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Volume 20, Issue 9, August 2021, Pages 2393-2418

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INVESTIGATION OF TORSIONAL WAVE PROPAGATION

IN SANDWICHED MAGNETO-POROELASTIC
DISSIPATIVE TRANSVERSELY ISOTROPIC MEDIUM

RADHIKA BIRAGONI1, BALU CHANDAVATH2,

MALLA REDDY PERATI3 and SRIHARI RAO APPARUSU4

1Department of Mathematics
Christu Jyothi Institute of Technology and Science
T.S., India
E-mail: brgoud74@gmail.com
2,3Department of Mathematics
Kakatiya University
Warangal-506009, T.S., India
E-mail: balu.ac.987@gmail.com
mperati@yahoo.com
4Department of Mathematics
KITS, Warangal-506009, T.S., India
E-mail: asriharirao@yahoo.co.in

Abstract

This paper is to investigate the torsional waves in transversely isotropic poroelastic solid.
The solid consists of magneto poroelastic dissipative transversely isotropic medium sandwiched
between two transversely isotropic poroelastic half-spaces, all are under initial stress.
Employing the boundary conditions at the interfaces, frequency equation is obtained. Wave
characteristics namely, phase velocity and attenuation coefficient are computed against
wavenumber at fixed heterogeneity and magneto-poroelastic coupling. Graphical
representations are made to exhibit the results.

2010 Mathematics Subject Classification: 76S05.

Keywords: Magneto-poroelasticity, Torsional waves, Frequency equation, Phase velocity,
Attenuation coefficient.
Received June 1, 2020; Accepted April 11, 2021
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1. Introduction

In general, the study of torsional waves in magneto-poroelastic isotropic

medium has many theoretical and practical applications in several fields such
as Seismology, Acoustics, Geophysics, Soil-mechanics, Bio-mechanics, Civil
engineering, and Mechanical engineering. Particularly, the Earth contains
different layers, heterogeneous in nature, and has significant effect on the
propagation of elastic waves. The Earth crust is made of diversity of igneous,
metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. These rocks are capable to generate
magnetic field due to presence of iron, nickel, and cobalt, etc., in them. Hence,
these rocks are the magneto dissipative poroelastic in nature. The theory of
linear isotropic poroelasticity was developed by Biot [3]. Studies of torsional
vibrations in isotropic poroelastic cylinder are reported in the papers [14-16].
In the paper [1], the analytical solutions for pore pressure and stress fields
for inclined borehole and the cylinder, induced Investigation of Torsional
Wave Propagation in Sandwiched Magneto-Poroelastic Dissipative
Transversely Isotropic Medium by boundary stress perturbation in an
anisotropic poroelastic medium are presented. The Shale rock and Berea
sandstone exhibit transversely isotropic behavior at low effective stress [8-9].
Employing theory of Poroelasticity, torsional vibrations in composite
transversely isotropic poroelastic solid cylinder are investigated by Rani et
al., [13]. Because of various processes in artificial structures and natural
phenomena in the Earth, initial stresses do present in them. In the paper [4],
the authors discussed the propagation of shear waves in an isotropic, visco-
elastic, heterogeneous layer lying over a homogeneous half-space under
initial stress. Kundu et al., [11] investigated propagation of a torsional
surface wave in a non-homogeneous anisotropic layer over a heterogeneous
half-space. In the paper [11], it is assumed that homogeneity varies
exponentially with depth in layer, and in half-space. Three types of
heterogeneities, namely, quadratic, hyperbolic and exponential are assumed.
Magneto elastic shear waves in irregular monoclinic layer are studied by
Chattopadhyay et al., [6]. In the paper [6], the propagation of horizontally
polarized shear waves in an internal magneto elastic monoclinic stratum with
irregularity in lower interface is investigated. Shear waves in magneto-elastic
transversely isotropic layer bonded between two heterogeneous elastic media
is studied by Kundu et al., [12]. Torsional surface wave propagation in

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anisotropic layer sandwiched between heterogeneous half-space is studied by

Vaishnav et al., [17]. In the paper [17], the dispersion relation of torsional
surface waves has been obtained in presence of heterogeneity, initial stress,
and anisotropic. Shear wave propagation in magneto-elastic medium
sandwiched between two elastic half-spaces is reported in several papers [7,
5, 10]. In the present paper, torsional wave propagation in magneto-
poroelastic dissipative transversely isotropic medium sandwiched between
two transversely isotropic poroelastic half-spaces is investigated.

