eng Science and Education Publishing International Journal of Physics 2333-4886 2014-10-15 2 5 170 180 10.12691/ijp-2-5-7 IJP2014257 article Sergey V. Kuznetsov kuzn-sergey@yandex.ru 1 Institute for Problems in Mechanics, Prosp. Vernadskogo, Moscow, Russia A mathematical model for analyzing both Love waves and horizontally polarized shear surface waves (SH-waves) propagating in stratified media with monoclinic symmetry is worked out. Analytic and numerical solutions for SH and Love waves obtained by applying the Modified Transfer Matrix (MTM) method and a special complex formalism, are presented. Displacement fields, specific energy, phase, ray, and group velocities, and dispersion curves for SH and Love waves are compared and analyzed. Plates with different types of boundary conditions imposed on the outer surfaces are considered. Behavior of the leakage Love waves and anomalous SH-waves is discussed. http://pubs.sciepub.com/ijp/2/5/7/ijp-2-5-7.pdf SH-wave shear wave surface wave Love wave dispersion laminated plate