In the present paper, effect of initial stresses on the propagation of Love waves has been investigated in a fluid saturated, anisotropic, porous layer lying in welded contact over a prestressed, non-homogeneous elastic half space. The dispersion equation of phase velocity has been derived. It has been found that the phase velocity of Love waves is considerably influenced by porosity and anisot...

A comparison of a number of texts, descriptive of the structure of the elastic intima-the fenestrated membrane of Henleof arteries, reveals the fact that the views concerning the structure of this layer are byno means unanimous. Schafer‘ speaks of the elastic intima as follows: “The elastic tissue is represented by one distinct lamina, which is separated from the endothelium by the subendotheli...

We analyse the elastic energy of an intercalated smectic where orientationally ordered polymers with an average orientation varying from layer to layer are intercalated between smectic planes. The lowest order terms in the coupling between polymer director and smectic layer curvature are added to the smectic elastic energy. Integration over the smectic degrees of freedom leaves an effective pol...

The present problem deals with the propagation of Love-type surface waves in a bedded structure comprises of an inhomogeneous orthotropic layer and an elastic half-space. The upper boundary and the interface between two media are considered to be corrugated. An analytical method (separation of variables) is adapted to solve the second order PDEs, which governs the equations of motion. Equations...

The paper studies the possibility of propagation of torsional surface waves in an elastic layer with void pores over an elastic medium with void pores using the mechanics of the medium as derived by Cowin and Nunziato. The velocity equation has been derived and the results have been discussed. The study reveals that there may be more than one torsional surface wave fronts and one Love wave fron...

The theory of load-induced relaxation of the layered Maxwell half-space is applied to the study of glacioisostatic adjustment in Fennoscandia. The interpretation uses emergence data from Angermanland (Sweden) and uplift-rate data from the Gulf of Bothnia. With mantle viscosity fixed at 10 Pa s, the data can be explained by an earth model characterized by (a) an elastic surface layer of conventi...

The effect of magnetic field on torsional waves propagating in non-homogeneous viscoelastic cylindrically aeolotropic material is discussed. The elastic constants and non-homogeneity in viscoelastic medium in terms of density and elastic constant is taken. The frequency equations have been derived in the form of a determinant involving Bessel functions. Dispersion equation in each case has been...

Mode selection of guided waves in an elastic steel plate with thick coating layer has been studied here. E€ect of both thick elastic coating and damping of the coating layer on the dispersion and mode shapes has been investigated and modes that are less a€ected by elastic coating and damping have been identi®ed. For modeling the viscoelastic behavior of the coating layer, the standard linear so...

[1] Admittance estimates from line-of-sight (LOS) acceleration profiles of the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft are used to constrain the mean crustal thickness and surface density centered on the hemispheric dichotomy, from 110 E to 220 E, 40 S to 20 N. Models with uniform crustal properties predict lower than expected bulk crustal densities. Two-layer models with loading only at the surface an...