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This paper deals with the effect of temperature on gravity waves in a compressible liquid layer over a solid half-space. It has been assumed that the liquid layer is under the action of gravity, while the solid half-space is under the influence of initial compressive hydrostatic stress. When the temperature of the half-space is altered, gravity waves propagate through the liquid layer along with sub-oceanic Rayleigh waves in the system. A new frequency equation has been derived here for gravity waves and sub-oceanic Rayleigh waves.
It has been shown graphically that the phase velocity of gravity waves is influenced significantly by the initial compressive hydrostatic stress present in the solid half-space, for a particular value of the phase velocity of sub-oceanic Rayleigh waves and different coupling co-efficients of the temperature.
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Addy, S.K., Chakraborty, N.R. Thermal effect on gravity waves in a compressible liquid layer over a solid half-space under initial hydrostatic stress. Sadhana 30, 1–10 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02710075
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02710075