Explicit secular equations of Rayleigh waves in elastic media under the influence of gravity and initial stress

The problem of Rayleigh waves in an orthotropic elastic medium under the influence of gravity and initial stress was investigated by Abd-Alla [A. M. Abd-Alla, Propagation of Rayleigh waves in an elastic half-space of orthotropic material, Appl. Math. Comput. 99 (1999) 61-69], and the secular equation of the wave in the implicit form was derived. However, due to the uncorrect representation of the solution, the secular equation is not right. The main aim of the present paper is to reconsider this problem. We find the secular equation of the wave in explicit form. By considering some special cases, we obtain the exact explicit secular equations of Rayleigh waves under the effect of gravity of some previous studies, in which only implicit secular equations were derived.     

Propagation of S-wave in a non-homogeneous anisotropic incompressible and initially stressed medium under influence of gravity field

In this paper, propagation of shear waves in a non-homogeneous anisotropic incompressible, gravity field and initially stressed medium is studied. Analytical analysis reveals that the velocity of propagation of the shear waves depends upon the direction of propagation, the anisotropy, gravity field, non-homogeneity of the medium, and the initial stress. The frequency equation that determines the velocity of the shear wave has been obtained. The dispersion equations have been obtained and investigated for different cases. A comparison is made with the results predicted by Abd-Alla et al. [22] in the absence of initial stress and gravity field. The results obtained are discussed and presented graphically.     

Propagation of Rayleigh waves in generalized magneto-thermoelastic orthotropic material under initial stress and gravity field

In this paper the influence of the gravity field, relaxation times and initial stress on propagation of Rayleigh waves in an orthotropic magneto-thermoelastic solid medium has been investigated. The solution of the more general equations are obtained for thermoelastic coupling by Helmoltz’s theorem. The frequency equation which determines Rayleigh wave velocity have been obtained. Many special cases are investigated from the present problem. Numerical results analyzing the frequency equation are obtained and presented graphically. Relevant results of previous investigations are deduced as special cases from these results. The results indicate that the effect of initial stress, magnetic field and gravity field are very pronounced.     

The breaking of a non-homogeneous fiber embedded in an infinite non-homogeneous medium

The torsion of an infinite non-homogeneous elastic cylindrical fiber, containing a penny-shaped crack embedded in an infinite non-homogeneous elastic material is considered. The cylinder and elastic medium have different shear moduli. Using integral transformation techniques the solution of the problem is reduced to the solution of dual integral equations. Later on the solution of the dual integral equations is transformed into the solution of a Fredholm integral equation of the second kind, which is solved numerically. Closed form expressions are obtained for the stress intensity factor and numerical values for the stress intensity factors are graphed to demonstrate the effect of non-homogeneity of the fiber and infinite medium. In the end the stress singularity is obtained when the crack touches the infinite non-homogeneous medium (matrix).     

Wave propagation in advected acoustics within a non-uniform medium under the effect of gravity

We investigate linear wave propagation in non-uniform medium under the influence of gravity. Unlike the case of constant properties medium here the linearized Euler equations do not admit a plane-wave solution. Instead, we find a “pseudo-plane-wave”. Also, there is no dispersion relation in the usual sense. We derive explicit analytic solutions (both for acoustic and vorticity waves) which, in turn, provide some insights into wave propagation in the non-uniform case.     

On interface waves in misoriented pre-stressed incompressible elastic solids

Some relationships, fundamental to the resolution of interfacewave problems, are presented. These equations allow for thederivation of explicit secular equations for problems involvingwaves localized near the plane boundary of anisotropic elastichalf-spaces, such as Rayleigh, Scholte, or Stoneley waves. Theyare obtained rapidly, without recourse to the Stroh formalism.As an application, the problems of Stoneley wave propagationand of interface stability for misaligned predeformed incompressiblehalfspaces are treated. The upper and lower half-spaces aremade of the same material, subject to the same prestress, andare rigidly bonded along a common principal plane. The principalaxes in this plane do not, however, coincide, and the wave propagationis studied in the direction of the bisectrix of the angle betweena principal axis of the upper half-space and a principal axisof the lower half-space.     

