AN AMPLITUDE STUDY ON A SEISMIC MODEL

Geophysics ◽  
1955 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 766-773 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. S. Clay ◽  
Halcyon McNeil

The measured amplitudes of two seismic events which have traveled through a two layer seismic model are compared with the amplitudes calculated from plane wave reflection and transmission theory. The relative amplitudes of the events, one a dilatational‐dilatational and the other a dilatational‐to‐shear conversion event, are found to be in agreement with calculations based on reflection theory for plane waves, after correction for [Formula: see text] divergence.

1993 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 2344-2353 ◽  
Author(s):  
J-M. Berthelot ◽  
Souda M. Ben ◽  
J.L. Robert

The experimental study of wave attenuation in concrete has been achieved in the case of the propagation of plane waves in concrete rods. Different mortars and concretes have been investigated. A transmitter transducer coupled to one of the ends of the concrete rod generates the propagation of a plane wave in the rod. The receiver transducer, similar to the previous one, is coupled to the other end of the rod. The experimental results lead to an analytical expression for wave attenuation as function of the concrete composition, the propagation distance, and the wave frequency.


2020 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 227-236
Author(s):  
Jozefa Červeňová ◽  
Rastislav Dosoudil ◽  
Jaroslav Franek ◽  
L’ubomír Šumichrast

AbstractReflection and transmission (refraction) of a homogeneous plane wave at the planar boundary of two dielectric media is a well known phenomenon commonly treated in nearly all standard textbooks. Here the analysis of reflection and refraction of evanescent plane waves on the planar boundary between various combinations of lossy, gainy and lossless media is performed. It is shown that by the appropriate choice of the profile of evanescence various effects can take place.


1973 ◽  
Vol 63 (6-1) ◽  
pp. 2021-2034 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allan R. Sanford ◽  
Ömer Alptekin ◽  
Tousson R. Toppozada

Abstract Microearthquake seismograms recorded by stations located in or bordering the Rio Grande rift near Socorro, New Mexico, frequently have two sharp impulsive phases following direct S. These phases have been identified as SxP and SxS reflections from a sharp discontinuity that has a depth beneath Socorro of 18 km and dips northward at an angle near 6° for a distance of 30 km. Farther north, the dip steepens so that at a distance of 60 km from Socorro the depth is about 30 km. Ratios of SxP to SxS amplitudes in conjunction with plane-wave reflection theory indicate a zone of very low rigidity beneath the discontinuity. Large SxS amplitudes are believed to be the result of the large velocity contrast across the discontinuity and a fault mechanism that radiates more S-wave energy downward than outward from the focus.


Geophysics ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 57 (11) ◽  
pp. 1512-1519 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Graebner

Numerous investigators have studied the P-SV reflection and transmission coefficients of an isotropic solid (Zoeppritz, 1919; Nafe, 1957; Frasier, 1970; Young and Braile, 1976; Kind, 1976; Aki and Richards, 1980).


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