Open AccessDisturbance due to Shearing‐stress Discontinuity in a Semi‐infinite Elastic Medium
Author(s) -
Nag K. R.
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
geophysical journal of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.302
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1365-246X
pISSN - 0016-8009
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1962.tb02995.x
Subject(s) - discontinuity (linguistics) , shearing (physics) , isotropy , mechanics , free surface , geology , geometry , classical mechanics , mathematics , physics , mathematical analysis , geotechnical engineering , optics
Summary The displacements at the free surface due to sudden introduction of shearing‐stress discontinuity which expands or moves uniformly after creation, inside a semi‐infinite isotropic elastic medium have been obtained in exact forms for SH type of motion by the method due to Cagniard. Displacements at different points on the free surface have been calculated numerically and results are shown graphically for two particular cases.