Physics of Continuous Media: A Collection of Problems With Solutions for Physics Students - Hardcover

Vekstein, G.E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0750301406 ISBN 13: 9780750301404

Publisher: CRC Press, 1991

Synopsis

Aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate students in physics and applied mathematics, this textbook has been constructed as a set of problems followed by detailed solutions. With its assortment of "standard" problems for beginners, variations on a theme and original problems based upon new trends and theories in physics, the book aims to help students understand practical aspects of the subject. Topics are grouped under the two main headings of fluid mechanics and the electrodynamics of continuous media. They include vectors, tensors and Fourier transformations, dielectric waves in media, natural optical activity, Cherenkov radiation, non-linear interaction of waves, dynamics of ideal fluids, convection, turbulence and acoustic and shock waves, the theory of elasticity and the mechanics of liquid crystals.

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"Most books containing sets of problems with detailed solutions probably do not get reviewed - a situation which is in keeping with the albeit useful, but uninspired content of the majority. Such books are typically bought by students who are attempting to bolster their confidence or patch over weaknesses, and by overworked lecturers who either need new class material or must replace old stock to which the student entrepreneurs literally have all the answers. Professor Vekstein's book is not run-of-the-mill, or it will not meet any of these needs well. So do I recommend it? Emphatically, yes!" "An excellent collection of problems." Contemporary Physics ooks containing sets of problems with detailed solutions probably do not get reviewed - a situation which is in keeping with the albeit useful, but uninspired content of the majority. Such books are typically bought by students who are attempting to bolster their confidence or patch over weaknesses, and by overworked lecturers who either need new class material or must replace old stock to which the student entrepreneurs literally have all the answers. Professor Vekstein's book is not run-of-the-mill, or it will not meet any of these needs well. So do I recommend it? Emphatically, yes!" "An excellent collection of problems." Contemporary Physics

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0750301406
• ISBN 13: 9780750301404
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 202