000 01277nam a2200193 4500
020 _a9788123909141
082 _a530.14 FRE/V
100 _aFRENCH, A.P.
245 _aVIBRATIONS AND WAVES
260 _aNew Delhi
_bCBS Publishing
_c2003
300 _a316p.
490 _aTHE MIT INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS SERIES
500 _ahttps://www.cbspd.co.in/vibrations-and-waves
520 _a The text material in the present volume is intended as an introduction to the study of vibrations and waves in general, but the discussion is almost entirely confined to mechanical systems. Thus, except in a few places, an adequate preparation for it is a good working knowledge of elementary kinematics and dynamics. The decision to limit the scope of the book in this way was guided by the fact that the presentation is quantitative and analytical rather than descriptive. The temptation to incorporate discussions of electrical and optical systems was always strong, but it was felt that a great part of the language of the subject could be developed most simply and straightforwardly in terms of mechanical displacements and scalar wave equations, with only an occasional allusion to other systems.
650 _aPhhysics
650 _aVibrations
650 _aWaves
942 _cBK
999 _c19145
_d19145