Vibrational analysis of Love waves in a viscoelastic composite multilayered structure

A unified procedure is presented to investigate the dispersion and damping behavior of Love waves in a double-layered structure. The double-layered structure is comprised of a viscoelastic fiber-reinforced medium (Medium I) embedded between a viscoelastic sandy layer (Medium II) and a viscoelastic porous semi-infinite medium (Medium III). The displacement vectors for the respective medium have been obtained using analytical techniques. Using the separation of variables method and admissible boundary conditions at the free surface and the interfaces, the complex frequency equation is obtained in closed form. The substantial impact of all material parameters involved in the considered model on the phase velocity as well as damped velocity has been observed numerically and shown by graphical illustrations. The outcomes from this analysis may serve as a dynamic tool in various fields including geophysics, geotechnical, and earthquake engineering.