Torsional wave propagation in Earth's crustal layer under the influence of imperfect interface. (February 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Vishwakarma, Sumit Kumar; Gupta, Shishir; Verma, Arun Kumar
• Is Part Of: Journal of vibration and control. Volume 20:Number 3(2014)
• Page Start: 355
• Page End: 369
• Publication Date: 2014-02
• Subjects: Earth crust -- imperfect interface -- initial stress -- mantle -- torsional wave; Vibration -- Periodicals; Damping (Mechanics) -- Periodicals; 620.3
• DOI: 10.1177/1077546312461029
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1077-5463

Abstract

In this paper, we study the propagation of a torsional surface wave in a homogeneous crustal layer over an initially stressed mantle with linearly varying directional rigidities, density and initial stress under the effect of an imperfect interface. Twelve different types of imperfect interface have been considered using triangular, rectangular and parabolic shapes. A variable separable technique is adopted for the theoretical derivations and analytical solutions are obtained for the dispersion relation by means of Whittaker function and its derivative. Dispersion equations are in perfect agreement with the standard results when derived for a particular case. The graph is self-explanatory and reveals that the phase velocity of a torsional surface wave depends not only on the wave number, initial stress, inhomogeneity and depth of the irregularity but also on the layer structure.