The rest of the paper is organized as follows: In section 2, formulation and

solution of the problems are given. Boundary conditions and frequency
equation are presented in section 3. In section 4, numerical results are
discussed. Finally, conclusion is given in section 5.

2. Formulation and Solution of the Problem

Figure 1. Geometry of the problem.

Consider the magneto transversely isotropic poroelastic medium

sandwiched between two heterogeneous, and semi-infinite transversely
isotropic poroelastic half-spaces, all assumed to be under initial stress. The
constitutive stress-strain relations for transversely isotropic solid [1] are

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  rr   M 11 M 12 M 13 0 0 0   e rr   
       
 M M M 0 0 0 e 
    12 11 13      
  zz   M 13 M 13 M 33 0 0 0   e zz    
          p, (1)
 0 0 0 M 0 0 e 0
 r   44   r   
   0 0 0 0 M 0  e  0 
z 55 z
       
  r z   0 0 0 0 0 M 55   e r z  0 

where p  M       e rr  e       e zz  .

In the Equation (1), e jj and e jk are normal and shear strain components,
p is the pore pressure,  and  are Biot’s effective stress coefficients in the
isotropic plane  r   plane) and in the z-diction, respectively. M is Biot’s
modulus,  is the variation of the fluid content per unit reference volume,
and M jk are components of the drained elastic modulus which depend on
E , E , v , v , G and G . E and v are drained Young’s modulus and Poisson
ratio in the isotropic plane, E and v are similar quantities as that of E and
v pertaining to the direction of the axis of symmetry, G and G are the shear
modulus related to the direction of the isotropic plane and axis of the
E
symmetry, respectively. For given anisotropic ratios of N E  and
E

v
Nv  , E and v can be determined. Different NE and Nv ratios define
v

different degrees of anisotropy. For torsional waves, it is convenient to

consider the cylindrical polar coordinate system  r ,  , z . The strain-
displacement relation in cylindrical system are

ui ui 1  vi w i 1  ui  vi vi 
e rr  , e   , e zz  , e r    ,
r r r  z 2    r r 

1  ui wi  1   vi 1 wi 

e rz 



, ez 

 . (2)
2  z r  2  z r   

The x-axis is taken along the propagation of torsional wave, and z-axis is in
downward direction as shown in figure 1. The equations of motion in this case
are as follows:

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rz 2
  rr 1   r  rr    z z  
    p  p    11 u i   12 U i   b u i  U i 
r r  z r  z t
2 t

 z 2
  r 1    2  r z  
    p    11 v i   12 V i   b v i  V i 
r r  z r r t
2 t

zz 2
  rz 1   z  rz   
    p    11 w i   12 W i   b w i  W i 
r r  z r r t
2 t

2
s  
   12 u i   22 U i   b u i  U i 
r t
2 t

2
s  
   12 v i   22 V i   b v i  V i 
 t
2 t

2
s  
   12 w i   22 W i   b  w i  W i , (3)
z t
2 t

where,  u i , vi , w i  and U i , Vi , Wi  are the displacement components of solid

and fluid, respectively.  rr ,   ,  zz ,  rz ,  r  and  z are the stress

components,  ij are mass coefficients, b is the dissipative coefficient, t is

time, s is fluid pressure, p is initial stress, and , z are rotational
components given by

1  ui wi  1   vi ui 

    , z    . (4)
2  z r  2  r  

The solutions for three parts, namely, upper semi-infinite poroelastic half-
space, intermediate medium of magneto-poroelastic, and lower semi-infinite
poroelastic half-space as shown in Figure 1 are presented separately in the
following sub sections.

2.1. Upper semi-infinite poroelastic half-space

Let  u 1 , v1 , w 1  and U 1 , V1 , W1  be the displacement components of

solid and fluid parts, respectively, in the upper semi-infinite porous
heterogeneous half-space M1 (say). For the torsional vibrations,
u 1  w 1  0 , v 1  v 1  r , z , t , and U 1  W 1  0 , V 1  V 1  r , z , t . In this case,

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the equations of motion (3) are reduced to the following:

r  z 2
2 z  
   r  p     11 v 1   12 V 1    v 1  V 1 ,
r z r r t
2 t

2
 
0    12 v 1   22 V 1   b  v 1  V 1 . (5)
t
2 t

As the half-space M1 under consideration is heterogeneous, the following

variations in densities and initial stress with z coordinate are considered.
2 2 2
 z   z   z 
 11   110  1   ,  12   120  1   ,  22   220  1   ,
 1   1   1 

