Overview:-

If 90% of the planet is a diffusion equation, the other 10% is a wave equation. Sound, light, seismic, ocean and atmospheric waves are ways for nature to dissipate energy from a source.

Physical principles:-

Restoring force, wave equations. Phase, phase velocity, group velocity, refraction, total internal reflection.

Handouts:-

Seismic notes seismology_2011.ppt

Required readings:-

The notes

Lab:-

Computer lab in phase a group velocity

waves_group.m