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Rayleigh wave

A type of seismic surface wave that moves with a rolling motion, causing rock particles to vibrate in directions both perpendicular and parallel to the main direction of wave propagation. Rayleigh waves are slower than Love waves.

[After John William Strutt, Third Baron Rayleigh.]

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These sensors were chosen due to their small aperture and their high resonance frequency, which would emphasize the amplitude of Rayleigh waves versus their response to Lamb modes.

Some observations on Rayleigh waves and acoustic emission in thick steel plates

[R.sub.H], [R.sub.V]--spectra of horizontal and vertical components of Rayleigh waves,

Local effects in peak accelerations caused by mining tremors in Bytom Syncline region (Upper Silesia)

The phase velocity of Rayleigh waves is inverted to an S-wave velocity (Vs) profile using optimization techniques.

Application of a heuristic method for the estimation of S-wave velocity structure

Apart from the displacement amplitudes of body waves which we were previously studied, also a distinct wave group of Rayleigh waves was recorded, which later underwent the procedure of spectral analysis.

Amplitude spectra of surface waves generated by shot-hole explosions

The winds cause shallow, longer-period waves called Rayleigh waves.

Strange Humming Sound From Mars Detected

The H/V ratio is related to ellipticity of Rayleigh waves. Using the ellipticity of Rayleigh waves and inversion process, shear wave velocities were obtained.

Empirical Correlation between Geotechnical and Geophysical Parameters in a Landslide Zone (Case Study: Nargeschal Landslide)/Correlacion empirica entre parametros geotecnicos y geofisicos en la zona de un deslizamiento de tierra. Caso de estudio: Deslizamiento de Nargeschal

Narayan studied the propagation characteristics of Rayleigh waves in layered media by the finite difference method [10].

Three-Dimensional Wave-Field Characteristics of Earth-Rock Dams with Different Hidden Hazards

Finally, the transformation frequency number of wave frequency F-K [14, 17, 18] allows obtaining the dispersion curve to determine the phase velocity of Rayleigh waves according to their vibration mode [19, 20].

Geomorphology Characterization of Ica Basin and Its Influence on the Dynamic Response of Soils for Urban Seismic Hazards in Ica, Peru

present an approach of acoustic nonlinearity of fatigue damage accumulation that utilizes Rayleigh waves generated from EMAT and electromagnetic acoustic resonance [21, 22].

Nonlinear Electromagnetic Acoustic Testing Method for Tensile Damage Evaluation

Very often, surface waves are acquired and analyzed by considering only the vertical component of Rayleigh waves. The shear-wave velocity (Vs) profile of the investigated site is then typically obtained through the inversion of a user-picked modal dispersion curve (e.g.

SINGLE- AND MULTI-COMPONENT INVERSION OF RAYLEIGH WAVES ACQUIRED BY A SINGLE 3-COMPONENT GEOPHONE: AN ILLUSTRATIVE CASE STUDY

Vibration propagates through the ground in the form of body waves (compression and shear waves), and in the form of surface or Rayleigh waves

MODELLING OF GROUND BORNE VIBRATION INDUCED BY ROAD TRANSPORT

(56-58) These peaks can be explained by acoustic resonance between Rayleigh waves propagating in the solid Earth and low-frequency acoustic waves in the atmosphere.