Vibrations in a transversely isotropic plate due to suddenly punched hole (Q1911882)

The thermoelastic vibrations generated in a homogeneous transversely isotropic stretched elastic plate due to sudden punching by a flat nose projectile have been studied in the context of generalized theory of thermoelasticity. The governing equations have been solved by using Laplace transform technique with respect to time. As the thermal relaxation effects are of short duration, the discussion is confined to small time approximations. The results on the wavefronts have also been discussed.