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An algorithm for determining wave fields in multilayer elastic media

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An algorithm for computing wave fields propagating in elastic media with plane-parallel interfaces is proposed. This algorithm is based on summation of kinematically equivalent waves. All kinds of multiple waves of the exchange type arriving to an observer at the fixed interval of time (t1, t2) are taken into account. Dynamic analogues are determined within each kinematic group. Bibliography: 12 titles.

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Translated fromZapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov POMI, Vol. 186, pp. 154–171, 1990.

Translated by N. S. Zabavnikova.

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Smirnova, N.S. An algorithm for determining wave fields in multilayer elastic media. J Math Sci 73, 397–407 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02362827

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