On orthogonal transformations of the Christoffel equations

DOI10.1007/S13137-020-0141-7MaRDI QIDQ2300562zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Theodore Stanoev, Maurizio Vianello, Len Bos, Michael A. Slawinski

Publication date 27 February 2020

Published in GEM - International Journal on Geomathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.03926

zbMATH Keywords

algebraic formulationChristoffel equationorthogonal transformationtensor algebra

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Linear waves in solid mechanics (74J05) Seismology (including tsunami modeling), earthquakes (86A15)

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to prove the equivalence$-$under rotations of distinct terms$-$of different forms of a determinantal equation that appears in the studies of wave propagation in Hookean solids, in the context of the Christoffel equations. To do so, we prove a general proposition that is not limited to ${mathbbR}^3$, nor is it limited to the elasticity tensor with its index symmetries. Furthermore, the proposition is valid for orthogonal transformations, not only for rotations. The sought equivalence is a corollary of that proposition.

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