Multiple Rayleigh waves guided by the planar surface of a continuously twisted structurally chiral material

Tom G Mackay, Akhlesh Lakhtakia

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The Stroh formalism was adapted for Rayleigh-wave propagation guided by the planar traction-free surface of a continuously twisted structurally chiral material (CTSCM), which is an anisotropic solid that is periodically non-homogeneous in the direction normal to the planar surface. Numerical studies reveal that this surface can support either one or two Rayleigh waves at a fixed frequency, depending on the structural period and orientation of the CTSCM. In the case of two Rayleigh waves, each wave possesses a different wavenumber. The Rayleigh wave with the larger wavenumber is more localized to the surface and has a phase speed that changes less as the angular frequency varies in comparison with the Rayleigh wave with the smaller wavenumber.
Original languageEnglish
Article number20200314
Number of pages15
JournalProceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Volume476
Issue number2239
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 29 Jul 2020

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