Rayleigh waves are a class of surface acoustic waves that travel along the free surface of an elastic solid with motion decaying exponentially with depth. Arising from the coupling of longitudinal and ...

The way waves propagate through liquids (Kelvin wave patterns) and solids (Rayleigh waves) were thought to be two distinct phenomena. A new study analyzing ultra soft solids, such as gels and ...

So-called Rayleigh–Bloch waves can release an enormous amount of energy that can damage technical systems under certain circumstances. They only exist below a precisely defined cut-off frequency; ...