The existence of surface shear waves in a finitely conducting magneto-elastic half-space

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Chattopadhyay, Manidipa^a | Chakraborty, S.K.^a | Chakraborty, Sarbani^{b; *}

Affiliations: [a] Department of Mathematics, University of Burdwan, Burdwan 713104, West Bengal, India | [b] Department of Mathematics, St. Xavier’s College, 30 Park Street, Calcutta – 700 016, India

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Abstract: The existence of Love-type SH waves in an electrically finitely conducting elastic half-space under the action of a uniform magnetic field has been studied. Damped magneto-elastic SH waves are found to exist under a high magnetic field acting in the direction of propagation of the wave.

DOI: 10.3233/JAE-1999-153

Journal: International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, vol. 10, no. 5, pp. 381-389, 1999