Seismic Wave Propagation in Non-Homogeneous Elastic Media by Boundary Elements

“This book treats the theory of seismic waves by using various models of elastic media, and gives analytical and numerical solutions for problems with boundary conditions prescribed at two-dimensional domains, applying the boundary integral equation method (BIEM) AND Fourier-Laplace and Radon transforms. The book covers the state-of-the-art of the BIEM in the field of elastodynamics and can be considered a useful reading for researchers and graduate students in seismology.” (Vladimir Čadež, zbMATH 1365.74002, 2017)

• Introduction.- Theoretical foundations.- Elastodynamic problem formulation.- Fundamental solutions.- Green's function.- Free-field motion.- Time-harmonic wave propagation in inhomogeneous and heterogeneous regions: The anti-plane strain case.- The anti-pane strain wave motion.- Anti-plane strain wave motion in finite inhomogeneous media.- In plane wave motion in unbounded cracked inhomogeneous media.- Site effects in finite geologicall region due to wave path inhomogeneity.- Wave scattering in a laterally inhomogeneous, cracked poroelastic finite region.- Index.