Physics of Continuous Media: A Collection of Problems With Solutions for Physics Students / Edition 1

by G.E. Vekstein

Overview

This textbook is based on lectures and tutorials given for several years at the Physics Department of Novosibirsk State University. It is constructed as a set of problems followed by detailed solutions and may act as a complementary text for standard courses on the physics of continuous media.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780750301404
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/01/1991
Pages:	202
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Vekstein, G.E.

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

An excellent collection of problems.

Contemporary Physics

A collection of about 150 problems for first or second year undergraduate physics students. The solutions are sometimes worked out in detail, other times only hinted at with pertinent clues. Covering the electrodynamics of continuous media and fluid mechanics, the problems have been used for years by Vekstein in his classes at the Institute of Nuclear Physics, USSR Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk. No bibliography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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