This presentation discusses different Zakharenko waves (ZWs) such as the non-dispersive ZWs, dispersive leaky ZWs, slow surface ZWs and ultrasonic surface ZWs, as well as their possible applications. The nondispersive Zakharenko waves can be found in complex systems such as different layered and quantum systems. Existence examples of the non-dispersive Zakharenko waves in both fundamental modes...

INTRODUCTION The reflection and refraction of horizontally polarized shear (SH) waves by a frictional contact interface that can slip has been studied by the present authors [l-3] and Miller [4-6]. If the solids are sheared, the localized slip induced by the waves is more pronounced in one direction than in the other, which leads to the interesting phenomenon of the solids creeping with respect...