In this paper, surface waves in the presence of an infinite periodic array of obstacles of rectangular cross-section are considered. Rayleigh–Bloch surface waves are described by a localised wave motion which does not propagate energy away from the array. The periodicity of the array implies the existence of a cut-off frequency below which Rayleigh–Bloch surface waves may be sought. Such soluti...

The effect of the temperature and initial hydrostatic stress has been shown on the propagation of Rayleigh waves in a viscoelastic half-space. It has been explained how the velocity of Rayleigh waves depends not only on the parameters pertaining to the viscoelastic properties of the half-space, but on the temperature and the initial hydrostatic stress of the half-space also. The variations of t...

[1] Long‐period harmonic Rayleigh waves were observed on seismometers during the 1991 Mt. Pinatubo eruption in the Philippines. The amplitude spectrum of the Rayleigh waves shows two distinct peaks at periods of about 230 and 270 s. In the Earth’s atmosphere, long‐wavelength standing acoustic waves are bounded in a low‐sound‐velocity channel between the thermosphere and the ground. The Rayleigh...

Ultrasonic testing for fatigue crack detection in metallic members are commonly performed using time domain analysis of Rayleigh waves. This approach will be successful only if the fatigue cracks produce strong interaction with the Rayleigh waves. The optimum frequency range of ultrasonic Rayleigh waves for scanning long structural members in the field is from 0.5 to 2.25 MHz because higher fre...

We report on the experimental observation of waves at a liquid foam surface propagating faster than the bulk shear waves. The existence of such waves has long been debated, but the recent observation of supershear events in a geophysical context has inspired us to search for their existence in a model viscoelastic system. An optimized fast profilometry technique allows us to observe on a liquid...

GABRIELS, P., SNIEDER, . and NOLET, G. 1987, In Situ Measurement of Shear-Wave Velocity in Sediments with Higher-Mode Rayleigh Waves, 35,187-196. A seismic survey was carried out on a tidal flat in the SW-Netherlands in order to determine shear-wave velocities in sediments by means of higher-mode Rayleigh waves. The dispersion properties of these Rayleigh waves were measured in the 2-D amplitud...