Physics of Oscillations and Waves With use of Matlab and Python /

• Main Author: Vistnes, Arnt Inge (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Undergraduate Texts in Physics,
• Subjects: Mechanics.; Physics.; Atmospheric sciences.; Fluids.; Classical Mechanics.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.; Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.

In this textbook a combination of standard mathematics and modern numerical methods is used to describe a wide range of natural wave phenomena, such as sound, light and water waves, particularly in specific popular contexts, e.g. colors or the acoustics of musical instruments. It introduces the read...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Free and damped oscillations
• Chapter 3: Forced oscillations and resonance
• Chapter 4: Numerical methods
• Chapter 5: Fourier analysis
• Chapter 6: Waves
• Chapter 7: Sound
• Chapter 8: Dispersion and surface waves on water
• Chapter 9: Electromagnetic waves
• Chapter 10: Reflection, transmission and polarization
• Chapter 11: Measurements of light, dispersion of light, colours
• Chapter 12: Geometric optics
• Chapter 13: Interference, diffraction
• Chapter 14: Wavelet transformation
• Chapter 15: Coherence, dipole radiation and lasers
• Chapter 16: Skin depth and wave guides.