Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Energy, Mass, Momentum
- 2 Kinematics, Newton's Laws of Motion
- 3 Circular Motion
- 4 The Principle of Least Action
- 5 Work and Energy
- 6 Mechanics of a System of Particles
- 7 Friction
- 8 Impulse and Collisions
- 9 Central Forces
- 10 Dimensional Analysis
- 11 Oscillations
- 12 Waves
- 13 Sound of Music
- 14 Fluid Mechanics
- 15 Water Waves
- 16 The Kinetic Theory of Gases
- 17 Concepts and Laws of Thermodynamics
- 18 Some Applications of Thermodynamics
- 19 Basic Ideas of Statistical Mechanics
- Bibliography
- Index
15 - Water Waves
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2016
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Energy, Mass, Momentum
- 2 Kinematics, Newton's Laws of Motion
- 3 Circular Motion
- 4 The Principle of Least Action
- 5 Work and Energy
- 6 Mechanics of a System of Particles
- 7 Friction
- 8 Impulse and Collisions
- 9 Central Forces
- 10 Dimensional Analysis
- 11 Oscillations
- 12 Waves
- 13 Sound of Music
- 14 Fluid Mechanics
- 15 Water Waves
- 16 The Kinetic Theory of Gases
- 17 Concepts and Laws of Thermodynamics
- 18 Some Applications of Thermodynamics
- 19 Basic Ideas of Statistical Mechanics
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Mechanics, Waves and ThermodynamicsAn Example-based Approach, pp. 153 - 158Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016