The ray method for solving boundary problems of wave dynamics for bodies having curvilinear anisotropy (Q1914322)

The ray method for solving boundary problems involving the propagation of surfaces of strong discontinuity in curvilinear anisotropic media is developed. The method employs the solution behind the surface of strong discontinuity which is constructed in terms of power series (ray series). The authors investigate shock waves on boundaries of cavities in transversely isotropic bodies with cylindrical, toroidal and spherical anisotropies. It is demonstrated that, in some cases, the truncated ray series expansions are uniformly valid in domains where the wave motion exists. To improve their approach, the authors suggest the method of forward-area regularization, which allows to extend the truncated ray series to the whole region of the wave motion.