Wave Propagation


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This textbook offers the first unified treatment of wave propagation in electronic and electromagnetic systems and introduces readers to the essentials of the transfer matrix method, a powerful analytical tool that can be used to model and study an array of problems pertaining to wave propagation in electrons and photons. It is aimed at graduate and advanced undergraduate students in physics, materials science, electrical and computer engineering, and mathematics, and is ideal for researchers in photonic crystals, negative index materials, left-handed materials, plasmonics, nonlinear effects, and optics. Peter Markos and Costas Soukoulis begin by establishing the analogy between wave propagation in electronic systems and electromagnetic media and then show how the transfer matrix can be easily applied to any type of wave propagation, such as electromagnetic, acoustic, and elastic waves. The transfer matrix approach of the tight-binding model allows readers to understand its implementation quickly and all the concepts of solid-state physics are clearly introduced. Markos and Soukoulis then build the discussion of such topics as random systems and localized and delocalized modes around the transfer matrix, bringing remarkable clarity to the subject. Total internal reflection, Brewster angles, evanescent waves, surface waves, and resonant tunneling in left-handed materials are introduced and treated in detail, as are important new developments like photonic crystals, negative index materials, and surface plasmons. Problem sets aid students working through the subject for the first time.




Photonic Band Gap Materials


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Photonic band gap crystals offer unique ways to tailor light and the propagation of electromagnetic waves. In analogy to electrons in a crystal, EM waves propagating in a structure with a periodically-modulated dielectric constant are organized into photonic bands separated by gaps in which propagating states are forbidden. Proposed applications of such photonic band gap crystals, operating at frequencies from microwave to optical, include zero- threshold lasers, low-loss resonators and cavities, and efficient microwave antennas. Spontaneous emission is suppressed for photons in the photonic band gap, offering novel approaches to manipulating the EM field and creating high-efficiency light-emitting structures. Photonic Band Gap Materials identifies three most promising areas of research. The first is materials fabrication, involving the creation of high quality, low loss, periodic dielectric structures. The smallest photonic crystals yet fabricated have been made by machining Si wafers along (110), and some have lattice constants as small as 500 microns. The second area is in applications. Possible applications presented are microwave mirrors, directional antennas, resonators (especially in the 2 GHz region), filters, waveguides, Y splitters, and resonant microcavities. The third area covers fundamentally new physical phenomena in condensed matter physics and quantum optics. An excellent review of recent development, covering theoretical, experimental and applied aspects. Interesting and stimulating reading for active researchers, as well as a useful reference for non-specialists.




Transfer Matrix Method


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The Transfer-Matrix Method in Electromagnetics and Optics


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The transfer-matrix method (TMM) in electromagnetics and optics is a powerful and convenient mathematical formalism for determining the planewave reflection and transmission characteristics of an infinitely extended slab of a linear material. While the TMM was introduced for a homogeneous uniaxial dielectric-magnetic material in the 1960s, and subsequently extended for multilayered slabs, it has more recently been developed for the most general linear materials, namely bianisotropic materials. By means of the rigorous coupled-wave approach, slabs that are periodically nonhomogeneous in the thickness direction can also be accommodated by the TMM. In this book an overview of the TMM is presented for the most general contexts as well as for some for illustrative simple cases. Key theoretical results are given; for derivations, the reader is referred to the references at the end of each chapter. Albums of numerical results are also provided, and the computer code used to generate these results are provided in an appendix.




Introduction to Matrix Methods in Optics


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Clear, accessible guide requires little prior knowledge and considers just two topics: paraxial imaging and polarization. Lucid discussions of paraxial imaging properties of a centered optical system, optical resonators and laser beam propagation, matrices in polarization optics and propagation of light through crystals, much more. 60 illustrations. Appendixes. Bibliography.




Transfer Matrix Method for Multibody Systems


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TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD FOR MULTIBODY SYSTEMS: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS Xiaoting Rui, Guoping Wang and Jianshu Zhang - Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China Featuring a new method of multibody system dynamics, this book introduces the transfer matrix method systematically for the first time. First developed by the lead author and his research team, this method has found numerous engineering and technological applications. Readers are first introduced to fundamental concepts like the body dynamics equation, augmented operator and augmented eigenvector before going in depth into precision analysis and computations of eigenvalue problems as well as dynamic responses. The book also covers a combination of mixed methods and practical applications in multiple rocket launch systems, self-propelled artillery as well as launch dynamics of on-ship weaponry. • Comprehensively introduces a new method of analyzing multibody dynamics for engineers • Provides a logical development of the transfer matrix method as applied to the dynamics of multibody systems that consist of interconnected bodies • Features varied applications in weaponry, aeronautics, astronautics, vehicles and robotics Written by an internationally renowned author and research team with many years' experience in multibody systems Transfer Matrix Method of Multibody System and Its Applications is an advanced level text for researchers and engineers in mechanical system dynamics. It is a comprehensive reference for advanced students and researchers in the related fields of aerospace, vehicle, robotics and weaponry engineering.




