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In this note, the relationship between the stress and the particle velocity for Rayleigh pulses which propagate along a free surface of an elastic isotropic half-space is discussed.
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Dedicated to Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Franz Ziegler on the occasion of his 60th birthday
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Uenishi, K., Rossmanith, H.P. The relation between stress and particle velocity for Rayleigh pulses. Acta Mechanica 131, 247–253 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01177228
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