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Intensity of waves in a randomly non‐homogeneous layered medium
Author(s) -
Hryniewicz Z.
Publication year - 1984
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.4290120102
Subject(s) - intensity (physics) , homogeneous , stratum , shear waves , shear (geology) , mechanics , materials science , geology , mathematical analysis , mathematics , physics , geotechnical engineering , statistical physics , optics , composite material
The intensity of shear waves in the model of a multilayered stratum, the material properties of which are random functions, is considered. The solutions for displacements and stresses are obtained for one layer and then the formulation is extended to a multilayered stratum through transfer matrices. The solution for a random medium has been compared with the solution for the homogeneous medium. The analysis indicates that the stochastic inhomogeneities are likely to increase the damping in a significant way.