a transversely isotropic half-space with axis of material symmetry perpendicular to the free surface supports a flexible circular plate. the contact area of the plate and the half-space is considered to be both frictionless and unbonded (tensionless). the foundation is affected by a vertical static axisymmetric load. detailed analysis of the interaction of these two systems is the target of thi...

We develop a new space-domain elastic migration method for heterogeneous media based on downward continuation. This method uses the concepts of the recently developed Arbitrarily Wide Angle Wave Equations. The coupled oneway propagation of pressure and shear waves is modeled by attaching a virtual half-space to each depth step, which is represented by special complex-length finite elements. Alt...

The present investigation is concerned with the reflection and transmission coefficients of plane waves at the interface of generalized thermoelastic solid half space and heat conducting micropolar fluid half- space. The amplitude ratios of various reflected and transmitted waves with various angle of incidence have been computed numerically and depicted graphically. Micropolarity and thermal r...

The present investigation deals  with the reflection and transmission phenomenon due to incident plane longitudinal wave at a plane interface between inviscid fluid half-space and a thermoelastic diffusion solid half-space with dual-phase-lag heat transfer (DPLT) and dual-phase-lag diffusion (DPLD) models. The theory of thermoelasticity with dual-phase-lag heat transfer developed by Roychoudhar...

This paper deals with the propagation of magneto-thermo Rayleigh waves in a homogeneous viscoelastic half-space under initial stress. It has been observed that velocity of Rayleigh waves depends on viscosity, magnetic field, temperature and initial stress of the half-space. The frequency equation for Rayleigh waves under the effect of magnetic field, stress and temperature for both viscoelastic...

This article introduces the notions of functional space and concept as a way of knowledge representation and abstraction for Reinforcement Learning agents. These definitions are used as a tool of knowledge transfer among agents. The agents are assumed to be heterogeneous; they have different state spaces but share a same dynamic, reward and action space. In other words, the agents are assumed t...