Three Dimensional Vibration Transmission of a Plate on a Layer of Porous Medium Due to a Moving Load

Three-dimensional (3D) transmission of vibration in an infinite elastic thin plate on a layer of poroviscoelastic medium, due to a harmonic, rectangular moving load, is investigated theoretically based on Biot’s theory. The material of the medium is idealized as a uniform, fully saturated poroviscoelastic layer on bedrock. By introducing four scalar potential functions and Helmholtz decomposition theorem, analytical solutions of stress, displacement, and pore pressure with and without thin plate are derived using Fourier transform technique. Numerical results are obtained with the help of inverse Fourier transform and are used to analyze the influence of load velocity, porosity, permeability, relative stiffness of plate versus ground, and the thickness of plate on the vibration. Furthermore, the results are compared with the available dynamic response results of a non-moving load on a layer of viscoelastic material.