International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 2005 (2005), Issue 19, Pages 3145-3155
doi:10.1155/IJMMS.2005.3145
Stoneley waves in a non-homogeneous orthotropic granular medium under the influence of gravity
S.M. Ahmed
Mathematics Department, Faculty of Education, Suez Canal University, El-Arish, Egypt
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to investigate the Stoneley waves in a non-homogeneous orthotropic granular medium under the influence of a gravity field. The frequency equation obtained, in the form of a sixth-order determinantal expression, is in agreement with the corresponding result when both media are elastic. The frequency equation when the gravity field is neglected has been deduced as a particular case.