University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Wave Propagation Problems in Certain Elastic Anisotropic Half Spaces

Caracostis, C.G.; Robinson, A.R.

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Title
Wave Propagation Problems in Certain Elastic Anisotropic Half Spaces
Author(s)
  • Caracostis, C.G.
  • Robinson, A.R.
Issue Date
1980-12
Keyword(s)
Elastic wave propagation
Date of Ingest
2009-10-27T19:21:42Z
Abstract
The Smirnov-Sobolev method of se1f-similar potentials is used to solve certain wave propagation problems in anisotropic media. The solutions are expressed in terms of analytic functions which are determined from the boundary conditions in a straightforward manner. Two types of problems are considered. The first type concerns the two-dimensional case of an orthotropic material under plain-strain conditions subjected to a suddenly applied line force on the surface or in the interior of a half space. The second type treats the three-dimensional problem of a point force suddenly applied on the surface of a transversely isotropic half space. This solution is formed, in general, by a rotational superposition of the solutions for a plane strain and for an anti plane problem with appropriately defined boundary conditions. The mapping of the wave fields in the complex domain composed of a four-sheeted Riemann surface is examined in detail. Some of the techniques used in the numerical treatment of certain singularities are briefly discussed. The numerical results are given in the form of time histories for the displacements and stresses in the two-dimensional case and as time histories of only the displacements in the three-dimensional case.
Publisher
University of Illinois Engineering Experiment Station. College of Engineering. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Series/Report Name or Number
Civil Engineering Studies SRS-487
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
Technical Report
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/14094
Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)
  • Office of Naval Research. Department of the Navy.
  • Contract No. N00014-75-C-0164
  • Project NR 064-183

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