Open AccessThe establishment of the dilatation effect in a field of sound waves
Author(s) -
P M DAVIDSON
Publication year - 1947
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series a, mathematical and physical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.814
H-Index - 135
eISSN - 2053-9169
pISSN - 0080-4630
DOI - 10.1098/rspa.1947.0084
Subject(s) - acoustics , field (mathematics) , sound (geography) , physics , viscosity , sound wave , vibration , mechanics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics
The dilatation effect in a field of sound waves (which may be described as a general dilatation of the matter in the more strongly vibrating regions relative to the matter in the regions of weaker vibration) is discussed in terms of a medium which, for mathematical reasons, is given a slight viscosity. In the theorems concerning this effect an established field is considered; but the process of establishment of the phenomenon is investigated in a special case.