Quasi-P-waves at a corrugated interface between two dissimilar monoclinic elastic half-spaces

In this paper we have derived reflection and transmission coefficients of qP-waves at a corrugated interface between two different elastic half-spaces of monoclinic type. Using Rayleigh’s method, the expressions for reflection and transmission coefficients are derived in closed form for a specific interface and for the first order approximation of the corrugation. Numerical computations are performed for a specific model and the results obtained have been shown graphically. The variation of the modulus of reflection and transmission coefficients with the angle of incidence, frequency and corrugation of the interface are shown separately. These coefficients are found to be strongly influenced by the angle of incidence, frequency, elastic parameters and amplitude of the corrugation of the interface. It is found that (i) the modulus of reflection and transmission coefficients at the plane interface are independent of corrugation of the interface and that of frequency of the incident wave, (ii) the reflection and transmission coefficients of regularly reflected and transmitted waves are found to be greater than that of irregularly reflected and transmitted waves, (iii) the coefficients of irregularly reflected and transmitted waves are found to increase and decrease with increase of corrugation and frequency parameters respectively. The results of Singh and Khurana [Singh, S.J., Khurana, S., 2001. Reflection and transmission of P- and SV-waves at the interface two between monoclinic elastic half-spaces. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. India 71(A) (IV), 305–319] have been reduced from the present problem.     

Response of loose bonding on reflection and transmission of elastic waves at interface between elastic solid and micropolar porous cubic crystal

The problem of reflection and transmission of plane periodic waves incident on the interface between the loosely bonded elastic solid and micropolar porous cubic crystal half spaces is investigated. This is done by assuming that the interface behaves like a dislocation, which preserves the continuity of traction while allowing a finite amount of slip. Amplitude ratios of various reflected and transmitted waves have been depicted graphically. Some special cases of interest have been deduced from the present investigation.     

Reflection and transmission of plane waves between two different fluid-saturated porous half-spaces

The present study deals with reflection and transmission of plane waves between two different fluid-saturated porous half-spaces, where longitudinal and transversal waves impinge obliquely onto the interface. Amplitude ratios of various reflected and transmitted waves are obtained. Variations of amplitude ratios with the angle of incidence are depicted graphically. A particular case of reflection at the free surface of the fluid-saturated porous half-spaces is discussed.     

Wave propagation at interface of heat conducting micropolar solid and fluid media

The present investigation is concerned with the wave propagation at an interface of a micropolar generalized thermoelastic solid half space and a heat conducting micropolar fluid half space. Reflection and transmission phenomena of plane waves are investigated, which impinge obliquely at the plane interface between a micropolar generalized thermoelastic solid half space and a heat conducting micropolar fluid half space.The incident wave is assumed to be striking at the interface after propagating through the micropolar generalized thermoelastic solid. The amplitude ratios of various reflected and transmitted waves are obtained in a closed form. It is found that they are a function of the angle of incidence and frequency and are affected by the elastic properties of the media. Micropolarity and thermal relaxation effects are shown on the amplitude ratios for a specific model. The results of some earlier literatures are also deduced from the present investigation.     

Effects of initial stress on the reflection and transmission waves at the interface between two piezoelectric half spaces

The effects of initial stress on the reflection and transmission waves at the interface between two piezoelectric half spaces are studied in this paper. First, the secular equations in the traverse isotropic piezoelectric half space are derived from the general dynamic equation with initial stress taken into consideration. Then, the interface conditions that displacement, stress, electric potential, and electric displacement are continuous across interface are required to be satisfied by three sets of coupled waves, namely, quasi-longitudinal wave, quasi-transverse wave and the electric–acoustic wave. The algebraic equations resulting from the interface conditions are solved to obtain the amplitude ratio of various waves and furthermore the energy reflection and transmission coefficients of various waves. The numerical results are shown graphically and the effects of initial stress are discussed.     

A special solution of wave dissipation by finite porous plates

The reflection and transmission of water waves caused by a small amplitude incident wave through finite fine porous plates with equal spacing and permeability in an infinitely long open channel of constant water depth and zero slope are studied. A special solution is obtained when the distance between the two neighbouring plates is an integral multiple of the half-wavelength of the incident wave. It is found, that when the dimensionless porous-effect parameter G_0 is equal to half the total plate number, the wave dissipation reaches a maximum, and only 50% of the incident wave energy remains in the reflected and transmitted waves. Meanwhile, the reflected and transmitted waves have the same amplitude.     