2
 z 
p   p 100
 1   , (6)
 1 

where  110 ,  120 ,  220 are initial values of mass coefficients, and 
p 100 is
initial value of initial stress. Substitution of Equation (3) and Equation (6) in
Equation (5) gives the following equations:

 2   2v 2
 z  1 1  v1 M 44 M 55  v1
2 M 44

 p 100 1     M 44  1  v1 
  1   2 r r 2 2 2
  r r z

2 2 2 2
 z   v1  z   V1   v1 V1 
  110  1     120  1    b  ,
 1  t
2
 1  t
2
 t t 

2 2 2 2
 z   v1  z   V1   v1 V1 
0   120  1     220  1    b  . (7)
  1  t
2
  1  t
2
  t t 

For harmonic torsionsl waves, the displacement components can be taken as

follows:
ik  z  ct  ik  z  ct 
v 1  r , z , t   f1  z  e , V 1 r , z , t   F1 r  e . (8)

In Equation (8), k is wavenumber, t is time and i is complex unity.

Substitution of Equation (8) in Equation (7) gives

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 2 
 z  1
2 M 44

 p 100 1    f " r   M  1  f1  r 
    1 r
44
 1  

 M 2 
44 M 55 2 2 2 z 
   k   110 k c  1    bikc 
 r 2   
 1  

 2 
2 2 z 
f1  r    bikc   120 k c  1    F r   0 ,
    1
 1  

 2   2 
2 z  2 z 

120  kc   1    ibkc  f1  r     220  kc   1    ibkc  F 1  z   0 . (9)
  1     1  
   

The Equation (9) can be re-written as

2
d f1 d f1 1
 L  q f1  0 . (10)
2 dr
dr

Solution of Equation (10) is

1 x

f1  r   e 2  C 1 cos  q 1 r   C 2 sin  q 1 r . (11)

In Equation (11), C1 and C2 are arbitrary constants, and

1
2 1   2 
L  4q  z 
q1  , L  M 44  1   2r  M 44

 p 100 1    .
2    1  
  

1
2 2 3
1 1   z  
2 z  M 44 M 55 k
q  M 
 p 100 1     110   1    bi   
44
2   1    1  r 2
 

1
 2   2   2 
2 z   z   z 
   120   1    bi      120   1    ib   
220  1    ib  .
  1     1     1  
     

Substitution of Equation (11) in Equation (8) gives

1
F1  r    G 1 G 2 f1  r , (12)

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2 2
2 z  2 z 
where, G 1    120   1    ib  , and G 2   220   1    ib  .
  1    1 

Substituting Equation (11) in Equation (8), and then using stress-

displacement relations, the following stress components in this half-space are
obtained:

 Lr
M 44  1 L1 q1 
 r  M   e 2 C cos  q 1 r    sin  q 1 r 
1 2  1r 2 
 

 L1 q1 1   ik  z  ct 
 C2 cos  q 1 r   sin  q 1 r   e ,
2 r 
 

 Lr
M
 z  M 
55
ik e 2 C 1 cos  q 1 r   C 2 sin  q 1 r   e ik  z  ct  . (13)
1 2

2.2. Sandwiched magneto poroelastic medium

Let  u 2 , v2 , w 2  and U 2 , V2 , W2  be the solid and fluid displacement

components, respectively, in the sandwiched magneto transversely isotropic
poroelastic medium M 2 (say). For torsional waves, Equation (3) can be
written as

 z   2
  r 2  t  
   r  p   J  B     11 v 2   12 V 2   b  v 2  V 2 ,
r z r r t
2  t

2
 
0    12 v 2   22 V 2   b  v 2  V 2 . (14)
t
2 t

  
In Equation (14),  J  B  is the -component of electromagnetic force, J is

the electric current density and B the magnetic induction vector. The
Maxwell’s equations of the electromagnetic field are

    B   
  B  0,   E   ,   H  J,
t

    v2 
 
B   eH , J   E   B , (15)
  t 

 
here, E is the induced electric field, H is the magnetic field consisting both

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primary and induced magnetic field, e and  are the induced permeability,
and conduction coefficient, respectively. The Maxwell stress tensor

0 M x
  ij    e  H i p i  H j p i  H k p k  ij . Let H  H r , H  , H z  and change in

magnetic field be  p1 , p 2 , p 3 . If the displacement current is absent. With

the help of Equation (15), the following equation is obtained.
 
