Solitons 505
Appendix 1: Normal Modes, Phase Space and Statistical Physics 533
Appendix 2: Kirchhoff’s Integral Theorem 547
Appendix 3: Non-Linear Schrödinger Equation 551
Appendix 4: Electromagnetic Wave Equations – Vector Method 553
Index 555
H. J. Pain is a graduate of the united states Naval Aviation Academy, Florida, and of the Universities of St Andrews, London and Aix Marseilles. He taught physics at Imperial College, London where his research interests were in shock waves and magnetohydrodynamics.
"This is an excellent textbook, full of interesting material clearly explained, and fully worthy of being studied by future contributors ..." (Journal of Sound and Vibration: 293, July 2006)
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