Sound Propagation According to Kinetic Models Aec Research and Development Report, August 15, 1961 Classic Reprint
Language: English
Published by Forgotten Books, 2018
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- Sound Propagation According to Kinetic Models Aec Research and Development Report, August 15, 1961 Classic Reprint
- Author
- Lawrence Sirovich
- Publisher
- Forgotten Books
- Publication year
- 2018
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- New
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- HRD
- Language
- English
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- 0260729523
- ISBN 13
- 9780260729521
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- 387 grams
Explore how kinetic models describe sound propagation across wave numbers and connect to hydrodynamics.
Sound Propagation According to Kinetic Models examines how a range of kinetic equations can describe sound in gases beyond traditional hydrodynamics. The work compares isothermal and isosteric formulations, introduces single and three-relaxation models, and discusses how these models relate to Euler, Navier-Stokes, Burnett, and moments theories. It emphasizes the limits of dispersion relations and the role of initial-value problems without boundaries.
- Learn how different kinetic equations reproduce familiar macroscopic theories and where they diverge.
- See how dispersion relations are used to understand phase speed and attenuation of sound waves.
- Understand the distinction between isothermal, isosteric, and single versus three relaxation models.
- Explore the idea that, at long times, solutions behave like hydrodynamics, even within kinetic models.
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About the Author
James Thurber was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1894. Famous for his humorous writings and illustrations, he was a staff member of The New Yorker for more than thirty years. He died in 1961.
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