THEORETICAL STUDY OF GROUND MOTION IN UNIFORMLY VARYING AND LAYERED ELASTIC MEDIA

Abstract

Uncoupled wave equations are developed for a nonhomogeneous half-space for two cases, where Poisson's ratio is constant, and where Poisson's ratio increases with depth in a nonarbitrary but realistic manner. The resulting wave equations are numerically solvable by the method of characteristics since they are identical to those for a homogeneous medium.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0287204

Entities

People

  • F. C. Gair
  • R. C. Alverson

Organizations

  • SRI International

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Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Civil Engineering
  • Differential Equations
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • New Mexico
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Secondary Waves
  • Shear Modulus
  • United States
  • Wave Equations
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

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  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Regression Analysis.

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  • Space