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The propagation of a certain type of surface waves in a non-homogeneous elastic layer of finite thickness lying in welded contact with a semi-infinite homogeneous elastic medium has been investigated in this paper. The surface wave is characterised by the fact that the dilatation Δ and the vertical displacement component ω are both zero. It has been proved that such disturbance can propagate only when the phase velocity of the wave is greater than the shear wave velocity and the group velocity is inversely proportional to the phase velocity.
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Bhattacharya, J. On the propagation of certain types of surface waves in a non-homogeneous elastic layer. PAGEOPH 73, 93–98 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00875127
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00875127