Reflection and transmission of P-wave incident obliquely at the interface between an elastic solid and a fluid-saturated porous medium: a comprehensive study via the model of soil mechanics

IntroductionA model of soil mechanics is used to study the problem of reflection and transmission of an obliquely incident plane P-waveon a discontinuous interface. Based on the propagation theory of elastic waves in an elastic solid and a fluid-saturated porous medium, the propagation analysis mode...

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Main Authors: Lijun Qiu, Bo Zhang
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-07-01
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description IntroductionA model of soil mechanics is used to study the problem of reflection and transmission of an obliquely incident plane P-waveon a discontinuous interface. Based on the propagation theory of elastic waves in an elastic solid and a fluid-saturated porous medium, the propagation analysis model of P-wave incident obliquely at the interface of such media is established.MethodsThe theoretical formulas of reflection coefficients of P- and SV-waves and the transmission coefficients of P1-, P2-, and SV-waves are obtained in terms of the boundary conditions of the interface between an elastic solid and a saturated two-phase medium. Furthermore, the derived formulas in this paper are reduced to the reflection and transmission problems of P-wave incident on two different single-phase media to verify their correctness. Finally, numerical investigations are carried out on the variations of the reflection and transmission coefficients with the incident angle for various boundary conditions, wave frequency, and material characteristics (i.e., dynamic permeability coefficient, porosity, and Poisson’s ratio).ResultsIt is shown that the effects of incident angles, boundary conditions, wave frequency, and material characteristics on the reflection and transmission coefficients cannot be ignored.DiscussionThese conclusions are of guiding significancefor theoretical research of soil dynamics and engineering seismic exploration.
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spelling doaj-art-d2379c895b614c099cb7a0cba90ea3282025-08-20T02:42:03ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Physics2296-424X2025-07-011310.3389/fphy.2025.15979461597946Reflection and transmission of P-wave incident obliquely at the interface between an elastic solid and a fluid-saturated porous medium: a comprehensive study via the model of soil mechanicsLijun Qiu0Lijun Qiu1Bo Zhang2Bo Zhang3Institute of Geophysics, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing, ChinaSchool of Civil Engineering, Hebei University of Architecture, Zhangjiakou, ChinaSchool of Civil Engineering, Hebei University of Architecture, Zhangjiakou, ChinaHebei Innovation Center of Transportation Infrastructure in Cold Region, Hebei University of Architecture, Zhangjiakou, ChinaIntroductionA model of soil mechanics is used to study the problem of reflection and transmission of an obliquely incident plane P-waveon a discontinuous interface. Based on the propagation theory of elastic waves in an elastic solid and a fluid-saturated porous medium, the propagation analysis model of P-wave incident obliquely at the interface of such media is established.MethodsThe theoretical formulas of reflection coefficients of P- and SV-waves and the transmission coefficients of P1-, P2-, and SV-waves are obtained in terms of the boundary conditions of the interface between an elastic solid and a saturated two-phase medium. Furthermore, the derived formulas in this paper are reduced to the reflection and transmission problems of P-wave incident on two different single-phase media to verify their correctness. Finally, numerical investigations are carried out on the variations of the reflection and transmission coefficients with the incident angle for various boundary conditions, wave frequency, and material characteristics (i.e., dynamic permeability coefficient, porosity, and Poisson’s ratio).ResultsIt is shown that the effects of incident angles, boundary conditions, wave frequency, and material characteristics on the reflection and transmission coefficients cannot be ignored.DiscussionThese conclusions are of guiding significancefor theoretical research of soil dynamics and engineering seismic exploration.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphy.2025.1597946/fullsaturated two-phase mediumelastic solidmodel of soil mechanicsdispersion equationboundary conditionsreflection coefficients
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Reflection and transmission of P-wave incident obliquely at the interface between an elastic solid and a fluid-saturated porous medium: a comprehensive study via the model of soil mechanics
Frontiers in Physics
saturated two-phase medium
elastic solid
model of soil mechanics
dispersion equation
boundary conditions
reflection coefficients
title Reflection and transmission of P-wave incident obliquely at the interface between an elastic solid and a fluid-saturated porous medium: a comprehensive study via the model of soil mechanics
title_full Reflection and transmission of P-wave incident obliquely at the interface between an elastic solid and a fluid-saturated porous medium: a comprehensive study via the model of soil mechanics
title_fullStr Reflection and transmission of P-wave incident obliquely at the interface between an elastic solid and a fluid-saturated porous medium: a comprehensive study via the model of soil mechanics
title_full_unstemmed Reflection and transmission of P-wave incident obliquely at the interface between an elastic solid and a fluid-saturated porous medium: a comprehensive study via the model of soil mechanics
title_short Reflection and transmission of P-wave incident obliquely at the interface between an elastic solid and a fluid-saturated porous medium: a comprehensive study via the model of soil mechanics
title_sort reflection and transmission of p wave incident obliquely at the interface between an elastic solid and a fluid saturated porous medium a comprehensive study via the model of soil mechanics
topic saturated two-phase medium
elastic solid
model of soil mechanics
dispersion equation
boundary conditions
reflection coefficients
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphy.2025.1597946/full
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