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Nonlinear interaction of plane elastic waves

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/290877· OSTI ID:290877
The paper presents basic first order results of nonlinear elastic theory by Murnaghan for elastic wave propagation in isotropic solids. The authors especially address the problem of resonant scattering of two collimated beams and present analytical solutions for amplitudes of all possible types of resonant interactions for elastic plane waves. For estimation of nonlinear scattered waves they use measured elastic parameters for sandstone. The most profound nonlinear effect is expected for interactions of two SH waves generating compressional P wave at sum frequency. Estimations show that nonlinear phenomena is likely to be observed in seismic data. Basic equations of nonlinear five-constant theory by Murnaghan are also presented.
Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab., CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
OSTI ID:
290877
Report Number(s):
LBNL--41914; ON: DE98058257
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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