tessel@tum.bot
Apr22-04, 03:04 PM
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>On Mon, 19 Apr 2004, Tim Walters wrote:\n\n> When a compressed spring is released, it can\'t expand all along its\n> length simultaneously. The removal of the compression force must pass\n> along the length of the spring as a wave. Presumably that wave must also\n> bounce back in the other direction. Can anyone recommend a good\n> textbook which examines the detailed behaviour of waves in springs,\n> etc.?\n\nKarl F. Graff, Wave Motion in Elastic Solids (a Dover reprint of a book\noriginally published in 1975) is cheap and covers a lot of ground. In\nparticular, IIRC Graff discusses a similar problem, namely compression\nwaves generated when two idealized elastic rods collide end to end. He\nalso discusses flexural and torsional waves in rods/disks, vibrations of\nmembranes, and so forth.\n\nSome more recent/expensive books on waves in elastic media include\n\nauthor = {A. Bedford and D.S. Drumheller},\ntitle = {Introduction to elastic wave propagation},\npublisher = {Wiley},\nyear = 1994}\n\nauthor = {A. Kulikovskii and E. Sveshnikova},\ntitle = {Nonlinear waves in elastic media},\npublisher = {CRC Press},\nyear = 1995}\n\nauthor = {J. A. Hudson},\ntitle = {The excitation and propagation of elastic waves},\npublisher = {Cambridge University Press},\nyear = 1980}\n\n"T. Essel" (hiding somewhere in cyberspace)\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form"> View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>On Mon, 19 Apr 2004, Tim Walters wrote:
> When a compressed spring is released, it can't expand all along its
> length simultaneously. The removal of the compression force must pass
> along the length of the spring as a wave. Presumably that wave must also
> bounce back in the other direction. Can anyone recommend a good
> textbook which examines the detailed behaviour of waves in springs,
> etc.?
Karl F. Graff, Wave Motion in Elastic Solids (a Dover reprint of a book
originally published in 1975) is cheap and covers a lot of ground. In
particular, IIRC Graff discusses a similar problem, namely compression
waves generated when two idealized elastic rods collide end to end. He
also discusses flexural and torsional waves in rods/disks, vibrations of
membranes, and so forth.
Some more recent/expensive books on waves in elastic media include
author = {A. Bedford and D.S. Drumheller},
title = {Introduction to elastic wave propagation},
publisher = {Wiley},
year = 1994}
author = {A. Kulikovskii and E. Sveshnikova},
title = {Nonlinear waves in elastic media},
publisher = {CRC Press},
year = 1995}
author = {J. A. Hudson},
title = {The excitation and propagation of elastic waves},
publisher = {Cambridge University Press},
year = 1980}
"T. Essel" (hiding somewhere in cyberspace)
> When a compressed spring is released, it can't expand all along its
> length simultaneously. The removal of the compression force must pass
> along the length of the spring as a wave. Presumably that wave must also
> bounce back in the other direction. Can anyone recommend a good
> textbook which examines the detailed behaviour of waves in springs,
> etc.?
Karl F. Graff, Wave Motion in Elastic Solids (a Dover reprint of a book
originally published in 1975) is cheap and covers a lot of ground. In
particular, IIRC Graff discusses a similar problem, namely compression
waves generated when two idealized elastic rods collide end to end. He
also discusses flexural and torsional waves in rods/disks, vibrations of
membranes, and so forth.
Some more recent/expensive books on waves in elastic media include
author = {A. Bedford and D.S. Drumheller},
title = {Introduction to elastic wave propagation},
publisher = {Wiley},
year = 1994}
author = {A. Kulikovskii and E. Sveshnikova},
title = {Nonlinear waves in elastic media},
publisher = {CRC Press},
year = 1995}
author = {J. A. Hudson},
title = {The excitation and propagation of elastic waves},
publisher = {Cambridge University Press},
year = 1980}
"T. Essel" (hiding somewhere in cyberspace)