AERO 7970 Wave Propagation in Elastic Solids

Graduate course, Auburn University, Aerospace Engineering, 2017

This graduate level course covers the fundamental concepts of wave propagation in solids.

Course description

Topics include,

  1. Waves in strings and rods - a one dimensional analysis
  2. D’Alembert solution
  3. Solutions by Fourier and Laplace transforms
  4. Forced motion - arbitrary load and harmonic load
  5. Interaction of waves at boundaries
  6. Method of characteristics
  7. Dispersion of waves
  8. Waves in three dimensional infinite media
  9. Waves in semi-infinite media
  10. Interaction of waves - P, SV and SH waves
  11. Waves in layered media