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Response of a plate and elastic half‐space to harmonic waves
Author(s) -
Whittaker W. L.,
Christiano Paul
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
earthquake engineering and structural dynamics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.218
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1096-9845
pISSN - 0098-8847
DOI - 10.1002/eqe.4290100207
Subject(s) - massless particle , diagonal , flexural strength , half space , harmonic , enhanced data rates for gsm evolution , stiffness , space (punctuation) , physics , structural engineering , acoustics , geometry , engineering , mathematics , computer science , telecommunications , particle physics , operating system
Analytical results are presented for the dynamic interaction of an elastic flexural plate and an elastic half‐space subjected to harmonic seismic waves. Displacements and contact stresses are presented for square, massless plates having a practical range of flexural stiffness and subjected to incident waves oriented parallel to either an edge or a diagonal of the plate. The behaviour of massive plates is also briefly discussed; such plates exhibit additional resonances higher than those normally associated with the motion of a rigid mass.