Wave mechanics (vibration and acoustics)

Engineering the Guitar: Theory and Practice uniquely describes the mechanics of the guitar for engineers and craftsmen alike.

A re-issue of Professor Batchelor''s classic text on fluid dynamics, first published in 1967.

The Royal Society has initiated a series of meetings to discuss the effect advances in technology will have on our way of life in the next century.

This is the second work of a set of two volumes on the phenomena of wave propagation in nonreacting and reacting media.

Roughly defined as any property other than pitch, duration, and loudness that allows two sounds to be distinguished, timbre is a foundational aspect of hearing.

This volume gathers the latest advances and innovations in the field of flow-induced vibration and noise, as presented by leading international researchers at the 3rd International Symposium on Flow Induced Noise and Vibration Issues and Aspects (FLINOVIA), which was held in Lyon, France, in September 2019.

This book is based on lecture notes for a graduate course that has been offered at University of Nebraska-Lincoln on and off since 1998.

This volume contains the proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium on Acoustical Imaging held in Cannes, France, October 12th through the 16th, 1980.

This book introduces parabolic wave equations, their key methods of numerical solution, and applications in seismology and ocean acoustics.

This book represents the HELS (Helmholtz equation least squares) theory and its applications for visualizing acoustic radiation from an arbitrarily shaped vibrating structure in free or confined space.

A modern account of the nonlinear interactions between waves and mean flows such as shear flows and vortices.

Dynamical systems and Nonlinear Waves in Plasmas is written in a clear and comprehensible style to serve as a compact volume for advanced postgraduate students and researchers working in the areas of Applied Physics, Applied Mathematics, Dynamical Systems, Nonlinear waves in Plasmas or other nonlinear media.

Acoustic microscopy enables the elastic properties of materials to be imaged and measured with the resolution of a good microscope.

The 17th International Symposium on Acoustical Imaging was held at Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, during May 31-June 2, 1988.

The purpose of this text is to present the theory and mathematics of inverse scattering, in a simple way, to the many researchers and professionals who use it in their everyday research.

This book provides a concise and up-to-date overview of environmental noise control issues, utilizing specific case studies from India to help explore noise mapping and monitoring, impact analysis, and policy, among other relevant topics.

The transformation of sound recording into a scientific technique in the study of birdsong, as biologists turned wildlife sounds into scientific objects.

Aerodynamic Noise extensively covers the theoretical basis and mathematical modeling of sound, especially the undesirable sounds produced by aircraft.

Since the 1950s shock compression research contributed greatly to scientific knowledge and industrial technology.

Interdisciplinary perspectives on the capacity to perceive, appreciate, and make music.

Quantum mechanics is the foundation of modern technology, due to its innumerable applications in physics, chemistry and even biology.

The revised edition of this book offers an expanded review of acoustic metamaterials; novel materials which can manipulate sound waves, surface Rayleigh waves and water waves, in surprising ways, which include collimation, focusing, negative refraction, passive and active cloaking, sonic screening and extraordinary transmission.

Wavelets are spatially localized functions whose amplitude drops off exponentially outside a small "e;window"e;.

The future of music archiving and search engines lies in deep learning and big data.

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This textbook presents the fundamentals of audio coding, used to compress audio and music signals, using Python programs both as examples to illustrate the principles and for experiments for the reader.

Sound is produced by vibrations and as such can be dampened or augmented based on materials selection.

Proceedings of the 22nd Course of the International School of Quantum Electronics, held 27 November-2 December 1997, in Erice, Italy.

This volume represents the proceedings of the 21 st International Symposium on Acoustical Imaging, which was held at the Surf and Sand Hotel in Laguna Beach, California, March 28-30, 1994.

An exciting new development has taken place in the digital era that has captured the imagination and talent of researchers around the globe - wavelet image compression.

A compelling history of silence as a shaper of the human mind-in prisons, in places of contemplation, and in our own lives-from the author of Brilliant.

This is a concise, unified exposition of the existing methods of analysis of linear stochastic waves with particular reference to the most recent results.

The NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Quantum Measurements in Optics was held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, January 21-25, 1991.

As we enter the nineties, there is worldwide awareness that the future of all mankind is inexorably linked by the world we share, and its response to man's activities.

Sound, devoid of meaning, would not matter to us.

Mobile computing is one of the biggest issues of computer technology, science and industry today.

Quantum Chemistry provides a coherent and structured approach in introducing the concept of 'quantum' to the students of quantum mechanics.

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This volume contains the lectures and seminars presented at the NATO Advanced Study Institute on "e;Applied Laser Spectroscopy"e; the fourteenth course of the Europhysics School of Quantum Electronics, held under the supervision of the Quantum Electronics Division of the European Physical Society.

Shallow water acoustics (SWA), the study of how low and medium frequency sound propagates and scatters on the continental shelves of the worlds oceans, has both technical interest and a large number of practical applications.

Understand topics ranging from the foundations of duct acoustics to acoustic design of mufflers and silencers with this hands-on reference.

Authored by the internationally renowned Jose M.

While research on ultrasonics has been covered in earlier volumes of the Physical Acoustics series, Volumes 23 and 24 demonstrate the successful commercialization of devices and instruments arising from research in this area.

Autowave Plasticity: Localization and Collective Modes discusses the nature of plastic flow in solids associated with the development of a localized plastic flow.

The contributions of this book represent only a small sample of the work of the many researcher electromagneticians who have had the pleasure of being associated with Professor Papas, either as students or as colleagues.

Despite its importance as a central feature of musical sounds, timbre has rarely stood in the limelight.

Open Distributed Processing contains the selected proceedings of the Third International Conference on Open Distributed Systems, organized by the International Federation for Information Processing and held in Brisbane, Australia, in February 1995.

This book is a collection of selected reviewed papers that were presented at the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Symposium "e;Mechanical waves for composite structures characterization"e;.