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Longitudinal Waves in Beams

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

R. E. D. Bishop
R. E. D. Bishop*
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Ministry of Supply
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Summary

The elementary engineering theory of longitudinal waves in beams allows for no dispersion, whereas Love's corrected version of it predicts that very short waves are not propagated. A new correction is added which overcomes these defects. To do this, a simple theorem is proved concerning certain types of closed region. A method of improving Love's formula and the present one is illustrated.

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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , February 1952, pp. 280 - 293
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1952

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