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A note on the dispersion of Love waves in layered monoclinic elastic media

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The dispersion equation for Love waves in a monoclinic elastic layer of uniform thickness overlying a monoclinic elastic half-space is derived by applying the traction-free boundary condition at the surface and continuity conditions at the interface. The dispersion curves showing the effect of anisotropy on the calculated phase velocity are presented. The special cases of orthotropic and transversely isotropic media are also considered. It is shown that the well-known dispersion equation for Love waves in an isotropic layer overlying an isotropic half-space follows as a particular case.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Maharshi Dayanand University, 124001, Rohtak, India

    Sarva Jit Singh, Neelam Sachdeva & Sandhya Khurana

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Singh, S.J., Sachdeva, N. & Khurana, S. A note on the dispersion of Love waves in layered monoclinic elastic media. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Math. Sci.) 109, 417–423 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02838002

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