ABSTRACT

For a bulk medium in three dimensions, we look for plane wave solutions in the form

(11.4)

Tij cijklSkl=

Tij cijkl 2

------

∂uk ∂xl -------

cijkl 2

------

∂ul ∂xk -------+=

Tij cijkl ∂ul ∂xk -------=

∂Tij ∂xj --------- ρ∂

---------=

ρ∂ 2ui

∂t2 --------- cijkl

∂ 2ul ∂xj∂xk ---------------=

ul u0l j ωt k-r•( )exp=

where the propagation vector is normal to planes of constant phase. Writing (

n

,

n

,

n

) as a unit vector perpendicular to the wave front, we have

(11.5)

where

V

is the phase velocity. For simplicity the subscript

P

is dropped in this section.