Accession Number:

ADA017671

Title:

A Note on Critical Reflections of Waves in an Isotropic Elastic Plate.

Descriptive Note:

Scientific rept.,

Corporate Author:

STANFORD UNIV CALIF DEPT OF APPLIED MECHANICS

Personal Author(s):

• Kaul,R. K.
• Herrmann,George

Report Date:

1975-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

15.0

Abstract:

At grazing incidence of a flexural P-wave, or at grazing incidence of an extensional SV-wave, the wave motion vanishes in the case of an isotropic, elastic plate with traction-free surfaces. It is shown that by using dAlemberts limiting procedure, the wave motion in these criterical cases can be obtained from the Rayleigh-Lamb solution in a straight forward manner. Author

Descriptors:

• *Applied mechanics
• *Plates
• *Wave equations
• Waveforms
• Elastic properties
• Isotropism
• Strain(Mechanics)
• Wave propagation
• Harmonic analysis
• Reflection

Subject Categories:

• Theoretical Mathematics
• Mechanics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE