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Energy flux for plane waves in linear conservative systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

M. Hayes
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical physics, University College, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland
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Abstract

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The point form of the conservation of energy equation is used to give simple and direct proof of results concerning the mean energy flux vector for systems of sinusoidal small amplitude waves in linear conservative systems. No constitutive equation is used explicitly.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1977

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