 H   
2  v2 
 H   e
 t
    H .

(16)
   t 

The component form of Equation (16) can be written as follows:

H r 1 2 H z 1 2
  Hr,   H z , (17)
t e t  e

and

H  1 2   v2    v2 
  H   H r   H z . (18)
t  e r  t  z  t 

If the medium is perfectly conductor (i.e.,    , the equations (17) and

(18) reduce to

H r H z H    v2    v2 
  0,  H r   H z . (19)
t t t r  t  z  t 

Here, it is assumed that the primary magnetic field is uniform throughout

the space. It is clear from Equation (19) that there is no perturbation in Hr

and Hz, but there is perturbation in H . If p2 is perturbation in, H , then

H r  H 01 , H   H 02  p 2 and
H z  H 03 , where H 01 , H 02 , H 03 are

components of the initial magnetic field H 0 . Since  H 0 cos  , p 2 , H 0 sin  ,

where H0  H0 and,  is the angle at which wave crosses the magnetic

field. Thus, H can be expressed as

H   H 0 cos  , p 2 , H 0 sin  . (20)

Here, it is assumed that p2 is zero initially. Using Equation (20) in Equation

(19), one obtains

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p2   v2    v2 

 H 0 cos    H 0 sin  . (21)
t r  t  z  t 

The above equation gives

v2 2
p 2  H 0 cos   H 0 sin  . (22)
r z

 H 2       
The relation, 
 2
     H   H   H     H

and Equation (15) give
 

the electromagnetic force as given below:

    H 2     
J  B    e    
  2
   H   H

.

(23)
   

     
In this case, the components of J  B are  J  B r  0 , J  B  z  0 ,

and

   2 2 2
2 2  v2  v2 2  v2 
J  B    e H 0
 sin

  sin 2   cos  .
2 
(24)
z
2 r z r
 

Substitution of Equation (24) in Equation (14) gives

  2    2v
 z  2 2 2 1 v2
 2 M 
 p 100 1      H cos   M  1
  44  e 0  44
 1  2 r r
    r

2 2
2  v2 M 44  M 55 2 2   v2
  e H 0 sin 2   v2     e H 0 sin 
r z r
2
 2  z 2

2 2 2 2
 z   v2  z   V2  v2 V 2 
  110  1     120  1    b1   ,
 1  t
2
 1  t
2
 t t 

2 2 2 2
 z   v2  z   V2  v2 V 2 
0   120  1     220  1    b1   . (25)
 1  t
2
 1  t
2
 t t 

For torsional harmonic waves, the displacement components can be expressed

as
ik  z  ct  ik  z  ct 
v 2 r , z , t   f2 r  e , V 2 r , z , t   F 2 r  e . (26)

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Substitution of Equation (26) in Equation (25) gives

2 2
d f2 x 2 df 2 q
  f2  0 . (27)
2 x 1 dr x1
dr

The solution of Equation (27) is

x2 r

2 x1
f2 r   e C 3 cos  q 2 r   C 4 sin  q 2 r . (28)

In Equation (28), C3 and C4 are arbitrary constants,

where,

2 2 2 1 2
x 2 x1  4 q x1   z  
2 2
q2  , x1  2 M 44

 p 100 1    eH 0 cos ,
2    
 1  

1 2
x2  M 44  1   ik  e H 0 sin 2  ,
r

2 2
2 M 44 M 55 k 2 2 2 2 z 
q    eH 0 k sin    110   1    bi 
r
2 2  1 

1
 2  2  2 
2 z   z   z 
   120   1    bi     120   1    ib    220   1    ib  .
  1    1    1  
   

Using Equations (25), (26), and (28) the following equation is obtained.

