Elastodynamic equations: Characteristics, wavefronts and rays

Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-37

  Bos, Len ^a   Slawinski, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC THEORIES; CHARACTERISTIC EQUATION; CHRISTOFFEL EQUATION; ELASTODYNAMIC EQUATION; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; HILBERT; HYPER-SURFACES; NONUNIQUENESS; RAY THEORY;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS;

WAVEFRONTS;

EID: 77955964955     PISSN: 00335614     EISSN: 14643855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmam/hbp021     Document Type: Article

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