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Elastic Wave Theory

Elastic Wave Theory is a theoretical framework within continuum mechanics that describes the propagation of mechanical disturbances in elastic media by relating stress and strain through constitutive equations, distinguished by its application to time-dependent deformation processes in solid materials undergoing longitudinal vibration and seismic wave transmission.

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2017–2026

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Wave Propagation in Elastic Solids

J. D. Achenbach, Stephen A. Thau · Journal of Applied Mechanics · 1974 · 4K citations · Full text

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Transmission of Elastic Waves through a Stratified Solid Medium

William T. Thomson · Journal of Applied Physics · 1950 · 2K citations

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A higher-order nonlocal elasticity and strain gradient theory and its applications in wave propagation

C.W. Lim, G. Zhang, J. N. Reddy · Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids · 2015 · 1.6K citations

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I. On the propagation of tremors over the surface of an elastic solid

Horace Lamb · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Containing Papers of a Mathematical or Physical Character · 1904 · 1.3K citations

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Absorbing boundary conditions for acoustic and elastic wave equations

Robert W. Clayton, Björn Engquist · Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America · 1977 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. SK
    S. K. Tomar

    Panjab University, India

    27 publications · 720 citations

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  2. JD
    J. D. Achenbach

    Northwestern University, United States

    15 publications · 4.9K citations

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  3. SG
    Shishir Gupta

    Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad, India

    13 publications · 333 citations

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  4. PC
    Pham Chi Vinh

    VNU University of Science, Vietnam

    12 publications · 368 citations

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  5. YW
    Yue‐Sheng Wang

    Beijing Jiaotong University, China

    15 publications · 612 citations

    12

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Institutions

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    27 h-index

    124 publications

    6.3K citations

  2. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    22 h-index

    41 publications

    3.6K citations

  3. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    20 h-index

    41 publications

    4.5K citations

  4. Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad

    Dhanbad, India

    19 h-index

    82 publications

    2.3K citations

  5. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    19 h-index

    36 publications

    3.5K citations

  6. Los Alamos National Laboratory

    Los Alamos, United States

    17 h-index

    33 publications

    1.6K citations

  7. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    17 h-index

    33 publications

    2.1K citations

  8. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    16 h-index

    22 publications

    1.7K citations

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Venues

  1. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

    JASA · 156 publications · 12K citations

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  2. Geophysics

    87 publications · 9.8K citations

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  3. Journal of Applied Mechanics

    93 publications · 9.3K citations

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  4. Journal of Applied Physics

    47 publications · 4.8K citations

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  5. Wave Motion

    64 publications · 2.5K citations

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