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Dec 03, 2024
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Graduate Record 2005-2006 [ARCHIVED RECORD]
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MAE 622 - Waves The topics covered are: plane waves; d’Alembert solution; method of characteristics; dispersive systems; wavepackets; group velocity; fully-dispersed waves; Laplace, Stokes, and steepest descents integrals; membranes, plates and plane-stress waves; evanescent waves; Kirchhoff’s solution; Fresnel’s principle; elementary diffraction; reflection and transmission at interfaces; waveguides and ducted waves; waves in elastic half-spaces; P, S, and Rayleigh waves; layered media and Love waves; slowly-varying media and WKBJ method; Time-dependent response using Fourier-Laplace transforms; some nonlinear water waves. Cross-listed as AM 622. (O)
Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: MAE/AM 602 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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