Reciprocity and power-flow theorems for the scattering of plane elastic waves in a half space

In this paper we present six field-reciprocity relations, and an additional six power-reciprocity relations for the far-zone scattered field if time-harmonic plane elastic waves are incident upon an obstacle in a half space. The incident waves are successively selected as to be either a P-wave, a SV-wave or a Rayleigh surface wave, each propagating in a prescribed direction. In the derivations we employ an explicit integral representation for the far-zone scattered field amplitude. The latter is obtained by expanding the half-space Green's displacement tensor in the far-zone region. Then, starting with the general Betti-Rayleigh theorem, the reciprocity identities are systematically inferred by inspection. We also present energy-conservation relations due to a single incident P-, SV- or Rayleigh wave.     

Nonresonance parametric interactions of surface waves in isotropic solid bodies

A solution in parametric approximation is given of the nonlinear interaction problem of Rayleigh surface waves propagating in a solid body with given elastic fields. Shortened equations that govern the modulation effect of the surface waves, and also expressions for the modulation index in terms of the third-order elasticity constant, are obtained.Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, No. 4, pp. 163–172, July–August, 1973.     

Scattering of elastic waves by an arbitrary small imperfection in the surface of a half-space

T , the first of two articles, is concerned with the scattering of elastic waves by arbitrary surface-breaking or near surface defects in an isotropic half-plane. We present an analytical solution, by the method of matched asymptotic expansions, when the parameter , which is the ratio of a typical length scale of the imperfection to the incident radiation's wavelength, is small. The problem is formulated for a general class of small defects, including cracks, surface bumps and inclusions, and for arbitrary incident waves. As a straightforward example of the asymptotic scheme we specialize the defect to a two-dimensional circular void or protrusion, which breaks the free surface, and assume Rayleigh wave excitation ; this inner problem is exactly solvable by conformal mapping methods. The displacement field is found uniformly to leading order in , and the Rayleigh waves which are scattered by the crack are explicitly determined. In the second article we use the method given here to tackle the important problem of an inclined edge-crack. In that work we show that the scattered field can be found to any asymptotic order in a straightforward manner, and in particular the Rayleigh wave coefficients are given to O(²).     

Acoustic scattering from baffled membranes that are backed by elastic cavities

An elastic membrane backed by a fluid-filled cavity in an elastic body is set into an infinite plane baffle. A time harmonic wave propagating in the acoustic fluid in the upper half-space is incident on the plane. It is assumed that the densities of this fluid and the fluid inside the cavity are small compared with the densities of the membrane and of the elastic walls of the cavity, thus defining a small parameter . Asymptotic expansions of the solution of this scattering problem as →0, that are uniform in the wave number k of the incident wave, are obtained using the method of matched asymptotic expansions. When the frequency of the incident wave is bounded away from the resonant frequencies of the membrane, the cavity fluid, and the elastic body, the resultant wave is a small perturbation (the “outer expansion”) of the specularly reflected wave from a completely rigid plane. However, when the incident wave frequency is near a resonant frequency (the “inner expansion”) then the scattered wave results from the interaction of the acoustic fluid with the membrane, the membrane with the cavity fluid, and finally the cavity fluid with the elastic body, and the resulting scattered field may be “large”. The cavity backed membrane (CBM) was previously analyzed for a rigid cavity wall. In this paper, we study the effects of the elastic cavity walls on modifying the response of the CBM. For incident frequencies near the membrane resonant frequencies, the elasticity of the cavity gives only a higher order (in ) correction to the scattered field. However, near a cavity fluid resonant frequency, and, of course, near an elastic body resonant frequency the elasticity contributes to the scattered field. The method is applied to the two dimensional problem of an infinite strip membrane backed by an infinitely long rectangular cavity. The cavity is formed by two infinitely long rectangular elastic solids. We speculate on the possible significance of the results with respect to viscoelastic membranes and viscoelastic instead of elastic cavity walls for surface sound absorbers.     

The Wave Energy in Nonlinearly Deformable Composites

The energy characteristics of waves propagating in composites are discussed. To describe the deformation of materials, two models are used — the classical model of an elastic body and the microstructural model of a two-phase elastic mixture. Both models take into account the quadratic nonlinearity of deformation based on the Murnaghan elastic potential. Analytical expressions for the velocity at which the energy of travelling plane longitudinal waves propagates are derived. It is shown that the nonlinearity of composite deformation decreases the velocities of energy propagation of both nondispersive and dispersive waves     

The propagation of elastic stress waves in a conical shell under axial impulsive loading

The propagation of elastic stress waves in a conical shell subjected to axial impulsive loading is studied in this paper by means of the finite element calculation and model experiments. It is shown that there are two axisymmetrical elastic stress waves propagating with different velocities, i.e., the longitudinal wave and the bending wave. The attenuation of these waves while propagating along the shell surface is discussed. It is found in experiments that the bending wave is also generated when a longitudinal wave reflects from the fixed end of the shell, and both reflected waves will separate during the propagation due to their different velocities. Southwest Institute of Structural Mechanics     

On coalescence of frequencies and conical points in the dispersion spectra of elastic bodies

In this paper we discuss a general procedure for determining the critical points of the dispersion spectrum at which there is a coalescence of frequencies, i.e. critical points which are roots of double multiplicity. We further show how the general behavior of the dispersion surface in the neighborhood of the critical points can be determined analytically. For the purpose of illustration, we consider (a) plane waves propagating in an infinite, elastic, isotropic plate, which corresponds to the case of a differential equation with constant coefficients, and (b) Floquet waves of the SH-type propagating in a layered, elastic medium, which corresponds to the case of a differential equation with periodic coefficients.     

