Linear Waves

Part of the Interaction of Mechanics and Mathematics book series (IMM)

Abstract

This chapter studies linear waves propagating in continuous media. For homogeneous media the method of solution is Fourier’s transformwhich is based entirely on the linear superposition principle. For weakly inhomogeneous media the variationalasymptotic method has to be used instead.

Keywords

Dispersion Relation Wave Packet Group Velocity Dispersion Curve Dispersive Wave 
These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Copyright information

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014

Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Lehrstuhl für Mechanik und Material TheorieRuhr Universität BochumBochumGermany

Personalised recommendations