Features two distinct aspects of wave dynamics: wave propagation and diffraction Presents the application of different mathematical methods to the solution of typical problems Offers insights into directions for further developing wave diffraction theory

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Prof. Igor Selezov is a head of the Department of Hydrodynamics of Wave Processes at the Institute of Hydromechanics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine). His scientific interests include wave processes in liquid and elastic media, wave diffraction, magnetohydrodynamics, wave biohydrodynamics. He is an author of more than 400 scientific publications and 12 monographs. Prof. Selezov is an Honoured Science and Engineering Worker of Ukraine, Foreign Member of GAMM (Gesellschaft für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik), a fellow of the National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of Ukraine.

Prof. Yuriy Kryvonos is a member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Hi is a vice-director of the Institute of Cybernetics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine). His scientific interests include computer technologies, wave propagation and diffraction, identification of wave processes, controlling of dynami c objects. He is an author of more than 300 scientific publications and several monographs. Prof. Kryvonos is an Honored Worker of Ukraine in the field of science and technology.

Dr. Ivan Gandzha is a senior research fellow at the Department of Theoretical Physics at the Institute of Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine). His scientific interests include the theory of nonlinear waves, solitons and chaos, nonlinear vibrations. He is an author of more than 30 scientific publications and one monograph. Dr. Gandzha is a member of the Editorial board of the Ukrainian Journal of Physics.

Inhalt

Some Analytical and Numerical Methods in the Theory of Wave Propagation and Diffraction .- Spectral Methods in the Theory of Wave Propagation.- Ray Method of Investigating the Wave Evolution over Arbitrary Topography.- Analytical and Numerical Solutions of Wave Diffraction Problems.- Wave Diffraction by Convex Bodies in Semibounded Regions.- Propagation and Evolution of Transient Water Waves.