Matrix Methods


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Operators preserving primitivity for matrix pairs / L.B. Beasley, A.E. Guterman -- Decompositions of quaternions and their matrix equivalents / D. Janovská, G. Opfer -- Sensitivity analysis of Hamiltonian and reversible systems prone to dissipation-induced instabilities / O.N. Kirillov -- Block triangular miniversal deformations of matrices and matrix pencils / L. Klimenko, V.V. Sergeichuk -- Determining the Schein rank of boolean matrices / E.E. Marenich -- Lattices of matrix rows and matrix columns. Lattices of invariant column eigenvectors / V. Marenich -- Matrix algebras and their length / O.V. Markova -- On a new class of singular nonsymmetric matrices with nonnegative integer spectra / T. Nahtman, D. von Rosen -- Reduction of a set of matrices over a principal ideal domain to the Smith normal forms by means of the same one-sided transformation / V.M. Prokip -- Nonsymmetric algebraic Riccati equations associated with an M-matrix : recent advances and algorithms / D.A. Bini, B. Iannazzo, B. Meini, F. Poloni -- A generalized conjugate direction method for nonsymmetric large ill-conditioned linear systems / E.R. Boudinov, A.I. Manevich -- There exist normal Hankel ([symbol], [symbol])-circulants of any order [symbol] / V.N. Chugunov, Kh. D. Ikramov -- On the treatment of boundary artifacts in image restoration by reflection and/or anti-reflection / M. Donatelli, S. Serra-Capizzano -- Zeros of determinants of [symbol]-matrices / W. Gander -- How to find a good submatrix / S.A. Goreinov [und weiteren] -- Conjugate and semi-conjugate direction methods with preconditioning projectors / V.P. Il'in -- Some relationships between optimal preconditioner and superoptimal preconditioner / J.-B. Chen [und weiteren] -- Scaling, preconditioning, and superlinear convergence in GMRES-type iterations / I. Kaporin -- Toeplitz and Toeplitz-block-Toeplitz matrices and their correlation with syzygies of polynomials / H. Khalil, B. Mourrain, M. Schatzman -- Concepts of data-sparse tensor-product approximation in many-particle modelling / H.-J. Flad [und weiteren] -- Separation of variables in nonlinear fermi equation / Yu. I. Kuznetsov -- Faster multipoint polynomial evaluation via structured matrices / B. Murphy, R.E. Rosholt -- Testing pivoting policies in Gaussian elimination / B. Murphy [und weiteren] -- Newton's iteration for matrix inversion, advances and extensions / V.Y. Pan -- Truncated decompositions and filtering methods with reflective/antireflective boundary conditions : a comparison / C. Tablino Possio -- Discrete-time stability of a class of hermitian polynomial matrices with positive semidefinite coefficients / H.K. Wimmer -- Splitting algorithm for solving mixed variational inequalities with inversely strongly monotone operators / I. Badriev, O. Zadvornov -- Multilevel algorithm for graph partitioning / N.S. Bochkarev, O.V. Diyankov, V.Y. Pravilnikov -- 2D-extension of singular spectrum analysis : algorithm and elements of theory / N.E. Golyandina, K.D. Usevich -- Application of radon transform for fast solution of boundary value problems for elliptic PDE in domains with complicated geometry / A.I. Grebennikov -- Application of a multigrid method to solving diffusion-type equations / M.E. Ladonkina, O. Yu. Milukova, V.F. Tishkin -- Monotone matrices and finite volume schemes for diffusion problems preserving non-negativity of solution / I.V. Kapyrin -- Sparse approximation of FEM matrix for sheet current integro-differential equation / M. Khapaev, M. Yu. Kupriyanov -- The method of magnetic field computation in presence of an ideal conductive multiconnected surface by using the integro-differential equation of the first kind / T. Kochubey, V.I. Astakhov -- Spectral model order reduction preserving passivity for large multiport RCLM networks / Yu. M. Nechepurenko, A.S. Potyagalova, I.A. Karaseva -- New smoothers in multigrid methods for strongly nonsymmetric linear systems / G.V. Muratova, E.M. Andreeva -- Operator equations for eddy currents on singular carriers / J. Naumenko -- Matrix approach to modelling of polarized radiation transfer in heterogeneous systems / T.A. Sushkevich, S.A. Strelkov, S.V. Maksakova -- The Method of Regularization of Tikhonov Based on Augmented Systems / A.I. Zhdanov, T.G. Parchaikina







Acoustic Waves in Periodic Structures, Metamaterials, and Porous Media


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This book delivers a comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of practical applications of metamaterials, structured media, and conventional porous materials. With increasing levels of urbanization, a growing demand for motorized transport, and inefficient urban planning, environmental noise exposure is rapidly becoming a pressing societal and health concern. Phononic and sonic crystals, acoustic metamaterials, and metasurfaces can revolutionize noise and vibration control and, in many cases, replace traditional porous materials for these applications. In this collection of contributed chapters, a group of international researchers reviews the essentials of acoustic wave propagation in metamaterials and porous absorbers with viscothermal losses, as well as the most recent advances in the design of acoustic metamaterial absorbers. The book features a detailed theoretical introduction describing commonly used modelling techniques such as plane wave expansion, multiple scattering theory, and the transfer matrix method. The following chapters give a detailed consideration of acoustic wave propagation in viscothermal fluids and porous media, and the extension of this theory to non-local models for fluid saturated metamaterials, along with a description of the relevant numerical methods. Finally, the book reviews a range of practical industrial applications, making it especially attractive as a white book targeted at the building, automotive, and aeronautic industries.




Finite Element Analysis of Rotating Beams


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This book addresses the solution of rotating beam free-vibration problems using the finite element method. It provides an introduction to the governing equation of a rotating beam, before outlining the solution procedures using Rayleigh-Ritz, Galerkin and finite element methods. The possibility of improving the convergence of finite element methods through a judicious selection of interpolation functions, which are closer to the problem physics, is also addressed. The book offers a valuable guide for students and researchers working on rotating beam problems – important engineering structures used in helicopter rotors, wind turbines, gas turbines, steam turbines and propellers – and their applications. It can also be used as a textbook for specialized graduate and professional courses on advanced applications of finite element analysis.