1
F 2  r    G 12 G 22 f 2  r , (29)

1 1
where, G 12   120  ib  and G 22   220  ib  . Substitution of Equation
(28) in Equation (26), gives

 x 2r
M 44 2 x1  1 x 2q2 
 r  M   e C cos  q 2 r    sin  q 2 r 
2 2  32 2 x1 
 

 x 2q2 1   ik  z  ct 
 C4  cos  q 2 r   sin  q 2 r   e ,

 2 x1 r 

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x 2r

M
C 3 cos  q 2 r   C 4 sin  q 2 r   e ik  z  ct  .
55 2 x1
 z  M  ike (30)
2 2

2.3. Lower inhomogeneous poroelastic half-space

In the lower heterogeneous poroelastic half-space M 3 (say), let

 u 3 , v 3 , w 3  and U 3 , V 3 , W 3  be the displacement components of solid and

fluid, respectively. For torsional wave, the equation of motion is reduced to

2
  r   z 2 z  
   r  p     11 , v 3   12 V 3   b  v 3  V 3 ,
r z r r t
2 t

2
 
0    12 v 3   22 V 3   b  v 3  V 3 . (31)
t
2 t

As the half-space is heterogeneous, the mass coefficients, and initial stress

are assumed as follows:

 11   110 1  nz ,  12   120 1  nz ,  22   220 1  nz 

and

p   p 100
 1  p z , (32)


where, 
p 100 is initial value of the initial stress, and n, p are constants.
Substitution of Equations (3) and (32) in Equation (31) gives,

2 2
  v3 1 v3 M 44 M 55  v3
2  M 44  p 100
 1  p z   M 44  1   u3 
r
2 r r r
2 2 z
2

2 2
 v3  V3  v3 V 3 
  110 1  nz    120 1  nz   b  ,
t
2
t
2
 t t 

2 2
 v3  V3  v3 V 3 
0   120 1  nz    220 1  nz   b  . (33)
t
2
t
2
  t t 

For torsional harmonic waves, the displacement components in lower semi-

infinite porous half-space are taken as follows:
ik  z  ct  ik  z  ct 
v 3  r , z , t   f3  r  e , V 3 r , z , t   F 3 r  e . (34)

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Substitution of Equation (34) in Equation (33) gives

2 3
d f3 x 4 df 3 q
  f3  0 . (35)
2 x 3 dr x3
dr

The solution of Equation (35) is

 x4r
2x3
f3  r   e C 5 cos  q 3 r   C 6 sin  q 3 r . (36)

In Equation (36), C5 and C6 are arbitrary constants, and

1 3 1
x 4 x 3   4 q x 3  1
q3  , x 3  2  M 44  p 100
 1  p z , x 4  r M 44  1 .
2

2
3 M 44 M 55 k 2 2
q     110  1  nz   bi     120  1  nz 
2 2
r

  120  1  nz   ib 
 bi    .
  220  1  nz   ib 

After long calculation, the following equation is obtained:

1
F 3  r    D 12 D 22 f 3  r , (37)

1 1
where, D 12   120 1  nz   ib  and D 22   220 1  nz   ib  .

Substitution of Equation (36) in Equation (33), and using stress-displacement

relations, the following stress components are obtained.
 x4r
M 44 2 x3  1 x 4q3 
 r  M   e C
 52
cos  q 3 r    sin  q 3 r 
3 2   2x3 

 x 4q3 1   ik  z  ct 
 C6 cos  q 3 r   sin  q 3 r   e ,

 2x3 r 

x4r

M
C 5 cos  q 3 r   C 6 sin  q 3 r   e ik  z  ct  .
55 2x3
 z  M  ike (38)
3 2

3. Boundary Conditions and Frequency Equation

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The displacement components and stresses are assumed to be continuous

at z  a1 , the interface between upper half-space  M 1  and intermediate
medium  M 2 . That is,

v 1  M  v 2  M
1 2

 r  M   r  M ,
1 2

 z  M    z  M . (39)
1 2

The displacement components and stresses are assumed to be continuous at

the lower interface z  a2. That is,

v 2  M  v 3  M
2 3

 r  M   r  M ,
2 3

 z  M    z  M . (40)
2 3

The above boundary conditions lead to the following system of homogeneous

equations:

 A ij  C j    0  ,  i , j  1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , (41)

where,

La 1 x 2 a1
 
M 44 M 44 2 x1
A 11  e 2 cos  q 1 a 1 , A 13  e cos  q 2 a 1 ,
2 2

 La 1
M  La 1
44  1 
A 21  e 2
 cos  q 1 a 1   sin  q 1 a 1  ,
2 a
 1 2 

 x 2 a1

M 44 2 x1  1 x 2 q1 
A 23  e  cos  q 1 a 1   sin  q 1 a 1   ,
2  a1 2 x1 

 La 1
M 
55
A 31  e 2 cos  q 1 a 1 ,
2

A 15  A 16  A 25  A 26  A 35  A 36  A 41  A 42  A 51  A 52  A 61  A 62  0 ,

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A 12 , A 14 , A 22 , A 32 , A 34  Similar expression as A 11 , A 13 , A 21 , A 33 with

