Free eBook “Waves and Rays in Elastic Continua” by Michael A. Slawinski. The present book – which is the second, and significantly extended, edition of the textbook originally published by Elsevier Science – emphasizes the interdependence of mathematical formulation and physical meaning in the description of seismic phenomena.
Book Description
Herein, we use aspects of continuum mechanics, wave theory and ray theory to explain phenomena resulting from the propagation of seismic waves. The book is divided into three main sections: Elastic Continua, Waves and Rays and Variational Formulation of Rays. There is also a fourth part, which consists of appendices.
Table of Contents
- Deformations
- Forces and balance principles
- Stress-strain equations
- Strain energy
- Material symmetry
- Equations of motion: Isotropic homogeneous continua
- Equations of motion: Anisotropic inhomogeneous continua
- Hamilton’s ray equations
- Christoffel’s equations
- Reflection and transmission
- Lagrange’s ray equations
- Euler’s equations
- Variational principles
- Ray parameters