B4.27
Write down the equation governing linearized displacements in a uniform elastic medium of density and Lamé constants and . Derive solutions for monochromatic plane and waves, and find the corresponding wave speeds and .
Such an elastic solid occupies the half-space , and the boundary is clamped rigidly so that . A plane -wave with frequency and wavenumber is incident on the boundary. At some angles of incidence, there results both a reflected -wave with frequency and wavenumber and a reflected -wave with frequency and wavenumber . Relate the frequencies and wavenumbers of the reflected waves to those of the incident wave. At what angles of incidence will there be a reflected -wave?
Find the amplitudes of the reflected waves as multiples of the amplitude of the incident wave. Confirm that these amplitudes give the sum of the time-averaged vertical fluxes of energy of the reflected waves equal to the time-averaged vertical flux of energy of the incident wave.
[Results concerning the energy flux, energy density and kinetic energy density in a plane elastic wave may be quoted without proof.]