- Free Oscillations
- Oscillations and waves, period and frequency
- Simple harmonic vibrations: differential equation and linearity
- Complex representation and phasor representation
- Point mass subject to a force–Kx
- Angular oscillations
- Damped oscillations
- Dissipation of the energy of a damped oscillator
- Oscillating LCR circuits
- Small oscillations of a system with one degree of freedom
- Nonlinear oscillators
- Systems with two degrees of freedom
- Generalization to systems with n degrees of freedom
- Normal variables for systems with n degrees of freedom*
- Summary
- Problem solving suggestions
- Conceptual questions
- Problems.
- Superposition of Harmonic Oscillations, Fourier Analysis
- Forced Oscillations
- Transient regime and steady regime
- Case of a simple harmonic excitation force Resonance
- Impedance and energy of a forced oscillator in the steady regime
- Complex impedance
- Sustained electromagnetic oscillations
- Excitation from a state of equilibrium*
- Response to an arbitrary force, nonlinear systems
- Excitation of a system of coupled oscillators
- Generalization of the concepts of external force and impedance
- Some applications
- Summary
- Problem solving suggestions
- Conceptual questions
- Problems
- Propagation in Infinite Media
- Propagation of one-dimensional waves
- Propagation of two- and three-dimensional waves
- Propagation of a vector wave
- Polarization of a transverse vector wave
- Monochromatic wave, wave vector and wavelength
- Dispersion
- Group velocity
- Fourier analysis for waves*
- Modulation
- Energy of waves
- Other unattenuated wave equations, conserved quantities* .
- Mechanical Waves
- Transverse waves on a taut string
- Strain and stress in elastic solids
- Elastic waves in massive springs and rods
- Propagation of sound in a pipe
- Transverse waves on elastic membranes
- Mechanical waves in three dimensions
- Energy of mechanical waves
- Progressive waves, impedance and intensity
- Elements of physiological acoustics
- Infrasounds and ultrasounds
- Surface waves*
- Summary
- Problem solving suggestions
- Conceptual questions
- Problems.
- Electromagnetic Waves
- Reflection and Refraction of Waves
- Interference and Diffraction
- Standing Waves and Guided Waves
- APPENDICES
- Appendix A. Mathematical Review
- Appendix B. Units in Physics
- Appendix C. Some Physical Constants