Reflection and transmission of waves from imperfect boundary between two heat conducting micropolar thermoelastic solids

Abstract

The problem of reflection and transmission of plane waves at an imperfect boundary between two thermally conducting micropolar elastic solid half spaces with two temperature is investigated. Amplitude ratio of various reflected and transmitted waves are presented when a set of coupled longitudinal wave (LD-wave) and thermal wave (T-wave) and a set of coupled transverse wave and microrotation waves (CDI, CDII) is made incident. The expressions for reflection and transmission coefficients which are the ratios of the amplitudes of reffected and transmitted waves at different angles of incident wave are obtained. The corresponding expressions for the normal force stiffness, transverse force stiffness, transverse couple stiffness and perfect bonding has also been included. Stiffness and two temperature effects on these amplitude ratios with angle of incidence have been depicted graphically. Some special and particular cases are also discussed.