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In this paper we present a unified approach to obtain integral representation formulas for describing the propagation of bending waves in infinite plates. The general anisotropic case is included and both new and well-known formulas are obtained in special cases (e.g. the classical Boussinesq formula). The formulas we have derived have been compared with experimental data and the coincidence is very good in all cases.
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Lindblom, O., Näslund, R., Persson, LE. et al. A study of bending waves in infinite and anisotropic plates. Applications of Mathematics 42, 213–232 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022469605398
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