ME 723
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Course InFOrmation
Course No: ME 723
Instructor: Basant Lal Sharma
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Units: 3-0-0-9
Pre-requisites: --
Schedule:--
CONTACT
Email: bls at iitk.ac.in
Phone: 6173
Main BookS
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1.Wave Propagation in Solids, J.D. Achenbach, Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam, 1975 (Textbook).
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2.Wave Motion in Elastic Solids, K. F. Graff, Dover Publications, New York, 1991.
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3.Mechanics of Continua and Wave Dynamics, L. Brekhovskikh and V. Goncharov, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1985.
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4.The Theory of Elastic Waves and Waveguides, J. Miklowitz, North-Holland Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1978.
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Course Summary
Overview and history, Discussion on inertial effects. Mathematical preliminaries. Basic linear elastodynamics, Waves in One-dimensional Models, Method of characteristics. Helmholtz decomposition, Dilatational and shear waves. Plane, Harmonic waves. Reflection and transmission. Half-space problems. Cagniard de Hoop method. Scattering of a pulse and a time harmonic waves by crack. Waveguides and plates. Waves in anisotropic media. Experimental methods. Shock waves. One-dimensional Discrete Models. Scattering of lattice waves by crack.
Wave propagation in solids
