Guided elastic waves in a pre-stressed compressible interlayer
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Studying Large Amplitude Oscillatory Shear Response of Soft Materials
Published on: April 25, 2019
1Southern Polytechnic State University, Marietta, GA 30060, USA. jsotirop@spsu.edu
Abstract:
The propagation of guided elastic waves in a pre-stressed elastic compressible layer embedded in a different compressible material is examined. The waves propagate parallel to the planar layer interfaces as a superposed dynamic stress state on the statically pre-stressed layer and host material. The underlying stress condition in the two materials is characterized by equibiaxial in-plane deformations with common principal axes of strain, one of the axes being perpendicular to the layering. Both materials have arbitrary strain energy functions. The dispersion equation is derived in explicit form. Analysis of the dispersion equation reveals the propagation characteristics and their dependence on frequency, material parameters and stress parameters. Combinations of these parameters are also defined for which guided waves cannot propagate.
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