On relativistic deformable solids and the detection of gravitational waves

In this paper, the purpose of which is to complement a preceding work 1], it is shown, in agreement with the theory of relativistic deformable solids developed by A.C. Bringen and his coworkers, that the simplest conceivable dissipative constitutive equation — that of a socalled KelvinVoigt viscoelastic solid — yields a gravitational wave equation of propagation different from that of Weber: specifically, the following third order partial differential equation, $$\frac{{\partial ^2 \theta }}{{\partial t^2 }} - \left( {A + A'\frac{{\partial ^2 \theta }}{{\partial t}}} \right)\frac{{\partial ^2 \theta }}{{\partial x^2 }} = c^2 R_{1441'} $$ which can be solved by use of Fourier transform techniques, and where A and A′ are positive material coefficients.