Acoustic and effective material parameters of heterogeneous viscoelastic bodies (Q1069717)

Acoustic waves propagating through a special class of random viscoelastic bodies are considered. These media are assumed to be composed of M \((M=1,2,3,...)\) distinct and linearly viscoelastic materials (phases). All these phases are randomly dispersed in the volume of the body in the form of grains, perfectly bonded together. Assuming the mean displacement field to be in the form of attenuated plane waves, the equations for the fluctuating part of the displacement were solved formally for the case of small, moderate and large inhomogeneities. Subsequent to this, equations and formulae determining the effective complex moduli tensor of the heterogeneous body as well as the propagation velocity and attenuation coefficient are derived for the mean displacement field propagating through such media in the form of acoustic plane waves.