Waves in Nonlocal Elastic Solid with Voids

In this paper, the governing relations and equations are derived for nonlocal elastic solid with voids. The propagation of time harmonic plane waves is investigated in an infinite nonlocal elastic solid material with voids. It has been found that three basic waves consisting of two sets of coupled longitudinal waves and one independent transverse wave may travel with distinct speeds. The sets of coupled waves are found to be dispersive, attenuating and influenced by the presence of voids and nonlocality parameters in the medium. The transverse wave is dispersive but non-attenuating, influenced by the nonlocality and independent of void parameters. Furthermore, the transverse wave is found to face critical frequency, while the coupled waves may face critical frequencies conditionally. Beyond each critical frequency, the respective wave is no more a propagating wave. Reflection phenomenon of an incident coupled longitudinal waves from stress-free boundary surface of a nonlocal elastic solid half-space with voids has also been studied. Using appropriate boundary conditions, the formulae for various reflection coefficients and their respective energy ratios are presented. For a particular model, the effects of non-locality and dissipation parameter (\(\tau \)) have been depicted on phase speeds and attenuation coefficients of propagating waves. The effect of nonlocality on reflection coefficients has also been observed and shown graphically.     

Scattering of elastic waves by a surface-breaking crack

Scattering of incident surface waves and incident body waves by a surface-breaking crack is investigated in a two-dimensional geometry. By decomposing the scattered fields into symmetric and antisymmetric fields with respect to the plane of the crack, two boundary value problems for a quarter-plane have been obtained. The formulation of each boundary-value problem has been reduced to a singular integral equation which has been solved numerically. For incident surface waves the back-scattered and forward-scattered surface waves have been plotted versus the dimensionless frequency. Curves are also presented for the scattered displacement fields in the interior of the body generated by incident body waves, both versus the angle of incidence and versus the dimensionless frequency.     

Parametric excitation of flexural-gravity edge waves in the fluid beneath an elastic ice sheet with a crack

The properties of elastic-gravity oscillations of deep water beneath a thin elastic plate with a crack are investigated in the paper. The dependence of the reflection and transition coefficients of the waves through the crack on wave frequency and incident angle are found. The shape of the fluid surface deformed by edge waves, propagating along the crack and decreasing exponentially away from the crack, is investigated in the vicinity of the crack. The asymptotic equations describing the parametric excitation of counterpropagating edge waves by flexural-gravity waves which hit the crack at normal incidence are derived.     

缺陷岩体中弹性波传播的多次散射效应分析

弹性波在岩体中传播时与岩体缺陷相互作用形成复杂的传播图案。为研究缺陷对弹性波多次散射作用的影响,建立了双椭圆缺陷模型,基于Green函数基本解,采用边界积分的计算方法,得到了反映缺陷界面条件的刚度矩阵,分析了弹性波在双椭圆缺陷间的多次散射效应。结果表明：与单椭圆缺陷模型相比,双缺陷的相互作用使得弹性波频散和衰减效应增强,定量给出了缺陷的影响区域,从而明确了多次散射效应的尺度界限。进一步探讨了弹性波传播的多尺度效应,结果表明频散的Rayleigh峰、Mie峰和衰减的峰值频率同椭圆长轴和入射波波长两个尺度密切相关,存在明确的定量关系。相应的数值模拟结果表明,弹性波和缺陷相互作用在缺陷界面上诱发界面波,该界面波也存在频率相关性,影响了弹性波宏观传播的频散和衰减特征。     

Antisymmetric waves in an elastic layer with free surfaces

The dispersion of antisymmetric waves in a fluid-saturated porous elastic layer with free surfaces is studied. Attenuation effects are ignored. Cases with open-pore and closed-pore surface boundary conditions are considered. There are finite numbers of propagating waves and infinite numbers of waves with complex and imaginary wave numbers in the porous elastic layer. The dispersion is a function of the parameters of the porous elastic layer and of the type of wave symmetry. Institute of Hydromechanics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 35, No. 10, pp. 27–36, October, 1999.     

