SCATTERING OF ELASTIC WAVES BY SMALL INHOMOGENEITIES,
Abstract
Rayleigh scattering theory is extended to determine the perturbation on an arbitrarily prescribed elastic wave field produced by small inhomogeneities in an otherwise homogeneous, isotropic medium. The general result is applied to the specific problems of the scattering of both plane P- and S-waves. It is found that a change in compressibility acts at a distance as a simple source and a change in density as a dipole, as in the acoustical problem, while a change in shear modulus contributes both simple-source and quadrapole fields. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 19, 1959
- Accession Number
- AD0607551
Entities
People
- John W. Miles
Organizations
- TRW Inc.