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,
- Waves in strings and rods - a one dimensional analysis
- D’Alembert solution
- Solutions by Fourier and Laplace transforms
- Forced motion - arbitrary load and harmonic load
- Interaction of waves at boundaries
- Method of characteristics
- Dispersion of waves
- Waves in three dimensional infinite media
- Waves in semi-infinite media
- Interaction of waves - P, SV and SH waves
- Waves in layered media