TY - BOOK AU - Pain, H. J. TI - The physics of vibrations and waves SN - 9780470012963 (pbk) U1 - 531.1133 PY - 2006/// CY - New Jersey PB - John Wiley & Sons, KW - Physics KW - Waves KW - Vibrations N1 - Includes appendices and index; 1. Simple harmonic motion 2. Damped simple harmonic motion 3. The forced oscillator 4. Coupled oscillations 5. Transverse wave motion 6. Longitudinal waves 7. Waves on transmission lines 8. Electromagnetic waves 9. Waves in more than one dimension 10. Fourier methods 11. Waves in optical systems 12. Interference and diffraction 13. Wave mechanics 14. Non-linear oscillations and chaos 15. Non-linear wave, shocks and solitons ER -