Analysis of gravity and non-homogeneity on Rayleigh wave in anisotropic elastic-viscoelastic half space of higher order

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 120-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajneesh Kakar

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the propagation of Rayleigh waves in an anisotropic inhomogeneous layer placed over an isotropic gravitational viscoelastic half space of third order. Design/methodology/approach – It is considered that the mass density and the elastic coefficients of the layer are space dependent. Dispersion properties of waves are derived with the simple mathematical techniques. Graphs are plotted between phase velocity ‘k’ and wave number ‘c’ for different values of inhomogeneity parameters for a particular model and the effects of inhomogeneity and gravity are studied. Findings – The wave analysis indicates that the phase velocity of Rayleigh waves is affected quite remarkably by the presence of inhomogeneity, gravity and strain rates of strain parameters in the half space. The effects of inhomogeneity and depth on the phase velocity are also shown in corresponding figures. Originality/value – The results presented in this study may be attractive and useful for mathematicians, seismologists and geologists.

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-60
Author(s):  
R.R. Gupta ◽  
R.R. Gupta

Abstract The present investigation deals with the propagation of waves in a micropolar transversely isotropic half space with an overlying inviscid fluid layer. Effects of fluid loading and anisotropy on the phase velocity, attenuation coefficient, specific loss and relative frequency shift. Finally, a numerical solution was carried out for aluminium epoxy material and the computer simulated results for the phase velocity, attenuation coefficient, specific loss and relative frequency shift are presented graphically. A particular case for the propagation of Rayleigh waves in a micropolar transversely isotropic half-space is deduced and dispersion curves are plotted for the same as functions of the wave number. An amplitude of displacements and microrotation together with the path of surface particles are also calculated for the propagation of Rayleigh waves in the latter case


2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 308-325
Author(s):  
Abhishek Kumar Singh ◽  
Amrita Das ◽  
Kshitish Ch. Mistri ◽  
Shreyas Nimishe ◽  
Siddhartha Koley

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of corrugation, wave number, initial stress and the heterogeneity of the media on the phase velocity of the Love-type wave. Moreover, the paper aims to have a comparative study of the presence and absence of anisotropy, heterogeneity, corrugation and initial stress in the half-space, which serve as a focal theme of the study. Design/methodology/approach The present paper modelled the propagation of the Love-type wave in a corrugated heterogeneous monoclinic layer lying over an initially stressed heterogeneous transversely isotropic half-space. The method of separation of variables is used to procure the dispersion relation. Findings The closed form of dispersion relation is obtained and found to be in well agreement to the classical Love wave equation. Neglecting the corrugation at either of the boundary surfaces, expressions of the phase velocity of the Love-type wave are deduced in closed form as special cases of the problem. It is established through the numerical computation of the obtained relation that the concerned affecting parameters have significant impact on the phase velocity of the Love-type wave. Also, a comparative study shows that the anisotropic case favours more to the phase velocity as comparison to the isotropic case. Originality/value Although many attempts have been made to study the effect of corrugated boundaries on reflection and refraction of seismic waves, but the effect of corrugated boundaries on the dispersion of surface wave (which are dispersive in nature) propagating through mediums pertaining various incredible features still needs to be investigated.


1962 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 807-822 ◽  
Author(s):  
John T. Kuo ◽  
John E. Nafe

abstract The problem of the Rayleigh wave propagation in a solid layer overlying a solid half space separated by a sinusoidal interface is investigated. The amplitude of the interface is assumed to be small in comparison to the average thickness of the layer or the wave length of the interface. Either by applying Rayleigh's approximate method or by perturbating the boundary conditions at the sinusoidal interface, plane wave solutions for the equations which satisfy the given boundary conditions are found to form a system of linear equations. These equations may be expressed in a determinant form. The period (or characteristic) equations for the first and second approximation of the wave number k are obtained. The phase and group velocities of Rayleigh waves in the present case depend upon both frequency and distance. At a given point on the surface, there is a local phase and local group velocity of Rayleigh waves that is independent of the direction of wave propagation.


2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shishir Gupta ◽  
Rishi Dwivedi ◽  
Smita Smita ◽  
Rachaita Dutta

Purpose The purpose of study to this article is to analyze the Rayleigh wave propagation in an isotropic dry sandy thermoelastic half-space. Various wave characteristics, i.e wave velocity, penetration depth and temperature have been derived and represented graphically. The generalized secular equation and classical dispersion equation of Rayleigh wave is obtained in a compact form. Design/methodology/approach The present article deals with the propagation of Rayleigh surface wave in a homogeneous, dry sandy thermoelastic half-space. The dispersion equation for the proposed model is derived in closed form and computed analytically. The velocity of Rayleigh surface wave is discussed through graphs. Phase velocity and penetration depth of generated quasi P, quasi SH wave, and thermal mode wave is computed mathematically and analyzed graphically. To illustrate the analytical developments, some particular cases are deliberated, which agrees with the classical equation of Rayleigh waves. Findings The dispersion equation of Rayleigh waves in the presence of thermal conductivity for a dry sandy thermoelastic medium has been derived. The dry sandiness parameter plays an effective role in thermoelastic media, especially with respect to the reference temperature for η = 0.6,0.8,1. The significant difference in η changes a lot in thermal parameters that are obvious from graphs. The penetration depth and phase velocity for generated quasi-wave is deduced due to the propagation of Rayleigh wave. The generalized secular equation and classical dispersion equation of Rayleigh wave is obtained in a compact form. Originality/value Rayleigh surface wave propagation in dry sandy thermoelastic medium has not been attempted so far. In the present investigation, the propagation of Rayleigh waves in dry sandy thermoelastic half-space has been considered. This study will find its applications in the design of surface acoustic wave devices, earthquake engineering structural mechanics and damages in the characterization of materials.


Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 2320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ke Li ◽  
Shuangxi Jing ◽  
Jiangong Yu ◽  
Xiaoming Zhang ◽  
Bo Zhang

The research on the propagation of surface waves has received considerable attention in order to improve the efficiency and natural life of the surface acoustic wave devices, but the investigation on complex Rayleigh waves in functionally graded piezoelectric material (FGPM) is quite limited. In this paper, an improved Laguerre orthogonal function technique is presented to solve the problem of the complex Rayleigh waves in an FGPM half-space, which can obtain not only the solution of purely real values but also that of purely imaginary and complex values. The three-dimensional dispersion curves are generated in complex space to explore the influence of the gradient coefficients. The displacement amplitude distributions are plotted to investigate the conversion process from complex wave mode to propagating wave mode. Finally, the curves of phase velocity to the ratio of wave loss decrements are illustrated, which offers extra convenience for finding the high phase velocity points where the complex wave loss is near zero.


2013 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 3-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajneesh Kumar ◽  
Tarun Kansal

Abstract The propagation of cylindrical Rayleigh waves in a trans- versely isotropic thermoelastic diffusive solid half-space subjected to stress free, isothermal/insulated and impermeable or isoconcentrated boundary conditions is investigated in the framework of different theories of ther- moelastic diffusion. The dispersion equation of cylindrical Rayleigh waves has been derived. The phase velocity and attenuation coefficients have been computed from the dispersion equation by using Muller’s method. Some special cases of dispersion equation are also deduced


1970 ◽  
Vol 60 (6) ◽  
pp. 1989-1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. E. Alsop

Abstract It is shown that the plane-wave picture of a leaky mode proposed by Burg, Ewing, Press and Stulkin (1951) yields the accepted period equation for leaky modes in a water layer a half-space. The resultant mode is formed by an inhomogeneous wave with real frequency and complex wave number and phase velocity. Another form of mode considered is that formed by a homogeneous wave in the guide with real phase velocity and complex frequency and wave number. The phase-velocity dispersion curve for this case is appropriate for determining shear-wave coupling to PL waves. The procedures of the article could be readily extended to the more complicated case of a solid layer over a half-space. It is also demonstrated that the derivative of the real part of angular frequency with respect to the real part of the wave number is a good approximation to the group velocity for leaky modes with low losses.


2018 ◽  
Vol 96 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vikas Sharma ◽  
Satish Kumar

Inner atomic interactions at the micro scale produce new effects that cannot be accounted for by the classical theory of elasticity. To study the impact of the microstructures of the material, generalized continuum theories involving additional microstructural material parameters are preferred. One such microcontinuum theory involving an additional material parameter called internal characteristic length (l) is a consistent couple stress theory. The study of leaky Rayleigh waves generated at the interface of solid half-space with liquid layer is of great importance for quick scanning and imaging of large civil engineering structures. The problem of leaky Rayleigh waves propagating in elastic half-space under liquid loading has been studied in the context of this consistent couple stress theory. Dispersion equations are obtained by developing the mathematical model of the problem. Phase velocity of leaky Rayleigh waves is studied for three different values of characteristic length parameter (l), which is of the order of internal cell size of the material. Effects of thickness of liquid layer are also studied on the phase velocity profiles.


2014 ◽  
Vol 06 (05) ◽  
pp. 1450050 ◽  
Author(s):  
SANTIMOY KUNDU ◽  
SHISHIR GUPTA ◽  
SANTANU MANNA ◽  
PRALAY DOLAI

The present paper is devoted to study the Love wave propagation in a fiber-reinforced medium laying over a nonhomogeneous half-space. The upper layer is assumed as reinforced medium and we have taken exponential variation in both rigidity and density of lower half-space. As Mathematical tools the techniques of separation of variables and Whittaker function are applied to obtain the dispersion equation of Love wave in the assumed media. The dispersion equation has been investigated for three different cases. In a special case when both the media are homogeneous our computed equation coincides with the classical equation of Love wave. For graphical representation, we used MATLAB software to study the effects of reinforced parameters and inhomogeneity parameters. It has been observed that the phase velocity increases with the decreases of nondimensional wave number. We have also seen that the phase velocity decreases with the increase of reinforced parameters and inhomogeneity parameters. The results may be useful to understand the nature of seismic wave propagation in fiber reinforced medium.


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