Three-dimensional elastic wave scattering by a layer containing vertical periodic fractures

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 3012-3023

  Nakagawa, Seiji ^a   Nihei, Kurt T ^a   Myer, Larry R ^a   Majer, Ernest L ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; STIFFNESS;

PLANE WAVE METHOD;

ACOUSTIC WAVE SCATTERING;

ACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHENOMENOLOGY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 0038282851     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1572139     Document Type: Article

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