cos integer replaced by sin integer, respectively,

A 24  Similar expression as A 23 with cos integer replaced by sin

integer, respectively,
 La 1

A 33 , A 43  Similar expression as A 11 with e 2 and q1 replaced by
x 2 a1

M 55 2 x1
; e and q2 , respectively,
2

A 44  Similar expression as A 24 with cos integer and q1 replaced bysin

integer and q2 , respectively,

A 45 , A 46 , A 55 , A 56  Similar expression as A 43 , A 44 , A 53 , A 54 with

x1 , x 2 , q 2 replaced by x3 , x 4 , q5 , respectively,

A 53 , A 54  Similar expression as A 23 , A 24 with a1 replaced by a2 ,

respectively,
 La 1

A 63 , A 64  Similar expression as A 11 , A 12 with q1 and e 2

M 55
replaced by q2 and , respectively,
2

A 65 , A 66  Similar expression as A 63 , A 64 with q2 replaced by q3

respectively,

The equation (41) results in a system of six homogeneous equations in six

arbitrarily constants C1 , C 2 , C 3 , C 4 , C 5 and C6. For a non-trivial solution,
determinant of coefficients is zero. Accordingly, the following complex valued
frequency equation is obtained:

a ij  i a ij  0 ,  i , j  1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 . (42)

The elements a ij and a ij in Equation (42) are given in Appendix-A.

4. Numerical Results

For numerical process, the following materials are used. Both upper and

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lower semi-infinite porous half-spaces are Berea sandstone saturated with

water [9] (say) Mat-I. The parameter values of the said material are as
follows:
3 3 3
 11  2407 . 64 kg m ,  12   266 kg m ,  22  456 kg m .

Intermediate layer is magneto poroelastic medium is Shale Rock [8] Mat-

II. The parameter values of the said material are as follows:
3 3 3
 11  1398 . 72 kg m ,  12   257 . 28 kg m ,  22  771 . 84 kg m .

Employing these values in frequency equation, the phase velocity,

attenuation coefficient, against wavenumber are computed when the
anisotropic ratio NE  1 at various NV values NV  1, at various NE

values, and at an arbitrary chosen initial stress. The material constants

M 44 , M 55 involves E , E , v and v . The values of Young’s modulus (E),
Poisson’s ratio (v) for Berea sandstone saturated with water and Shale rock
are taken to be 14.4Gpa,0.20 and 1.854Gpa,0.22 as suggested in the paper [9,
n p 1 
8]. The heterogeneous parameters  , ,  0 . 01  and magneto-
 k k k 1 

 ,H 2 
poroelastic coupling factor are taken to be  e 0
 0 . 01  [2]. The
 N 
 

1 2 Im   
attenuation coefficient  Q  1  is Q  . the formula, Im    is
Re   

frequency of imaginary part in frequency equation and Re    is frequency of

real part in frequency equation. The values are computed using the bisection
method implemented in MATLAB, and the results are depicted in Figures 2-
5. Figures. 2-5 depict the variation of phase velocity and attenuation
coefficient against wavenumber at fixed heterogeneous and magneto
poroelastic medium in Mat-I and Mat-II, respectively. From figure 2, it is
clear that attenuation coefficient values are greater than that of phase
velocity. In Figures 3-5, it is seen that the phase velocity, in general, lower
than that of attenuation coefficient.

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Figure 2. Variation of phase velocity and attenuation coefficient against

wavenumber of interface between upper half-space and intermediate medium
at Mat-I.

Figure 3. Variation of phase velocity and attenuation coefficient against

wavenumber of interface between upper half-space and intermediate medium
at Mat-II.

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Figure 4. Variation of phase velocity and attenuation coefficient against

wavenumber of interface between intermediate medium and lower half-space
at Mat-I.

Figure 5. Variation of phase velocity and attenuation coefficient against

wavenumber of interface between intermediate medium and lower half-space
at Mat-II.

5. Conclusion

Torsional wave propagation in magneto-poroelastic dissipative

transversely isotropic medium sandwiched between two transversely
isotropic poroelastic half-spaces all under initial stress is investigated in the
framework of Biot’s theory. Employing the boundary conditions at the

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interfaces, frequency equation is obtained. Frequency equation and

attenuation coefficient are computed against wavenumber at the fixed
heterogeneous and magneto-poroelastic coupling factor. From numerical
results, it is seen that the phase velocity, in general, less than that of
attenuation coefficient.