Reflection and transmission coefficients for three-dimensional plane waves in elastic media

Problems for transient line and point load sources in a multilayered elastic medium may be treated by the method of generalized ray. In this method an integral representation of the Laplace-transformed multiply reflected and/or transmitted cylindrical/spherical wave, known as a ray integral, is constructed by linear superposition of the Laplace-transformed plane waves. The inverse Laplace transform of the ray integral can be found in closed form by applying the Cagniard method. For problems in the Cartesian coordinates for line load sources emitting cylindrical waves consistent with either the plane strain conditions or the antiplane strain conditions and for problems in the cylindrical coordinates for axisymmetric and asymmetric point load sources emanating spherical waves, it is well known that: (1) the system of incident, reflected, and transmitted cylindrical/spherical waves at an interface separating two dissimilar media can be divided into two independent of each other, if both present, parts: the coupled P and SV waves, and the SH waves, (2) the reflected and transmitted ray integrals representing the Laplace-transformed reflected and transmitted cylindrical/spherical waves can be constructed by linear superposition of the Laplace-transformed plane P and SV waves, or the plane SH waves, and (3) the potential reflection and transmission coefficients for the plane P, SV, and S H waves are basic to such a superposition. In the present paper we treat the asymmetric three-dimensional problem in the Cartesian coordinates for an arbitrary oriented point force radiating the spherical P and S waves. For this problem all four functions representing the displacement potentials are coupled in the boundary conditions at the interface, the total wave motion at the interface is composed of the coupled spherical P and S waves, and the Laplace-transformed reflected and transmitted spherical waves are therefore constructed by linear superposition of the three-dimensional coupled plane P and S waves. Since such a superposition requires the knowledge of the potential reflection and transmission coefficients for the three-dimensional coupled plane P and S waves, the purpose of the present paper is to derive systematically these coefficient formulas.     

波在双孔隙与单孔隙介质界面上的反射与透射

基于Biot理论和双重孔隙介质理论研究了弹性波在双重孔隙介质与流体饱和单一孔隙介质 界面的反射和透射问题，在界面上假定裂缝孔隙流体相对于固体骨架的位移为零，推导了反 射系数和透射系数的计算公式，数值讨论了反射系数和透射系数随入射角和频率的变化关 系. 同时，讨论了双重孔隙介质中3种压缩波(P-1, P-2和P-3波)和一种剪切波(S波) 的频散和衰减特性.     

Reflection and refraction of plane quasi-P waves at a corrugated interface between distinct triclinic elastic half spaces

The reflection and refraction pattern of elastic waves at a corrugated interface between two triclinic half-spaces is discussed. The incident wave is taken to be the cause of the interface disturbance and the reflected and refracted waves are effects. This leads to the causality requirement that the reflected and refracted waves must propagate away from the interface. Closed form expressions of reflection and transmission coefficients are derived using Rayleigh’s method of approximation. The formulae of reflection and transmission coefficients are derived in closed form for the first-order approximation of the corrugation. The analytical expressions of all the three phase velocities of qP, qSV and qSH waves have been derived. The variation of reflection and refraction coefficients with the angle of incidence and also with the corrugation parameter is shown. In this paper we have developed Graphical User Interface (GUI) Software in MATLAB which shows the variation of reflection and refraction coefficients with respect to incident angle and corrugation parameter. This software can be generalized to show the variation of reflection and refraction coefficients. Numerical computations are performed for a scientific model and the results obtained are shown graphically.     

Propagation of plane waves at the imperfect boundary of elastic and electro-microstretch generalized thermoelastic solids

The problem of reflection and transmission of plane waves incident on the contact surface of an elastic solid and an electro-microstretch generalized thermoelastic solid is discussed. It is found that there exist five reflected waves, i.e., longitudinal displacement （LD） wave, thermal （T） wave, longitudinal microstretch （LM） wave and two coupled transverse displacement and microrotational （CD（I） and CD（II）） waves in the electro-microstretch generalized thermoelastic solid, and two transmitted waves, i.e., longitudinal （P） and transverse （SV） waves in the elastic solid. The amplitude ratios of different reflected and transmitted waves are obtained for an imperfect boundary and deduced for normal force stiffness, transverse force stiffness, and perfect bonding. The variations of amplitude ratios with incidence angles have been depicted graphically for the LD wave and the CD（I） wave. It is noticed that the amplitude ratios of reflected and transmitted waves are affected by the stiffness, electric field, stretch, and thermal properties of the media. Some particular interest cases have been deduced from the present investigations.     

