Experimental and theoretical waveforms o
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D. Royer; C. Chenu
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Article
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2000
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Elsevier Science
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English
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An analytical model has been developed for the generation of surface acoustic (Rayleigh) waves in an isotropic solid by a thermoelastic laser line source. For a Gaussian light intensity profile, this model leads to an expression in closed form for the normal surface displacement of the Rayleigh wave