微极各向同性弹性板中的Rayleigh-Lamb波

研究了无应力作用条件下，均匀、各向同性、圆柱形微极结构弹性板中波的传播．导出了对称和斜对称模式下波传播的特征方程．对短波这一极端情况，无应力圆板中对称和斜对称模态波的特征方程退化为Pmyle曲表面波频率方程．并得到薄板的计算结果．给出了位移和微转动分量，并绘制了相应图形．给出了若干特殊情况的研究结果及对称和斜对称模态特征方程的图示．     

Love waves in a fluid-saturated porous layer under a rigid boundary and lying over an elastic half-space under gravity

In this paper, mathematical modeling of the propagation of Love waves in a fluid-saturated porous layer under a rigid boundary and lying over an elastic half-space under gravity has been considered. The equations of motion have been formulated separately for different media under suitable boundary conditions at the interface of porous layer, elastic half-space under gravity and rigid layer. Following Biot, the frequency equation has been derived which contain Whittaker’s function and its derivative that have been expanded asymptotically up to second term (for approximate result) for large argument due to small values of Biot’s gravity parameter (varying from 0 to 1). The effect of porosity and gravity of the layers in the propagation of Love waves has been studied. The effect of hydrostatic initial stress generated due to gravity in the half-space has also been shown in the phase velocity of Love waves. The phase velocity of Love waves for first two modes has been presented graphically. Frequency equations have also been derived for some particular cases, which are in perfect agreement with standard results. Subsequently the lower and upper bounds of Love wave speed have also been discussed.     

Plane strain deformation of an initially unstressed elastic medium

Selim and Ahmed [1] used the eigenvalue approach by assuming distinct eigenvalues to calculate the elastic deformation due to an inclined load at any point as a result of an inclined line load of initially stressed orthotropic elastic medium. They studied the plane strain problem and obtained the corresponding results for an unstressed orthotropic medium as a particular case. In the present paper, it is shown that all the eigenvalues do not remain distinct, but become repeated when the elastic medium is free from the initial compressive stresses. Further, the displacements and stresses for an unstressed elastic medium have been independently obtained. The variation of the displacements and stresses due to normal and tangential line load are also shown graphically.     

Propagation of SH‐wave in an initially stressed orthotropic medium sandwiched by a homogeneous and an inhomogeneous semi‐infinite media

The paper presents a study of propagation of shear wave (SH‐wave) in an orthotropic elastic medium under initial stress sandwiched by a homogeneous semi‐infinite medium and an inhomogeneous half‐space. The technique of separation of variables has been adopted to get the analytical solutions for the dispersion relation in a closed form. The propagation of SH‐waves is influenced by inhomogeneity parameters and initial stress parameter. Velocities of SH‐waves are calculated numerically for different cases. As a special case when the intermediate layer and half‐space are homogeneous, computed frequency equation coincides with general equation of Love wave. To study the effect of inhomogeneity parameters and initial stress parameter, we have plotted the velocity of SH‐wave in several figures and observed that the velocity of wave decreases with the increases of non‐dimensional wave number. It can be found that the phase velocity decreases with the increase of inhomogeneity parameters. We observed that the velocity of SH‐wave decreases with the increases of initial stress parameter in both homogeneous and inhomogeneous media. GUI has been developed by using MATLAB to generalize the effect of the parameters discussed. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

An initial boundary-value problem for model electromagnetoelasticity system

In this paper we consider an initial boundary-value problem related to the electrodynamics of vibrating elastic media. The aim is to prove an existence and uniqueness result for a model describing the nonlinear interactions of the electromagnetic and elastic waves. We assume that the motion of the continuum occurs at velocities that are much smaller than the propagation velocity of the electromagnetic waves through the elastic medium. The model under study consists of two coupled differential equations, one of them is the hyperbolic equation (an analog of the Lamé system) and another one is the parabolic equation (an analog of the diffusion Maxwell system). One stability result is proved too.     

On a connection between powers of operators and fractional Cauchy problems

Many phenomena in mathematical physics and in the theory of stochastic processes are recently described through fractional evolution equations. We investigate a general framework for connections between ordinary non-homogeneous equations in Banach spaces and fractional Cauchy problems. When the underlying operator generates a strongly continuous semigroup, it is known, using a subordination argument, that the fractional evolution equation is well posed. In this case, we provide an explicit form of the solution involving special functions, one example being the Airy function.     

