Nonlinear Acoustics
Waveform distortion and shock formation, harmonic generation and spectral interactions, effects of absorption and dispersion, parametric arrays, Rankine-Hugoniot relations, weak shock theory, numerical modeling, radiation pressure, and acoustic streaming. Only one of the following may be counted: Electrical and Computer Engineering 384N (Topic 4), Electrical Engineering 384N (Topic 4), Mechanical Engineering 384N (Topic 4).
Prerequisites & course information
Waveform distortion and shock formation, harmonic generation and spectral interactions, effects of absorption and dispersion, parametric arrays, Rankine-Hugoniot relations, weak shock theory, numerical modeling, radiation pressure, and acoustic streaming. Only one of the following may be counted: Electrical and Computer Engineering 384N (Topic 4), Electrical Engineering 384N (Topic 4), Mechanical Engineering 384N (Topic 4).
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027