Rayleigh and love surface waves with regard to seismic stress state of earth bed

Abstract

This article presents the results of studies on the propagation of surface seismic waves, which directly affect the stability and strength of a high embankment of the subgrade. The subgrade is the foundation of the railway track. In an elastic half-space with a layer in which surface waves propagate, the conditions for the existence and propagation of a harmonic Rayleigh wave are considered. The equations of motion of a medium in a layer and half-space and their solutions in the form of plane waves propagating in phase along the contact boundary, some general laws of Rayleigh wave propagation are given. The accepted theories and calculation methods' main provisions are proposed for designing a durable and reliable subgrade and considering its seismic stress state.