Analytical and Numerical Methods for Wave Propagation in Fluid Media (Q4779910)

This small book surveys analytical and numerical techniques used for the description of fluid motion, with special emphasis being placed on methods which yield the best results in applications. The main theme of the book is the derivation of analytical and numerical results for nonlinear hyperbolic systems of partial differential equations. The results are applied to a great variety of physical phenomena ranging from acoustic waves, the emission of air pollutants, magnetohydrodynamic waves in the solar corona and wind interaction with the planet Venus, to ion-acoustic solitons. The book contains twelve chapters, the first five of which are devoted to analytical techniques for the solution of both linear and nonlinear waves, while the remaining chapters deal with numerical methods of solution and with numerical experiments. The book will be of interest to readers intending to enter this field, and it contains an extensive bibliography that will be useful for readers wishing to widen their study of these topics.