Open AccessA variational approach to elastic wave propagation in anomalous layers
Author(s) -
Mainardi F.,
Servizi G.,
Turchetti G.
Publication year - 1979
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.1979.tb03773.x
Subject(s) - wave propagation , geology , matrix (chemical analysis) , mathematical analysis , physics , geophysics , classical mechanics , mathematics , materials science , optics , composite material
Summary . A unified variational approach is derived for elastic wave propagation in infinite and semi‐infinite stratified media involving anomalous layers. As a specific application we provide accurate approximations to the transition matrix which appears in the so‐called amplification problem in earthquake engineering.