Small-amplitude capillary-gravity water waves: Exact solutions and particle motion beneath such waves

Two-dimensional periodic surface waves propagating under the combined influence of gravity and surface tension on water of finite depth are considered. Within the framework of small-amplitude waves, we find the exact solutions of the nonlinear differential equation system which describes the particle motion in the considered case, and we describe the possible particle trajectories. The required computations involve elliptic integrals of the first kind, the Legendre normal form and a solvable Abel differential equation of the second kind. Some graphs of the results are included.     

New peakon, solitary wave and periodic wave solutions for the modified Camassa-Holm equation

In this paper, an independent variable transformation is introduced to solve the modified Camassa-Holm equation using the bifurcation theory and the method of phase portrait analysis. Some peakons, solitary waves and periodic waves are found and their exact parametric representations in explicit form and in implicit form are obtained.     

New peakon,solitary wave and periodic wave solutions for the modified Camassa–Holm equation

In this paper, an independent variable transformation is introduced to solve the modified Camassa–Holm equation using the bifurcation theory and the method of phase portrait analysis. Some peakons, solitary waves and periodic waves are found and their exact parametric representations in explicit form and in implicit form are obtained.     

The Einstein-K(a)hler metric on Hua construction of the first type

Let HCI be the Hua construction of the first type. We describe the EinsteinKahler metric for HCI. We reduce the Monge-Ampère equation for the metric to an ordinary differential equation in the auxiliary function X(z, w, ζ). This differential equation can be solved to give an implicit function in X(z,w,ζ). For some cases, we obtained the solution of the differential equation and the explicit forms of the complete Einstein-Kahler metrics on HCI which are the non-homogeneous domains.     

Global bifurcation of steady gravity water waves with critical layers

We construct families of two-dimensional travelling water waves propagating under the influence of gravity in a flow of constant vorticity over a flat bed, in particular establishing the existence of waves of large amplitude. A Riemann–Hilbert problem approach is used to recast the governing equations as a one-dimensional elliptic pseudodifferential equation with a scalar constraint. The structural properties of this formulation, which arises as the Euler–Lagrange equation of an energy functional, enable us to develop a theory of analytic global bifurcation.     

Direct problem for a nonlinear evolutionary system

In this article, we consider the first initial boundary-value problem for an evolutionary system describing nonlinear interactions of electromagnetic and elastic waves. The system under study consists of three coupled differential equations, one of them is a hyperbolic equation (an analogue of the Lamé equations) and the other two equations form a parabolic system (an analogue of the diffusion Maxwell system). Existence and uniqueness results are established. We also prove the stability estimate of a weak solution.     

Guided waves in a stratified elastic and locally perturbed domain: theoretical and numerical aspects

This article presents new results concerning guided waves in a three‐dimensional unbounded stratified and locally perturbed elastic medium. On the one hand, we numerically show non‐monotonic dispersion curves, a phenomenon not yet encountered in fields other than elasticity. On the other hand, we prove that the infimum of the essential spectrum of the studied operator depends on the possible non‐monotonicity of such curves. This link is a new result with respect to equivalent situations coming from acoustics or electromagnetism. The numerical study underlines, besides the non‐monotonic dispersion curves, the appearance of generalized Stoneley waves. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Diffraction of pulse shear waves in a tunnel cavity of curvilinear section in an anisotropic massif

The problem of diffraction of longitudinal shear waves in the form of periodic triangular pulses by a cylindrical tunnel cavity in a rectilinearly orthotropic unbounded massif is reduced to a number of problems on the diffraction of harmonic shear waves of different relative length. Each of the problems on stationary diffraction is solved in series in the basis solutions of shear vibrations equations by using an affine coordinate transformation of the original domain. It is proposed to use a point method of least squares to seek the coefficients of the series. The influence of the degree of anisotropy of the elastic properties of the massif on the shear stress concentration at the boundary of a circular section is analyzed for a different position of the incident triangular pulse front relative to center of the cavity.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Prikladnaya Mekhanika, No. 20, pp. 70–76, 1989.