A precise numerical method for Rayleigh waves in a stratified half space

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 771-786

  Gao, Qiangcn ^a,b   Lin, J H ^a   Zhong, W X ^a   Howson, W P ^b   Williams, F W ^b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extended Wittrick Williams algorithm; Layered medium; Precise integration method; Rayleigh wave

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; INTEGRATION; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EXTENDED WITTRICK-WILLIAMS ALGORITHM; LAYERED MEDIUM; PRECISE INTEGRATION METHOD; RAYLEIGH WAVE;

RAYLEIGH SCATTERING;

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; INTEGRATION; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 33746996452     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1644     Document Type: Article

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