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Geometric Optics: Theory and Design of Astronomical Optical Systems Using Mathematica®
No full textGeometric Optics Geometric Optics Theory and Design of Astronomical Optical Systems Using Mathematica® Series: Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology Romano, Antonio 2010, XII, 224 p. 130 illus., Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-8176-4871-8 Online version available A Birkhäuser book Ordine evaso e spedito in 3-5 giorni lavorativi 83,15 € Cart About this book | Table of contents | Sample pages About this book This book—unique in the literature—provides readers with the mathematical background needed to design many of the optical combinations that are used in astronomical telescopes and cameras. The results presented in the work were obtained by using a different approach to third-order aberration theory as well as the extensive use of the software package Mathematica®. The newly presented approach to third-order aberration theory adopted is based on Fermat’s principle and the use of particular optical paths—not rays—termed stigmatic paths, allowing for easy derivation of third-order formulae. This approach enables readers to understand and handle the formulae required to design optical combinations without resorting to the much more complex Hamiltonian formalism and Seidel's relations. Additional features and topics: * Presentation of the third-order design of cameras and telescopes with the aid of Mathematica eliminates the need for tedious computer calculations * Mathematica notebooks accompanying each optical combination analyzed in the book are available for download at http://www/birkhauser.com/978-0-8176-4871-8 * Discussion and analysis of specific optical devices: Newtonian and Cassegrain telescopes; Schmidt, Wright, Houghton, and Maksutov cameras; and other optical combinations, such as the Klevtsov telescope and the Baker–Schmidt flat-field camera * Additional supplementary material available at the publisher's website * Many worked-out examples and exercises Geometric Optics is an excellent reference for advanced graduate students, researchers, and practitioners in applied mathematics, engineering, astronomy, and astronomical optics. The work may be used as a supplementary textbook for graduate-level courses in astronomical optics, optical design, optical engineering, programming with Mathematica, or geometric optics
Sui principi generali della termodinamica dei continui con applicazione ai dielettrici
No full textNella prima parte, dopo aver brevemente esposto i principi generali della moderna termomeccanica dei sistemi continui, vengono discusse le loro conseguenze per la classe dei materiali viscotermoelastici. Nella seconda parte, viene presentata una teoria termodinamica per un dielettrico che non fa ricorso ad alcun modello d'interazione tra dielettrico e campo. Successivamente sono analizzate le conseguenze della diseguaglianza di dissipazione ridotta sull'equazioni costitutive del dielettrico e si prova che esse risultano in accordo con alcuni effetti sperimentali. Infine, si confrontano i risultati ottenuti con quelli proposti da altri autori
Sulla termodinamica dei materiali di tipo differenziale in campi elettromagnetici
No full textSi determinano le equazioni approssimate del bilancio relativistico di un sistema continuo carico ed, associando ad esse la versione relativistica della diseguaglianza di Clausius-Duhem proposta da P. M. Quan, si estendono i risultati della termodinamica di Coleman dei materiali differenziali al caso che sia presente un campo elettromagnetico
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