International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 19 (1996), Issue 4, Pages 815-820
doi:10.1155/S0161171296001135

Axisymmetric Lamb's problem in a semi-infinite micropolar viscoelastic medium

P. K. Biswas,1 P. R. Sengupta,2 and Lokenath Debnath3

1P O Parbatipur , Dist- NADIA, West Bengal, PIN 741235, India
2Department of Mathematics, Kalyani University, West Bengal, Kalyani, India
3Department of Mathematics, University of Central Florida, Orlando 32816, Florida, USA

Received 6 July 1994; Revised 10 September 1995

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Abstract

A study is made of the axisymmetric problem of wave propagation under the influence of gravity in a micropolar viscoelastic semi-infinite medium when a time varying axisymmetric loading is applied on the surface of the medium. Special attention is given to the effects of gravity which induces a kind of initial stress of a hydrostatic nature on the wave propagation.