Wave Propagation in Dissipative Materials: A Reprint of Five Memoirs

by M H Gurtin, R I Herrera, Clifford A. Truesdell, et al.

Common experience reveals two basic aspects of wave propagation. First, while preserving their identity and travelling at definite speeds, sounds finally die out. Second, weak sounds may combine to form strong noises. Theories of acoustic propagation have succeeded in representing these aspects of experience separately, but never combined as in nature. The classical theories of sound in perfect fluids and elastic solids easily yield common speeds...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642886930
• ISBN13: 9783642886935
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.7" x 9.6"