A question about ultrasonic wave

In summary, if the shear wave is linearly polarized and enters an anisotropic material at normal incidence, it will split into two shear waves with different speeds. Changing the polarization of the incoming shear wave will not affect the speed of the fast shear wave.
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fannyfanfanz
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Hi,

When a linearly polarized shear wave enters an anisotropic material, shear wave splitting (a fast and a slow shear waves) will occur.
My question is, under normal incident, will the fast shear wave speed vary if the polarization of the incoming shear wave changes?

Thanks!
 
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fannyfanfanz said:
Hi,

When a linearly polarized shear wave enters an anisotropic material, shear wave splitting (a fast and a slow shear waves) will occur.
My question is, under normal incident, will the fast shear wave speed vary if the polarization of the incoming shear wave changes?

Thanks!
Not sure how you can have wave splitting at normal incidence, so rotating polarization will not have any effect.
 
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tech99 said:
Not sure how you can have wave splitting at normal incidence, so rotating polarization will not have any effect.
If the propagation direction of the shear wave is not parallel to the c-axis (assuming the material is transversely isotropic), the shear wave will split at normal incidence.
 

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