Acoustic impedance of an isotropic medium for rayleigh waves

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Authors

  • Aleksander OPILSKI Institute of Physics, Silesian Polytechnic, Poland
  • Marian URBAŃCZYK Institute of Physics, Silesian Polytechnic, Poland

Abstract

The acoustic impedance of an isotropic non-piezoelectric medium has been determined for Rayleigh waves. The numerical values of this impedance are very different from the values of the impedance of the medium for a plane bulk wave.

References

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