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Wave momentum and quasi-particles in physical acoustics / Gerard A Maugin and Martine Rousseau.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: World Scientific series on nonlinear science ; Series A, v 88.Publication details: New Jersey : World Scientific, 2015.Description: xiii, 235 p. : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9789814663786
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 539.72 23 M449
Contents:
1. Prolegomena: wave momentum and radiative stresses in 1D in the line of Brillouin -- 2. Elements of continuum thermomechanics -- 3. Pseudomomentum and Eshelby stress -- 4. Action, phonons and wave mechanics -- 5. Transmission-reflection problem -- 6. Application to dynamic materials -- 7. Elastic surface waves in terms of quasi-particles -- 8. Electroelastic surface waves in terms of quasi-particles -- 9. Waves in generalized elastic continua -- 10. Examples of solitonic systems -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: This volume presents an original approach to physical acoustics with additional emphasis on the most useful surface acoustic waves on solids.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Prolegomena: wave momentum and radiative stresses in 1D in the line of Brillouin --
2. Elements of continuum thermomechanics --
3. Pseudomomentum and Eshelby stress --
4. Action, phonons and wave mechanics --
5. Transmission-reflection problem --
6. Application to dynamic materials --
7. Elastic surface waves in terms of quasi-particles --
8. Electroelastic surface waves in terms of quasi-particles --
9. Waves in generalized elastic continua --
10. Examples of solitonic systems --
Appendices --
Bibliography --
Index.

This volume presents an original approach to physical acoustics with additional emphasis on the most useful surface acoustic waves on solids.

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