PDF4PRO ⚡AMP

Modern search engine that looking for books and documents around the web

Example: stock market

The Seismic Wave Equation - University of California, San ...

Chapter 3. The Seismic Wave Equation Using the stress and strain theory developed in the previous chapter, we now con- struct and solve the Seismic wave Equation for elastic wave propagation in a uniform whole space. We will show that two types of solutions are possible, corresponding to compressional (P ) and shear (S) waves , and we will derive the equations for their velocities that we presented in the last chapter. This will involve vector calculus and complex numbers; some of the mathematics is reviewed in Appendix 2. For simplicity, in this chapter we assume perfect elasticity with no energy loss in the Seismic waves from any intrinsic attenuation.

seismic waves from any intrinsic attenuation. 3.1 Introduction: The Wave Equation To motivate our discussion, consider the one-dimensional wave equation ∂2u ∂t2 = c2 ∂2u ∂x2 (3.1) and its general solution u(x,t) = f(x±ct), (3.2) which represents waves of arbitrary shape propagating at velocity cin the positive and negative xdirections.

Tags:

  Seismic, Waves, Seismic waves

Information

Domain:

Source:

Link to this page:

Please notify us if you found a problem with this document:

Spam in document Broken preview Other abuse

Transcription of The Seismic Wave Equation - University of California, San ...

Related search queries