On Theoretical and Experimental Wave Propagation in a Fiber-Reinforced Elastic Material

1972 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 597-598 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Bedford ◽  
H. J. Sutherland ◽  
R. Lingle
Keyword(s):  
Wave Propagation ◽  
Elastic Material ◽  
Fiber Reinforced

Wave Propagation in a Micropolar Elastic Plate with Voids

2005 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 849-863 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. K. Tomar
Keyword(s):  
Wave Propagation ◽  
Attenuation Coefficient ◽  
Elastic Material ◽  
Elastic Plate ◽  
Lamb Wave ◽  
Specific Model ◽  
Present Formulation ◽  
Numerical Computations ◽  
Lamb Wave Propagation ◽  
Symmetric And Antisymmetric Modes

Frequency equations are obtained for Rayleigh–Lamb wave propagation in a plate of micropolar elastic material with voids. The thickness of the plate is taken to be finite and the faces of the plate are assumed to be free from stresses. The frequency equations are obtained corresponding to symmetric and antisymmetric modes of vibrations of the plate, and some limiting cases of these equations are discussed. Numerical computations are made for a specific model to solve the frequency equations for symmetric and antisymmetric modes of propagation. It is found that both modes of vibrations are dispersive and the presence of voids has a negligible effect on these dispersion curves. However, the attenuation coefficient is found to be influenced by the presence of voids. The results of some earlier works are also deduced from the present formulation.

Wave Propagation and Parametric Instability in Materials Reinforced by Fibers With Periodically Varying Directions

1975 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 825-831 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Schoenberg ◽  
Y. Weitsman
Keyword(s):  
Composite Material ◽  
Wave Propagation ◽  
Elastic Medium ◽  
Parametric Instability ◽  
Transversely Isotropic ◽  
Harmonic Waves ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Frequency Bands ◽  
Structural Periodicity ◽  
Dominant Direction

This paper concerns the propagation of plane harmonic waves in an infinite fiber-reinforced elastic medium. The composite material is represented by an equivalent homogeneous transversely isotropic matter whose preferred directions coincide with the orientations of the fibers. The fibers are assumed to wobble periodically about a dominant direction, all fibers being parallel to each other. This wobbliness endows the material with a structural periodicity which generates dispersion at all frequencies and instability for various frequency bands. The zones of instability are analyzed in some detail.

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