Effect of loosely bonded undulated boundary surfaces of doubly layered half-space on the propagation of torsional wave

Abstract

This paper investigates the propagation of torsional wave in an initially stressed poroelastic layer with corrugated as well as loosely bonded boundary surfaces, sandwiched between a corrugated fiber-reinforced layer and a viscoelastic half-space under initial stress. The velocity equation has been obtained in closed form analytically and the substantial effect of affecting parameters on the phase velocity of torsional surface wave has been demonstrated numerically and graphically. Comparative study has been made to observe the effect of flatness parameter, reinforcement, viscoelasticity and porosity on the phase velocity, meticulously. Some particular cases have also been discussed and it is found that velocity equation is in well-agreement to the classical Love wave equation. Moreover, some remarkable observation has been made through numerical computation and graphical demonstration for fiber-reinforced layer of carbon fiber-epoxy resin, poroelastic layer of sandstone and a viscoelastic half-space.