• Wave Propagation at Micropolar Elastic/Fluid Saturated Porous Solid Interface

Abstract

The present paper is concerned with the reflection and transmission of longitudinal wave from a plane surface separating a micropolar elastic solid half space and a fluid saturated porous half space. Longitudinal wave impinge obliquely at the interface. Amplitude ratios of various reflected and transmitted waves are obtained and computed numerically for a specific model and results obtained are depicted graphically with angle of incidence of incident wave and material properties of half spaces.  It is found that these amplitude ratios depend on angle of incidence of the incident wave. A particular case of reflection at free surface of micro polar elastic solid has been deduced and discussed with the help of graphs. A special case when fluid saturated porous half space reduced to empty porous solid has also been deduced and discussed from the present investigation.