TY - BOOK ID - 77861379 TI - Linear elastic waves PY - 2001 SN - 1107116678 9786612389047 1282389041 0511642857 0511040415 0511154909 051155625X 0511755414 0511051964 9780511040412 9780511755415 9780511051968 6612389044 0521643686 9780521643689 052164383X 9780521643832 9781107116672 9781282389045 9780511642852 9780511154904 PB - Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Elastic waves. KW - Elasticity KW - Waves KW - Underground nuclear explosions UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77861379 AB - Wave propagation and scattering are among the most fundamental processes that we use to comprehend the world around us. While these processes are often very complex, one way to begin to understand them is to study wave propagation in the linear approximation. This is a book describing such propagation using, as a context, the equations of elasticity. Two unifying themes are used. The first is that an understanding of plane wave interactions is fundamental to understanding more complex wave interactions. The second is that waves are best understood in an asymptotic approximation where they are free of the complications of their excitation and are governed primarily by their propagation environments. The topics covered include reflection, refraction, the propagation of interfacial waves, integral representations, radiation and diffraction, and propagation in closed and open waveguides. Linear Elastic Waves is an advanced level textbook directed at applied mathematicians, seismologists, and engineers. ER -