On love waves in a stratified hypoelastic solid with material boundary

Transverse surface waves in a half-space covered with a stratum of a different material are investigated in the context of hypoelasticity of grade zero, taking into account the surface stress effects on the boundary. It is found that the wave motion is possible and that unlike in the corresponding problem with classical boundary, the variation of amplitude in the stratum may be either periodic or exponential. When the amplitude in the stratum is periodic, the motion is similar to that in a stratum bounded on both sides by very deep layers of different elastic or hypoelastic materials.