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Wave Phenomena

Theoretical, Computational, and Practical Aspects

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1989

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  1. Lui Lam

    1. Department of Physics, San Jose State University, San Jose, USA

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  2. Hedley C. Morris

    1. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, San Jose State University, San Jose, USA

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Part of the book series: Woodward Conference (WOODWARD)

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Table of contents (18 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. The Woodward Bequest

    1. The Woodward Bequest

      • Jane M. Day
      Pages 1-3

  4. Computational Aspects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
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    2. Numerical Simulation of Fields

      • Oscar Buneman
      Pages 103-120

    3. A High Frequency Reformulation of the FDTD Algorithm in Generalized Coordinates

      • Mario A. Fusco, Mary V. Smith
      Pages 121-139

    4. A Staggered-grid Finite Element Solution Technique for the Maxwell’s Equations in the Time Domain

      • Robert L. Lee, Niel K. Madsen
      Pages 140-146

    5. On Some Aspects of Wave Interactions in Plane Mixing Layers

      • Upender K. Kaul
      Pages 147-157

    6. A Numerical Study of the Motion of a Wave Running up a Beach

      • Guangyuan Zou, Yaosong Chen
      Pages 158-166

  5. Practical Aspects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-167
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    2. Waves in Atmospheres

      • Alison F. C. Bridger, Richard E. Young
      Pages 169-196

    3. Waves in Anisotropic Media

      • Lui Lam
      Pages 197-229

    4. Interfacial Waves in Hele-Shaw Cells of Liquid Crystal-Air Systems

      • Song Ling Yang, Zhong Cheng Liang, Ren Fan Shao, Lui Lam
      Pages 231-248

    5. A New Formulation for Wave Propagation in Layered-Inhomogeneous Anisotropic Media: Generalized Geometrical-Optics Approximation

      • Hiap Liew Ong
      Pages 249-258
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About this book

IJ:1 June of 1987 the Center for Applied Mathematics and Computer Science at San Jose State University received a bequest of over half a million dollars from the estate of Mrs. Marie Woodward. In the opening article of this collection of papers Jane Day, the founder of the Center, describes the background that led to this gift. In recognition of the bequest it was decided that a series of Woodward Conferences be established. The First Woodward Conference took place at San Jose State University on June 2-3 1988. The themes of the conference were the Theoretical, Computational and Practical Aspects of Wave Phenomena and these same themes have been used to divide the contributions to this volume. Part I is concerned with papers on theoretical aspects. This section includes papers on pseudo-differential operator techniques, inverse problems and the mathematical foundations of wave propagation in random media. Part II consists of papers that involve significant amounts of computation. Included are papers on the Fast Hartley Transform, computational algorithms for electromagnetic scattering problems, and nonlinear wave interaction problems in fluid mechanics. vi Part III contains papers with a genuine physics flavor. This final section illustrates the widespread importance of wave phenomena in physics. Among the phenomena considered are waves in the atmosphere, viscous fingering in liquid crystals, solitons and wave localization.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Physics, San Jose State University, San Jose, USA

    Lui Lam

  • Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, San Jose State University, San Jose, USA

    Hedley C. Morris

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