Dynamic interaction of a prestressed nonlinear elastic layer and a half-plane

Abstract

Generalized Rayleigh waves propagating in a prestressed layer on a prestressed half-plane under plane-strain conditions are studied using the piecewise-homogeneous model and the three-dimensional linearized theory of elasticity. The constitutive relations of the layer and half-plane include the Murnaghan potential. Numerical results have been obtained for two materials: bronze for the layer and steel for the half-plane.