Transient waves in inhomogeneous isotropic elastic plates (Q759513)

This paper deals with the problem of transient wave propagation in isotropic inhomogeneous elastic Cosserat plates of uniform thickness by the method of singular wave curves. The transport equations governing the growth-decay behaviour of all extensional and bending wave modes are explicitly integrated to provide a common general formula involving the material parameters and wave geometry. An example of wave propagation, due to an initially straight wave in a plate with prescribed variable density is worked out in detail.