RAYLEIGH WAVES AT THE CONTINENTAL MARGIN

Abstract

In this report, the first of a series on the analytic continuation of wave functions past discontinuities, the author introduces an elementary procedure for the solution of problems involving the diffraction of vector fields. In particular, the report discusses the propagation of Rayleigh waves incident obliquely upon the continental margin. The crustal layering on either side of the coastline is modeled mathematically as a two-part boundary layer in such a fashion that the relevant reflection and transmission coefficients emerge as elementary algebraic expressions. The procedure that permits such a solution to be found is to introduce a diffraction analogue of the well-known procedure in electrical engineering: replace a transmission line network by a lumped parameter equivalent in a specified frequency or wave number domain.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 10, 1965
Accession Number
AD0618920

Entities

People

  • Julius Kane

Organizations

  • University of Rhode Island

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustics
  • Air Force
  • Boundaries
  • Diffraction
  • Discontinuities
  • Elastic Waves
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Integral Equations
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Phase Velocity
  • Rayleigh Waves
  • Transmission Lines
  • Two Dimensional
  • United States
  • Wave Propagation
  • Waves

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Theoretical Analysis.