Physics of Continuous Media: A Collection of Problems With Solutions for Physics Students

ISBN-13: 9780750301404 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991 / 204 str.

G. E. Vekstein

Opis

Aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate students in physics and applied mathematics, this textbook has been constructed as a set of problems followed by detailed solutions. With its assortment of standard problems for beginners, variations on a theme and original problems based upon new trends and theories in physics, the book aims to help students understand practical aspects of the subject. Topics are grouped under the two main headings of fluid mechanics and the electrodynamics of continuous media. They include vectors, tensors and Fourier transformations, dielectric waves in media, natural optical activity, Cherenkov radiation, non-linear interaction of waves, dynamics of ideal fluids, convection, turbulence and acoustic and shock waves, the theory of elasticity and the mechanics of liquid crystals.

Spis treści

Part I: Electrodynamics of Continuous Media 2. Vectors, tensors, Fourier transformation 3. The tensor of dielectric permeability Electro-magnetic waves in media 4. Natural optical activity. the Faraday and Kerr effects 5. Frequency dispersion and analytical properties of the permittivity e(co) the propagation of electromagnetic waves in dispersive media 6. Cherenkov radiation. Transition radiation 7. Non-linear interaction of waves Part II: Fluid Mechanics 9. Dynamics of ideal 10. The motion of viscous 11. Convection and turbulence 12. Acoustic waves 13. Shockwaves 14. Non-linear waves in dispersive media Solitons 15. The theory of elasticity 16. Mechanics of liquid crystals

O autorze

Vekstein\, G.E.