A4.20
The equation of motion for small displacements in a homogeneous, isotropic, elastic material is
where and are the Lamé constants. Derive the conditions satisfied by the polarisation and (real) vector slowness s of plane-wave solutions , where is an arbitrary scalar function. Describe the division of these waves into -waves, -waves and -waves.
A plane harmonic -wave of the form
travelling through homogeneous elastic material of -wave speed and -wave speed is incident from on the boundary of rigid material in in which the displacement is identically zero.
Write down the form of the reflected wavefield in . Calculate the amplitudes of the reflected waves in terms of the components of the slowness vectors.
Derive expressions for the components of the incident and reflected slowness vectors, in terms of the wavespeeds and the angle of incidence . Hence show that there is no reflected -wave if
Sketch the rays produced if the region is fluid instead of rigid.