2000 Volume 8 Issue 2 Pages 77-83
In a previous paper, considering the reflection energy of SH waves from a gradient inhomogeneous layer, we offered a new rationalized layer element for a two-dimensional elastic analysis. We confirmed that the reflectance is exactly estimated using this new elements without any complexities. In this paper, we ex panded this analysis to the case of a layer with an arbitrary distribution of the acoustic impedance. As an example, when the acoustic impedance and the phase velocity vary sinusoidally with the thickness, and the mass density is constant through the layer, the resulting reflectance is in very close agreement with the exact value, and shows rapid convergence properties. Furthermore, it is shown that the existence of the maximum value of the acoustic impedance in the layer gives rise to the total reflection, even if the acoustic impedance values of the reflected and transmitted side of the layer are equal.
