Propagation of SH waves in an irregular monoclinic crustal layer

Abstract

The present paper discusses the dispersion equation for SH waves in a monoclinic layer over a semi-infinite elastic medium with an irregularity. In the absence of the irregularity, the dispersion equation reduces to standard dispersion equation for SH waves in a monoclinic layer over an isotropic semi-infinite medium. The dispersion curves for different size of the irregularity are computed and compared for the halfspace without any irregularity. It can be seen that the phase velocity is strongly influenced by the wave number and the depth of the irregularity.

Propagation of shear waves in an irregular magnetoelastic monoclinic layer sandwiched between two isotropic half-spaces

“…Which is the result obtained by Chattopadhyay et al (2008) for SH waves propagating in an irregular monoclinic layer lying over an isotropic half space. …”

“…Kalyani et al (2008) studied the propagation of SH waves in the plane of mirror symmetry of a monoclinic multilayered medium with displacement normal to the plane. Recently, the propagation of SH waves in an irregular monoclinic crustal layer has been studied by Chattopadhyay et al (2008). In this paper we have discussed the propagation of SH waves in an irregular magnetoelastic monoclinic layer lying in between two isotropic half-spaces.…”

Dispersion equation of magnetoelastic shear waves in irregular monoclinic layer

“…Using (46), the dispersion equation can be obtained as (Appendix C1) tan which is the result obtained by Chattopadhyay et al [9] for SH-waves propagating in an irregular monoclinic layer lying over an isotropic half space. which is the result obtained by Chattopadhyay [2] for SH-waves propagating in an irregular isotropic layer lying over an isotropic half space.…”

Propagation of magnetoelastic shear waves in an irregular self-reinforced layer

“…Propagation of shear waves in an infinite monoclinic crystal plate has been studied by Chattopadhyay and Bandyopadhyay [12]. Also, the propagation of SH waves in an irregular monoclinic crustal layer has been studied by Chattopadhyay et al [13]. Recently, Chattopadhyay et al [14] have studied the propagation of shear waves in a viscoelastic medium with irregular boundaries.…”