Preface Prologue Chapter 1. Sound waves 1.1 The wave equation 1.2 The speed of sound 1.3 Acoustic energy and intensity 1.4 The simple source 1.5 The acoustic dipole 1.6 Compact source regions in general 1.7 Compact source regions with dipole far fields 1.8 Ripple-tank simulations 1.9 Scattering by compact bodies 1.10 Quadrupole radiation 1.11 Radiation from spheres 1.12 Radiation from plane walls 1.I3 Dissipation of acoustic energy Exercises onChapter 1 Chapter 2. One-dimensional waves in fluids 2.1 Longitudinal waves in tubes and channels 2.2 Examples, including elastic tubes and open channels 2.3 Transmission of waves through junctions 2.4 Propagation through branching systems 2.5 Cavities, constrictions, resonators 2.6 Linear propagation with gradually varying composition and cross-section 2.7 Frictional attenuation 2.8 Nonlinear theory of plane waves 2.9 Simple waves 2.10 Shock waves 2.11 Theory.of simple waves incorporating weak shock waves 2.12 Hydraulic jumps 2.13 Nonlinear propagation with gradually varying composition and cross-section 2.14 Nonlinear geometrical acoustics Exercises onChapter 2 Chapter 3. Water waves 3.1 Surface gravity waves 3.2 Sinusoidal waves on deep water 3.3 Sinusoidal waves on water of arbitrary, but uniform, depth 3.4 Ripples 3.5 Attenuation 3.6 Introduction to group velocity 3.7 The Fourier analysis of dispersive systems 3.8 Energy propagation velocity 3.9 Wave patterns made by obstacles in a steady stream 3.10 Ship waves Exercises onChapter 3 Chapter 4- Internal waves 4.1 Introduction to internal gravity waves 4.z Combined theory of soundand internal waves 4.3 Internal waves in the ocean and in the atmosphere 4.4 Introduction to anisotropic dispersion 4.5 General theory of ray tracing 4.6 Ray tracing in a wind 4.7 Steady streaming generated by wave attenuation 4.8 Stationary phase in three dimensions 4.9 General theory of oscillating sources of waves 4.10 Internal waves generated by an oscillating source 4.11 Caustics 4.12 Wave generation by travelling forcing effects 4.13 Waveguides Exercises onChapter 4 Contents Epilogue Part 1 A variety of waves in fluids Part 2 Nonlinear effects on dispersive wave propagation Bibliography(indexed as pages A to Q) Part 1 Some basic texts Part 2 Acoustic literature Part 3 Water-wave literature Part 4 Stratified-fluids literature Part 5 A bibliography for the epilogue Notation list Author index Subject index