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Dispersion of SH and Love Waves

1Institute for Problems in Mechanics, Prosp. Vernadskogo, Moscow, Russia


International Journal of Physics. 2014, Vol. 2 No. 5, 170-180
DOI: 10.12691/ijp-2-5-7
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Sergey V. Kuznetsov. Dispersion of SH and Love Waves. International Journal of Physics. 2014; 2(5):170-180. doi: 10.12691/ijp-2-5-7.

Correspondence to: Sergey  V. Kuznetsov, Institute for Problems in Mechanics, Prosp. Vernadskogo, Moscow, Russia. Email: kuzn-sergey@yandex.ru

Abstract

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.

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