preface
　prologue
chapter 1. sound waves
　1.1 the wave equation
　1.2 the speed of sound
　1.3 acoustic energy and intensity
　1.4 the simple source
　1.5 the acoustic dipole
　1.6 compact source regions in general
　1.7 compact source regions with dipole far fields
　1.8 ripple-tank simulations
　1.9 scattering by compact bodies
　1.10 quadrupole radiation
　1.11 radiation from spheres
　1.12 radiation from plane walls

preface
　prologue
chapter 1. sound waves
　1.1 the wave equation
　1.2 the speed of sound
　1.3 acoustic energy and intensity
　1.4 the simple source
　1.5 the acoustic dipole
　1.6 compact source regions in general
　1.7 compact source regions with dipole far fields
　1.8 ripple-tank simulations
　1.9 scattering by compact bodies
　1.10 quadrupole radiation
　1.11 radiation from spheres
　1.12 radiation from plane walls
　1.13 dissipation of acoustic energy
　exercises on chapter 1
chapter 2. one-dimensional waves in fluids
　2.1 longitudinal waves in tubes and channels
　2.2 examples, including elastic tubes and open channels
　2.3 transmission of waves through junctions
　2.4 propagation through branching systems
　2.5 cavities, constrictions, resonators
　2.6 linear propagation with gradually varying composition andcross-section
　2.7 frictional attenuation
　2.8 nonlinear theory of plane waves
　2.9 simple waves
　2.10 shock waves
　2.11 theory of simple waves incorporating weak shock waves
　2.12 hydraulic jumps
　2.13 nonlinear propagation with gradually varying composition andcross-section
　2.14 nonlinear geometrical acoustics
　exercises on chapter 2
chapter 3. water waves
　3.1 surface gravity waves
　3.2 sinusoidal waves on deep water
　3.3 sinusoidal waves on water of arbitrary, but uniform,depth
　3.4 ripples
　3.5 attenuation
　3.6 introduction to group velocity
　3.7 the fourier analysis of dispersive systems
　3.8 energy propagation velocity
　3.9 wave patterns made by obstacles in a steady stream
　3.10 ship waves
　exercises on chapter 3
chapter 4. internal waves
　4.1 introduction to internal gravity waves
　4.2 combined theory of sound and internal waves
　4.3 internal waves in the ocean and in the atmosphere
　4.4 introduction to anisotropic dispersion
　4.5 general theory of ray tracing
　4.6 ray tracing in a wind
　4.7 steady streaming generated by wave attenuation
　4.8 stationary phase in three dimensions
　4.9 general theory of oscillating sources of waves
　4.10 internal waves generated by an oscillating source
　4.11 caustics
　4.12 wave generation by travelling forcing effects
　4.13 waveguides
exercises on chapter 4
epilogue
　part 1 a variety of waves in fluids
　part 2 nonlinear effects on dispersive wave propagation
bibliography
(indexed as pages a to q)
　part 1 some basic texts
　part 2 acoustic literature
　part 3 water-wave literature.
　part 4 stratified-fluids literature
　part 5 a bibliography for the epilogue
notation list
author index
subject index