Properties of surface waves in granular media under gravity  

作　　者：郑鹤鹏 

机构地区：[1]Department of Mathematics and Physics Guilin Medical University

出　　处：《Chinese Physics B》2014年第5期355-359,共5页中国物理B（英文版）

基　　金：Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11274390);the Natural Science Foundation of the Guangxi Higher Education Institutions of China(Grant No.2013YB158)

摘　　要：Acoustical waves propagating along the free surface of granular media under gravity are investigated in the framework of elasticity theory. The influence of stress on a surface wave is analyzed. The results have shown that two types of surface waves, namely sagittal and transverse modes exist depending on initial stress states, which may have some influence on the dispersion relations of surface waves, but the influence is not great. Considering that the present experimental accuracy is far from distinguishing this detail, the validity of elasticity theory on the surface waves propagating in granular media can still be maintained.Acoustical waves propagating along the free surface of granular media under gravity are investigated in the framework of elasticity theory. The influence of stress on a surface wave is analyzed. The results have shown that two types of surface waves, namely sagittal and transverse modes exist depending on initial stress states, which may have some influence on the dispersion relations of surface waves, but the influence is not great. Considering that the present experimental accuracy is far from distinguishing this detail, the validity of elasticity theory on the surface waves propagating in granular media can still be maintained.

关 键 词：granular matter STRESS surface waves 

分 类 号：O314[理学—一般力学与力学基础]