To study the mechanism of the source of acoustic emission, we analyze the transient waves which are generated by four kinds of point sources, a single force, double force, and center of dilatation, all inside an infinite plate, and a single force on the surface of the plate. Some of these forces or a combination of them could be used to model the dynamic process of material defects. The analysis is based on the generalized ray theory and Cagniard’s method. Transient solutions are obtained by evaluating the ray integrals with a complex algorithm. Numerical results are shown for receivers that are located at a distance up to six plate thickness, and for a duration less than ten transit time for a P-wave to cross the thickness of a plate.
Transient waves generated by a variety of dynamic nuclei of strains including a concentrated force, a single-couple, a double-force, a double-couple without moment, a center of rotation, and a center of explosion in an elastic plate are analyzed. Some of these sources, or a combination of them, could be used to model the dynamic process of material defects. The analysis is based on the generalized ray theory and Cagniard’s method and the solutions are presented in terms of Green’s dyadics for a plate.
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