Harmonic elastic waves in continuously heterogeneous random layers

Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 181-198

  Manolis, G D ^a   Shaw, R P ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Fundamental solutions; Heterogeneity; Layered media; Random media; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; DAMPING; ELASTIC WAVES; GREEN'S FUNCTION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PROBLEM SOLVING; SURFACE PHENOMENA; TRACTION (FRICTION); WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

CONTINUOUSLY HETEROGENEOUS RANDOM LAYERS; HARMONIC ELASTIC WAVES; POLARIZED SHEAR WAVE PROPAGATION; TRACTION FREE HORIZONTAL SURFACE; TRANSFER MATRIX TECHNIQUES;

HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031125722     PISSN: 09557997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-7997(97)00005-2     Document Type: Article

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