Mechanical & Industrial Engrg 597DW - ST- Dynamics of Waves

The course introduces the concept of waves in materials and fluids. The first part of the course is an introduction to boundary value problems and to waves in materials and acoustic waves. The second part is devoted to hydrodynamics and waves in the ocean. Introduction to partial differential equations and boundary value problems; Wave equation; waves in strings and membranes; elastic waves in materials; acoustic waves in fluids; hydrodynamics of water waves; linear and nonlinear wave theories; refraction and diffraction; random waves; breaking waves and solitons.

Open to Graduate students only. Grad & UG M&I-ENG 340 and 397B