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The disturbance and propagation of SH-type waves in an anisotropic soil layer overlying an inhomogeneous elastic half-space by a moving stress discontinuity is considered. Stress discontinuity moves with non-uniform velocity and is impulsive in nature. The displacements are obtained in exact form by the method due to Cagniard modified by de Hoop. The numerical result is calculated for special cases and the natures are depicted graphically.
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One of the authors, D M, is thankful to the Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad authorities and the University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi for Financial support in the form of a Research Fellowship.
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MANDAL, D., PAL, P.C. & KUMAR, S. Disturbance of SH-type waves due to moving stress discontinuity in an anisotropic soil layer overlying an inhomogeneous elastic half-space. Sadhana 39, 451–465 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12046-013-0215-4
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