Handbook of Mathematical Techniques for Wave/Structure Interactions

<p>Although a wide range of mathematical techniques can apply to solving problems involving the interaction of waves with structures few texts discuss those techniques within that context-most often they are presented without reference to any applications. Handbook of Mathematical Techniques for Wave/Structure Interactions brings together some of the most important techniques useful to applied mathematicians and engineers.<br><br>Each chapter is dedicated to a particular technique such as eigenfunction expansions multipoles integral equations and Wiener-Hopf methods. Other chapters discuss approximation techniques and variational methods. The authors describe all of the techniques in terms of wave/structure interactions with most illustrated by application to research problems. They provide detailed explanations of the important steps within the mathematical development and where possible physical interpretations of mathematical results. <br><br>Handbook of Mathematical Techniques for Wave/Structure Interactions effectively bridges the gap between the heavy computational methods preferred by some engineers and the more mathematical approach favored by others. These techniques provide a powerful means of dealing with wave/structure interactions are readily applied to relevant problems and illuminate those problems in a way that neither a purely computational approach nor a straight theoretical treatment can.</p>