Anomalous behaviour of leaky surface waves for stiffening layer near cutoff
Author(s) -
Pavel Zinin,
O. Lefeuvre,
G. A. D. Briggs,
B. D. Zeller,
P. Cawley,
A. J. Kinloch,
G.E. Thompson
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of applied physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.699
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1089-7550
pISSN - 0021-8979
DOI - 10.1063/1.365867
Subject(s) - attenuation , isotropy , materials science , layer (electronics) , cutoff , cutoff frequency , substrate (aquarium) , optics , surface wave , composite material , condensed matter physics , physics , geology , oceanography , quantum mechanics
The propagation of surface acoustic waves has been investigated for a layered system (water-isotropic layer-isotropic substrate) where the layer is faster than the substrate. It has been found that when the velocity of the surface wave reaches the velocity of the shear wave of the substrate (cutoff) the behaviour of the attenuation has an anomalous character. Attenuation drops down towards zero below cutoff and increases abruptly beyond cutoff. Acoustic microscopy measurements on aluminum coated with oxalic oxide film were in coincidence with theory.
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