ArticleOriginal scientific text

Title

Waves of excitations in heterogeneous annular region, asymmetric arrangement

Authors 1, 1, 1

Affiliations

  1. Department of Chemical Physics, Technical University, Budapest H-1521, Hungary

Abstract

This paper deals with the propagation of waves around a circular obstacle. The medium is heterogeneous: the velocity is smaller in the inner region and greater in the outer region. The interface separating the two regions is also circular, and the obstacle is located eccentrically inside it. The different front portraits are classified.

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Pages:
305-320
Main language of publication
English
Published
1999
Exact and natural sciences