Analysis of gravity and non-homogeneity on Rayleigh wave in anisotropic elastic-viscoelastic half space of higher order

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the propagation of Rayleigh waves in an anisotropic inhomogeneous layer placed over an isotropic gravitational viscoelastic half space of third order.

Design/methodology/approach

It is considered that the mass density and the elastic coefficients of the layer are space dependent. Dispersion properties of waves are derived with the simple mathematical techniques. Graphs are plotted between phase velocity ‘k’ and wave number ‘c’ for different values of inhomogeneity parameters for a particular model and the effects of inhomogeneity and gravity are studied.

Findings

The wave analysis indicates that the phase velocity of Rayleigh waves is affected quite remarkably by the presence of inhomogeneity, gravity and strain rates of strain parameters in the half space. The effects of inhomogeneity and depth on the phase velocity are also shown in corresponding figures.

Originality/value

The results presented in this study may be attractive and useful for mathematicians, seismologists and geologists.

Citation

Kakar, R. (2015), "Analysis of gravity and non-homogeneity on Rayleigh wave in anisotropic elastic-viscoelastic half space of higher order", Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures, Vol. 11 No. 1, pp. 120-130. https://doi.org/10.1108/MMMS-06-2014-0036