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Those wonderful elastic waves

General Physics 2015-05-13 v1 Classical Physics

Abstract

We consider in a simple and general way elastic waves in isotropic and anisotropic media, their polarization, speeds, reflection from interfaces with mode conversion, and surface waves. Reflection of quasi transverse waves in anisotropic media from a free surface is shown to be characterized by three critical angles.

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@article{arxiv.0906.2392,
  title  = {Those wonderful elastic waves},
  author = {V. K. Ignatovich and L. T. N. Phan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0906.2392},
  year   = {2015}
}

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