Calculation of the slowness vector from the ray vector in anisotropic media

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 462, Issue 2067, 2006, Pages 883-896

  Vavryčuk, Václav ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acoustic axis; Anisotropy; Elasticity; Ray theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750696637     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2005.1605     Document Type: Article

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