Mathematical Problems in Engineering 
Volume 7 (2001), Issue 2, Pages 147-154
doi:10.1155/S1024123X01001582

Effect of rotation on wave propagation in a transversely isotropic medium

F. Ahmad and A. Khan

Department of Mathematics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Received 1 May 2000; Revised 30 October 2000

Abstract

Wave propagation in a transversely isotropic unbounded medium rotating about its axis of symmetry is studied. For propagation at high frequencies, effects of rotation are negligible but for a frequency which is much smaller than the frequency of rotation, there is a fast wave and two very slow waves. When the two frequencies are equal, the speed of a wave becomes unbounded.