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2.2.5 Rayleigh Characteristics<br />

Rayleigh waves are a type of surface wave that travel near the surface of<br />

solids. Rayleigh waves include both longitudinal and transverse motions that<br />

decrease exponentially in amplitude as distance from the surface increases.<br />

There is a phase difference between these component motions. In isotropic<br />

solids these waves cause the surface particles to move in ellipses in planes<br />

normal to the surface and parallel to the direction of propagation – the major<br />

axis of the ellipse is vertical. At the surface and at shallow depths this motion<br />

is retrograde 逆 行 , that is the in-plane motion of a particle is counterclockwise<br />

when the wave travels from left to right.<br />

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayleigh_wave<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang

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