Reflection and Transmission of Elastic Waves at the Interface Between Water and a Double Porosity Solid

The reflection and transmission of an incident plane wave at an interface between water and a fluid-saturated double porosity solid are investigated. The properties of the three compressional waves and one shear wave in double porosity media are discussed in detail. The effect of the viscosity, permeability, and porosity on the phase velocity and attenuation of four bulk waves is presented. Comparison between the double porosity theory and the Biot theory reveals that there exists obvious difference in the phase velocity, attenuation and the reflection and transmission coefficients. Two cases of boundary conditions, i.e., the sealed-pore and the open-pore boundaries, are introduced in the numerical calculation. At last, the effect of the fracture permeability and porosity on the reflection and transmission coefficients considered. It is revealed that the amplitudes of the reflected and transmitted waves strongly depend the boundary condition, fracture permeability, and porosity.     

Lamb wave scattering by a symmetric pair of surface-breaking cracks in a plate

The scattering problem of a Lamb wave incident on a symmetric pair of surface-breaking transverse cracks in a plate is considered. The Lamb wave is assumed to be obliquely incident on the crack plane. Since the cracks are part-through, the scattered field will contain reflected as well as transmitted waves. The energy of the incoming wave is partitioned into reflected and transmitted wave modes. Energy coefficients of the reflected and transmitted waves are calculated as a function of incident frequency and crack depth. The incidence angle of the incoming wave is also treated as a parameter. Both the reflected and transmitted wave fields are considered as linear superpositions of all real and complex wave modes in the plate. Decomposition of modes is achieved with the help of an orthogonality condition based on the principle of reciprocal work. Continuity of displacement and stress fields is imposed at the crack plane. Energy coefficients for reflection and transmission are obtained from the mode amplitudes. Energy coefficients are shown to be a strong function of incident frequency and crack depth. Experiments are conducted with a PZT transducer network interacting with a symmetric pair of machined cracks in an aluminum plate. Trends predicted by the analysis are reflected in the experimental results.     

Propagation of surface waves in a half-space with vertical,inclined or curved interfaces

The paper reviews the author's theoretical studies on reflection and transmission of surface waves at vertical and near-vertical boundaries. For estimation of reflection and transmission coefficients a new approximate method based on the Green function technique is proposed. The method is valid if a body waves field arised at the boundary is approximately orthogonal to the fields of reflected and transmitted normal modes. It may be used for normal as well as for oblique incidence. A Green function in each quarterspace is assumed to be the same as in a halfspace with the same vertical distribution of elastic parameters. For large angles of incidence when the reflected wave field is strong enough, the Green function may be corrected for the reflected wave. The results of calculation for some models by means of this method are discussed.     

Propagation of plane elastic waves at a plane interface between two electro-microelastic solid half-spaces

This work is concerned with the wave propagation and their reflection and transmission from a plane interface between two different electro-microelastic solid half-spaces in perfect contact. It is found that there exist five basic waves in an infinite electro-microelastic solid, namely an independent longitudinal micro-rotational wave, two sets of coupled longitudinal waves influenced by the electric effect, and two sets of coupled transverse waves. The existence of the two sets of coupled longitudinal waves is new. In the absence of microstretch and electric effects, these two coupled longitudinal waves reduce to a longitudinal displacement wave of micropolar elasticity. Amplitude and energy ratios of various reflected and transmitted waves are presented when (i) a set of coupled longitudinal wave is made incident and (ii) a set of coupled transverse wave is made incident. Numerical computations have been performed for a particular model and the variations of amplitude and energy ratios are obtained against the angle of incidence. The results obtained are depicted graphically. It has been verified that the sum of energy ratios is equal to unity at the interface and the amplitude ratios of reflected and transmitted waves depend upon the angle of incidence, frequency and elastic properties of the media. Results of some earlier workers have also been reduced from the present formulation.     

