Those wonderful elastic waves

We consider elastic waves in isotropic and anisotropic media and discuss their polarization, speeds, reflection from interfaces with mode conversion, and surface waves. The waves are represented by a wave function. For isotropic media this representation greatly simplifies the theory. The reflection...

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Veröffentlicht in:American journal of physics 2009-12, Vol.77 (12), p.1162-1172
Hauptverfasser: Ignatovich, Vladimir K., Phan, Loan T. N.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:We consider elastic waves in isotropic and anisotropic media and discuss their polarization, speeds, reflection from interfaces with mode conversion, and surface waves. The waves are represented by a wave function. For isotropic media this representation greatly simplifies the theory. The reflection of quasitransverse waves in anisotropic media from a free surface is shown to be characterized by three critical angles.
ISSN:0002-9505
1943-2909
DOI:10.1119/1.3216469