posted on 2016-10-05, 09:53authored byVictor V. Krylov
In the present paper, it is demonstrated that the existence of localised elastic modes in structures of complex geometry can take place under the condition of total internal reflection of Rayleigh or plate waves from the areas surrounding the 'internal' areas of wave localisation. The possibility of total internal reflection in structures of complex geometry is often linked to the presence of internal areas on the surfaces characterised by lower values of the geometry-dependent local phase velocities of Rayleigh or plate waves in comparison with their values in the surrounding areas. The above-mentioned condition of wave localisation is illustrated by theoretical calculations of frequency-dependent phase velocities for three different cases of localised elastic wave propagation. These are localised Rayleigh waves propagating along solid cylinders of variable curvature, localised flexural waves in slender elastic wedges (also known as wedge elastic waves), and localised quasi-flexural waves in non-circular cylindrical shells.
History
School
Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Department
Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
Published in
Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics
Volume
38
Issue
1
Pages
139 - 148
Citation
KRYLOV, V.V., 2016. Localised elastic waves in structures of complex geometry. Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics, 38(1), pp. 139-148.
Publisher
The Institute of Acoustics
Version
AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publisher statement
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Acceptance date
2016-08-15
Publication date
2016
Notes
This paper is published with kind permission of the publisher.