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The present paper discusses the dispersion equation for SH waves in a monoclinic layer over a semi-infinite elastic medium with an irregularity. In the absence of the irregularity, the dispersion equation reduces to standard dispersion equation for SH waves in a monoclinic layer over an isotropic semi-infinite medium. The dispersion curves for different size of the irregularity are computed and compared for the half-space without any irregularity. It can be seen that the phase velocity is strongly influenced by the wave number and the depth of the irregularity.
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Chattopadhyay, A., Gupta, S., Sharma, V.K. et al. Propagation of SH waves in an irregular monoclinic crustal layer. Arch Appl Mech 78, 989–999 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00419-008-0209-6
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