{"product_id":"9783030447861","title":"Graduate Texts in Physics: An Experimentalist’s View of Sound and Vibration","description":"\u003ch1\u003eGraduate Texts in Physics: An Experimentalist’s View of Sound and Vibration\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eGarrett, Steven L.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis open access textbook, like Rayleigh’s classic \u003cem\u003eTheory of Sound\u003c\/em\u003e, focuses on experiments and on approximation techniques rather than mathematical rigor. The second edition has benefited from comments and corrections provided by many acousticians, in particular those who have used the first edition in undergraduate and graduate courses. For example, phasor notation has been added to clearly distinguish complex variables, and there is a new section on radiation from an unbaffled piston.  Drawing on over 40 years of teaching experience at UCLA, the Naval Postgraduate School, and Penn State, the author presents a uniform methodology, based on hydrodynamic fundamentals for analysis of lumped-element systems and wave propagation that can accommodate dissipative mechanisms and geometrically-complex media. Five chapters on vibration and elastic waves highlight modern applications, including viscoelasticity and resonance techniques for measurement of elastic moduli, while introducing analytical techniques and approximation strategies that are revisited in nine subsequent chapters describing all aspects of generation, transmission, scattering, and reception of waves in fluids.  Problems integrate multiple concepts, and several include experimental data to provide experience in choosing optimal strategies for extraction of experimental results and their uncertainties.  Fundamental physical principles that do not ordinarily appear in other acoustics textbooks, like adiabatic invariance, similitude, the Kramers-Kronig relations, and the equipartition theorem, are shown to provide independent tests of results obtained from numerical solutions, commercial software, and simulations. Thanks to the Veneklasen Research Foundation, this popular textbook is now open access, making the e-book available for free download worldwide. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides graduate-level treatment of acoustics and vibration suitable for use in courses, for self-study,and as a reference\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHighlights fundamental physical principles that can provide independent tests of the validity of numerical solutions, commercial software, and computer simulations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDemonstrates approximation techniques that greatly simplify the mathematics without a substantial decrease in accuracy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncorporates a hydrodynamic approach to the acoustics of sound in fluids that provides a uniform methodology for analysis of lumped-element systems and wave propagation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmphasizes actual applications as examples of topics explained in the text\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes realistic end-of-chapter problems, some including experimental data, as well as a \u003cb\u003eSolutions Manual\u003c\/b\u003e for instructors.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFeatures “Talk Like an Acoustician“ boxes to highlight key terms introduced in the text.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2020-11-03\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783030447861\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-030-44787-8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 254cm x178cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 783\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45582386102412,"sku":"9783030447861","price":53.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030447861.jpg?v=1776460988","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783030447861","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}