Propagation of SH-waves in a layered medium

Effect of Micropolarity on the Propagation of Shear Waves in a Piezoelectric Layered Structure

This paper studies the propagation of shear waves in a composite structure consisting of a piezoelectric layer perfectly bonded over a micropolar elastic half space. The general dispersion equations for the existence of shear waves are obtained analytically in the closed form. Some particular cases have been discussed and in one special case the relation obtained is in agreement with existing r...

Transference of SH-Waves in Fluid Saturated Porous Medium Sandwiched Between Heterogeneous Half-Spaces

A mathematical model is considered to investigate the behavior of horizontally polarized shear waves (SH-waves) in fluid saturated porous medium sandwiched between heterogeneous half-spaces. Heterogeneity in the upper half-space is due to linear variation of elastic parameters, whereas quadratic variation has been considered for lower half-space. The method of separation of variables and Whitta...

Generation of Sh - Type Waves in Layered Anisotropic Elastic Media

A study is made of the generation of SH-type wves at the free surface of a layered anlsotroplc elastic medium due to an impulsive stress discontinuity moving with uniform velocity along the interface of the layered medium. The exact solution for the displacement function is obtained by the Laplace and Fourier transforms combined with the modified Cagnlard method. The numerical results for an im...

Modeling and Analysis of Ultrasound Propagation in Layered Medium

For many medical applications of ultrasonic devices, it is often of interest to determine the distortion of ultrasound waves due to tissue layers of fat and muscle. Bending of the acoustic rays due to refraction at intermediate layers degrades image resolution, causes distortion and other artifacts in ultrasound images. In this work, ultrasound propagation in layered media is modeled analytical...

Forward Modeling of Ultrasound Propagation in Layered Medium