Reflection and transmission of plane waves at an imperfectly bonded interface between piezoelectric and piezomagnetic media

The paper analyzes the reflection and transmission of plane waves at an imperfect interface between piezoelectric (PE) and piezomagnetic (PM) media. The materials are assumed to be transversely isotropic. The linear spring model is used to describe the imperfection of bonding behavior at the interface. According to this model, the properties of the interface can be characterized by the normal and tangential interfacial stiffnesses. Numerial examples are performed for BaTiO₃/CoFe₂O₄ material combination. Four cases, a perfect, slip, normal weak bonding and unbonding interfaces for the coupled quasi-pressure (QP) wave incidence from BaTiO₃ medium are compared in detail. Numerical results of the reflection and transmission coefficients (RTCs) varying with incident angle for different interfacial stiffnesses are presented. Results show that the transmitted QP/reflected QSV waves are the strongest in the perfect/unbonded cases, respectively. The scattered waves in the slip and normal weak bonding cases are between those of the perfect and unbonded cases generally. Critial angles have noticeable effect on the RTCs and energy coefficients for the coupled scattered waves of the perfect and slip cases but have a little/no effect on those of the normal weak bonding/unbonded cases. It is found that the sum of the energy carried by the transmitted/reflected QP and QSV waves is less than unit for the imperfect bonding between BaTiO₃/CoFe₂O₄ solids. These results may provide some useful reference datum for the imperfection measurment at the PE and PM interface.     

Reflection and transmission of quasi-plane waves at the interface of piezoelectric semiconductors with initial stresses

We examine the reflection and transmission phenomena of quasi-longitudinal plane(QP) waves in an AlN-ZnO laminated composite structure. The structure is designed under the influence of the initial stresses in which one carrier piezoelectric semiconductor(PSC) half-space is in welded contact with another PSC half-space.The secular equations in the transversely isotropic PSC material are derived from the general dynamic equation, taking the initial stresses into consideration. It is shown that the incident quasi-longitudinal wave(QP-mode) at the interface generates four types of reflected and transmitted waves, namely, QP wave, quasi-transverse(QSV) wave,electric-acoustic(EA) wave, and carrier plane(CP) wave. The algebraic equations are obtained by imposing the boundary conditions on the common interface of the laminated structure. Reflection and transmission coefficients of waves are obtained by implementing Cramer's rule. Profound impacts of the initial stresses and exterior electric biasing field on the reflection and transmission coefficients of waves are investigated and presented graphically.     

Interfacial imperfection on reflection and transmission of plane waves in anisotropic micropolar media

This study is concerned with the reflection and transmission of plane waves at an imperfectly bonded interface between two orthotropic micropolar elastic half-spaces with different elastic and micropolar properties. There exist three types of coupled waves in xy-plane. The reflection and transmission coefficients of quasi-longitudinal (QLD) wave, quasi-coupled transverse microrotational (QCTM) wave and quasi-coupled transverse displacement (QCTD) wave have been derived for different incidence waves and deduced for normal force stiffness, transverse force stiffness, transverse couple stiffness and perfect bonding. The numerical values of modules of the reflection and transmission coefficients are presented graphically with the angle of incidence for orthotropic micropolar medium (MOS) and isotropic micrpolar medium (MIS). Some particular cases of interest have been deduced from the present investigation.     

Propagation,reflection, and transmission of SH-waves in slightly compressible,finitely deformed elastic media

The propagation, reflection, and transmission of SH waves in slightly compressible, finitely deformed elastic media are considered in this paper. The dispersion relation for SH-wave propagation in slightly compressible, finitely deformed layer overlying a slightly compressible, finitely deformed half-space is derived. The present paper also deals with the reflection and refraction (transmission) phenomena due to the SH wave incident at the plane interface between two distinct slightly compressible, finitely deformed elastic media. The closed form expressions for the amplitude ratios of reflection and refraction coefficients of the reflected and refracted SH waves are obtained from suitable boundary conditions. For the numerical discussions, we consider the Neo-Hookean form of a strain energy function. The phase speed curves, the variations of reflection, and transmission coefficients with the angle of incidence, and the plots of the slowness sections are presented by means of graphs.     

Reflection and Transmission of Elastic Waves from the Interface of a Fluid-saturated Porous Solid and a Double Porosity Solid

The reflection and transmission characteristics of an incident plane P1 wave from the interface of a fluid-saturated single porous solid and a fluid-saturated double porosity solid are investigated. The fluid-saturated porous solid is modeled with the classic Biot’s theory and the double porosity medium is described by an extended Biot’s theory. In a double-porosity model with dual-permeability there exist three compressional waves and a shear wave. The effects of the incident angle and frequency on amplitude ratios of the reflected and transmitted waves to the incident wave are discussed. Two boundary conditions are discussed in detail: (a) Open-pore boundary and (b) Sealed-pore boundary. Numerical results reveal that the characteristics of the reflection and transmission coefficients to the incident angle and the frequency are quite different for the two cases of boundary conditions. Properties of the bulk waves existing in the fluid-saturated porous solid and the double porosity medium are also studied.