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Rayleigh Waves
Rayleigh waves are seismic surface waves of low frequency that make the ground shake in an elliptical motion, with amplitude decreasing with depth.
Contributed by:
Enrique Zeleny
Based on a program by:
Yu-Sung Chang
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Surface Wave
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ScienceWorld
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Rayleigh-Lamb Wave
(
ScienceWorld
)
Rayleigh, John William Strutt
(
ScienceWorld
)
Built to Last: Understanding Earthquake Engineering
(
Wolfram Blog
)
PERMANENT CITATION
Enrique Zeleny
"
Rayleigh Waves
"
http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/RayleighWaves/
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Published: December 5, 2011
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