234 phys (Exercises)

234 phys

phys 234	Course Code
Vibrations and Wave	Course Name
3	Credit hours
4	Level
Math 111	Pre-requisites
	Co-requisite
3(2+0+1)	Credit distribution

 

 

 

 

 Topics of Course

Periodic motion. Free Vibrations, mathematical and Fourier analysis. Super  position of periodi

motion. Sound, plasma, molecular and electrical circuit oscillations analysis.  Damped vibrations, 

heavy light and critical damping. Forced Vibrations. Superposition. Transients.  Resonance circuits. 

Waves: travelling , standing, dispersive and nondispersive. Fourier Theory.

 

Textbooks and References

1- Vibrations and Waves - by: Iain G. Main

Third edition – Cambridge University Press -1998.

2- The Physics of Vibrations and Waves - by: H.J. Pain, John Wiley & Sons, Sussex, 1999.