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An examination of possible forms of traction free surface wave in anisotropic elastic materials is undertaken. The results yield some interesting features of a certain arbitrariness which exists in displacement waves on a traction free surface in anisotropic media.
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Clements, D.L. A note on surface waves in anisotropic media. Acta Mechanica 56, 31–40 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01306022
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