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A Note on the Asymptotic Phase Velocities in a Two-Layer Plate

Mengi, Yalçin; McNiven, Hugh D.

UCB/SESM-1967/11, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1967-05, 14 pages (500/C23/67/11)

Explores the asymptotic velocities of waves in a 2-layered plate as the wave length becomes extremely short. The plate is of infinite extent and is made of 2 plates, each with its own thickness and material properties, bonded at the interface.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/SEMM/SEMM-67-11.pdf (434 KB)