On Theoretical and Experimental Wave Propagation in a Fiber-Reinforced Elastic Material

Analyzing the propagation of a plane wave in a microcomposite material taking inertial interaction into account

“…The constant r 12 can be calculated either from w cut and b k or independently of the other parameters. Since r 12 is determined independently of the other parameters, it is possible to apply the formulas proposed in [1], where a fibrous composite with low volume fraction of fibers was used. The fibers form a hexagonal structure.…”

“…The physical properties of the components are summarized in Table 1 [8] (see [2,[11][12][13][14][15] for more details). The physical constants of the microcomposite can be calculated by the formulas proposed in [17] for r 12 and in [1]; for the other parameters, we have: kg/m 3 . The typical length scale of the microstructure l = 0.23 mm.…”