Abstract
Dispersion analysis of acoustic guided waves, propagating in a stratified medium, containing an internal sandy layer in contact with the isotropic elastic substrate and the upper elastic isotropic layer, is developed by applying the modified Cauchy formalism coupled with the exponential fundamental matrices and the Thomson–Haskell transfer matrix method. The developed approach is suitable for analyzing dispersion properties of guided waves at the broad variation of the sandy parameter. Several phenomena, concerning anomalous dispersion of guided waves at varying sandy parameter, are observed, revealing the possibility of nondestructive evaluation of sandy layers within the upper crust.
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