Abstract:
In this thesis, the propagation of plane waves in rotating elastic solids with and without
voids are discussed. In each case, various graphs are plotted for illustration purposes
and solution analysis. The case of propagation of plane waves for anisotropic material
with voids is a new problem and discussed in detailed. Plane wave solutions are obtained
by solving the equation of motion. Graphs are plotted for dimensionless wave
speeds and wave number, wave speed and rotation, imaginary part of the solution is
plotted separately. A special case where k ! 1 is considered.