轴向冲击载荷作用下锥壳中弹性应力波传播的计算和实验研究

本文利用有限元分析和模型实验研究了在轴向冲击载荷作用下,锥壳中弹性应力波的传播、计算和实验结果表明,结构中存在着弹性纵波和弹性弯曲波的传播,它们传播的速度各不相同,使壳面承受不同的应力状态;讨论了纵波和弯曲波随壳面的衰减;实验指出,由于边界的影响,即使纵波的反射也会产生新的反射弯曲波沿锥面传播。     

Application of the reciprocity theorem to scattering of surface waves by a cavity

Scattering of surface waves by a cylindrical cavity at the surface of a homogenous, isotropic, linearly elastic half-space is analyzed in this paper. In the usual manner, the scattered field is shown to be equivalent to the radiation from a distribution of tractions, obtained from the incident wave on the surface of the cavity. For the approximation used in this paper, these tractions are shifted to tractions applied to the projection of the cavity on the surface of the half-space. The radiation of surface waves from a normal and a tangential line load, recently determined by the use of the reciprocity theorem, is employed to obtain the field scattered by the cavity from the superposition of displacements due to the distributed surface tractions. The vertical displacement at some distance from the cavity is compared with the solution of the scattering problem obtained by the boundary element method (BEM) for various depths and widths of the cavity. Comparisons between the analytical and BEM results are graphically displayed. The limitations of the approximate approach are discussed based on the comparisons with the BEM results.     

Superposition of finite-amplitude transverse waves in deformed Mooney-Rivlin and neo-Hookean materials

In this paper, waves propagating in Mooney-Rivlin and neo-Hookean non-linear elastic materials subjected to a homogeneous pre-strain are considered. In a previous paper, Boulanger and Hayes [Finite-amplitude waves in deformed Mooney-Rivlin materials, Q. J. Mech. Appl. Math. 45 (1992) 575-593] showed, for deformed Mooney-Rivlin materials, that the superposition of two finite-amplitude shear waves polarized in different directions (orthogonal to each other) and propagating along the same direction is an exact solution of the equations of motion. The two waves do not interact. Here, we are interested in superpositions of waves propagating in different directions. Two types of superpositions are considered: superpositions of waves polarized in the same direction, and also superposition of waves polarized in different directions. It is shown that such superpositions are exact solutions of the equations of motion with appropriate choices of the propagation and polarization directions.     

Elastic Waves in Bodies with Initial (Residual) Stresses

An analysis is made of the results obtained in the three-dimensional linearized theory of elastic waves propagating in initially stressed solids. Consideration is given to surface waves along planar and curvilinear boundaries and interfaces, waves in layers and cylinders, waves in composite materials, waves in hydroelastic systems, and dynamic problems for moving loads. The results were obtained in exact formulations.     

A mixture theory analysis for the surface-wave propagation in an unsaturated porous medium

The mixture theory is employed to the analysis of surface-wave propagation in a porous medium saturated by two compressible and viscous fluids (liquid and gas). A linear isothermal dynamic model is implemented which takes into account the interaction between the pore fluids and the solid phase of the porous material through viscous dissipation. In such unsaturated cases, the dispersion equations of Rayleigh and Love waves are derived respectively. Two situations for the Love waves are discussed in detail: (a) an elastic layer lying over an unsaturated porous half-space and (b) an unsaturated porous layer lying over an elastic half-space. The wave analysis indicates that, to the three compressional waves discovered in the unsaturated porous medium, there also correspond three Rayleigh wave modes (R1, R2, and R3 waves) propagating along its free surface. The numerical results demonstrate a significant dependence of wave velocities and attenuation coefficients of the Rayleigh and Love waves on the saturation degree, excitation frequency and intrinsic permeability. The cut-off frequency of the high order mode of Love waves is also found to be dependent on the saturation degree.     

A knife-edge load traveling on the surface of an elastic halfspace

A load moving on the surface of an elastic halfspace forms a basic problem that is related to different fields of engineering, such as the subsoil response due to vehicle motion or the ultrasound field due to an angle beam transducer. Many numerical techniques have been developed to solve this problem, but these do not provide the fundamental physical insights that are offered by closed form solutions, which are very rare in comparison. This paper describes the development and analysis of the closed form space-time domain solution for a knife-edge load, i.e. a line segment of normal traction, moving at a constant speed on the surface of an elastic halfspace. The various contributions making up the exact solution, obtained with the Cagniard-De Hoop method, produce all the complicated wave patterns from this distributed type of loading. Examples are the transient wave field at the starting position of the load, angled conical and plane waves propagating into the solid, Rayleigh waves propagating along the surface, and head waves spreading and attenuating in specific directions from the loading path. The influence of the load speed on the wave field is investigated by considering the singularities in the relevant complex domains, for each sonic range relative to the bulk wave velocities. The characteristic wave fronts and wave patterns as exhibited by the particle displacements are evaluated for subsonic, transonic and supersonic load speeds.     

Elastic fields in rotating transversely isotropic media

Representation of elastic fields in terms of scalar functions, which permit reducing the problems of determining these fields to determining scalar potentials, are generalized to the case of transversely isotropic media rotating at a constant angular velocity. Relations for calculating the parameters of surface acoustic waves (SAW) propagating in a rotating transversely isotropic halfspace with various directions of the medium material symmetry axis with respect to the half-space surface are given.