TITLE:
Surface Wave Propagation in a Generalized Thermoelastic Material with Voids
AUTHORS:
Baljeet Singh, Raj Pal
KEYWORDS:
Thermoelasticity, Surface Waves, Boundary Conditions, Voids
JOURNAL NAME:
Applied Mathematics,
Vol.2 No.5,
May
6,
2011
ABSTRACT: In the present paper, the propagation of surface wave in a generalized thermoelastic solid with voids is considered. The governing equations are solved to obtain the general solution in x-z plane. The appropriate boundary conditions at an interface between two dissimilar half-spaces are satisfied by appropriate particular solutions to obtain the frequency equation of the surface wave in the medium. Some special cases are also discussed.