Plane inhomogeneous elastic waves in transversely isotropic media: Explicit analysis of different types of degeneracy

Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 249-279

  Shuvalov, A L ^a   Poncelet, O ^a   Deschamps, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Christoffel equation; Composite surface wave; Degeneracy; Inhomogenous waves; Sextic formalism

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELASTICITY; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; POLYNOMIALS; SURFACE WAVES; VECTORS;

CHRISTOFFEL EQUATION; COMPOSITE SURFACE WAVE; DEGENERACY; INHOMOGENOUS WAVES; SEXTIC FORMALISM;

ELASTIC WAVES;

EID: 20444422834     PISSN: 10812865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1081286505036320     Document Type: Article

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