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Elastic wave propagation in a three-dimensional periodic granular medium

J. Anfosso1 and V. Gibiat2

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We present an experimental study of acoustic wave propagation in granular media made of mono-disperse spherical beads under stress and periodically arranged. A previous work presented the predominance of multiple-scattered acoustic waves for random closed-packing granular media, whereas our experimental results lead to the conclusion that the acoustical propagation in our arrangement of spherical beads proceeds essentially from surface waves. This provides another mechanism for the understanding of acoustical wave propagation in granular media, that may be useful at least to analyse weak disorder ones.


PACS

45.70.-n Granular systems

46.40.Cd Mechanical wave propagation (including diffraction, scattering, and dispersion)

43.35.+d Ultrasonics, quantum acoustics, and physical effects of sound

Subjects

Condensed matter: structural, mechanical & thermal

Statistical physics and nonlinear systems

Dates

Issue 3 (August 2004)

Received 12 January 2004, accepted for publication 1 June 2004, in final form 1 June 2004



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