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Appendix-A

L
M 
44
a 11  e 2  R 1 a 1 cos T 1 sin  R 1 a 1 cos T 1  cosh  R 1 a 1 sin T 1 
2

 R 1 a 1 sin T 1 cos  R 1 a 1 cos T 1  sinh  R 1 a 1 sin T 1 

L
M 
44
a 12  e 2  R 1 a 1 cos T 1 cos  R 1 a 1 cos T 1  cosh  R 1 a 1 sin T 1 
2

 R 1 a 1 sin T 1 sin  R 1 a 1 cos T 1  sinh  R 1 a 1 sin T 1 

L
M 
55
a 21  e 2 cos  R 1 a 1 cos T 1  cosh  R 1 a 1 sin T 1 ;
2

L
M 
55
a 22  e 2 sin  R 1 a 1 cos T 1  cosh  R 1 a 1 sin T 1 ;
2

M 44
a 23    x 11 cos  R 2 a 1 cos T 2  cosh  R 2 a 2 sin T 2 
2

 x 12 sin  R 2 a 1 cos T 2  sinh  R 2 a 1 sin T 2 ;

M 55
a 24   x 11 sin  R 2 a 1 cos T 2  cosh  R 2 a 1 sin T 2 
2

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 x 12 cos  R 2 a 1 cos T 2  sinh  R 2 a 1 cos T 2 ;

L

a 31  e 2 cos  R 1 a 1 cos T 1  cosh  R 1 a 1 sin T 1 ;

L

a 32  e 2 sin  R 1 a 1 cos T 1  cosh  R 1 a 1 sin T 1 ;

1  M 44 
x1
a 33   e  x 11 cos  R 2 a 1 cos T 2  cosh  R 2 a 1 sin T 2 

 x 12 sin  R 2 a 1 cos T 2  sinh  R 2 a 1 cos T 2 

1  M 44 
x1
a 34  e  x 12 cos  R 2 a 1 cos T 2  sinh  R 2 a 1 sin T 2 

 x 11 sin  R 2 a 1 cos T 2  cosh  R 2 a 1 sin T 2 

x4a2

M 44 x4a2 2x3
a 45   e  R 3 a 2 cos T 3 cos  R 3 a 2 cos T 3  cosh  R 3 a 2 sin T 3 
2 2x3

 R 3 a 2 sin T 3 sin  R 3 a 2 cos T 3  sinh  R 3 a 2 sin T 3 

x4a2

M 44 x4a2 2x3
a 46   e  R 3 a 2 cos T 3 sin  R 3 a 2 cos T 3  cosh  R 3 a 2 sin T 3 
2 2x3

 R 3 a 2 sin T 3 cos  R 3 a 2 cos T 3  sinh  R 3 a 2 sin T 3 

x4a2

M 55 2x3
a 55  e cos  R 3 a 2 cos T 3  cosh  R 3 a 2 sin T 3 ;
2

x4a2

M 55 2x3
a 56   e sin  R 3 a 2 cos T 3  cosh  R 3 a 2 cos T 3 ;
2

1  M 44 
x1
a 63  e  x 13 cos  R 2 a 2 cos T 2  cosh  R 2 a 2 sin T 2 

 x 14 sin  R 2 a 2 cos T 2  sinh  R 2 a 2 sin T 2 

1  M 44 
x1
a 64  e  x 13 sin  R 2 a 2 cos T 2  cosh  R 2 a 2 sin T 2 

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 x 14 cos  R 2 a 2 cos T 2  sinh  R 2 a 2 sin T 2 

x4a2

2x3
a 65   e cos  R 3 a 2 cos T 3  cosh  R 3 a 2 cos T 3 ;

x4a2

2x3
a 66  e sin  R 3 a 2 cos T 3  cosh  R 3 a 2 cos T 3 ;

L
M 
44

a 11  e 2  R 1 a 1 cos T 1 cos  R 1 a 1 cos T 1  sinh  R 1 a 1 sin T 1 
2

 R 1 a 1 sin T 1 sin  R 1 a 1 cos T 1  cosh  R 1 a 1 sin T 1 

L
M 
44

a 12  e 2  R 1 a 1 sin T 1 cos  R 1 a 1 cos T 1  cosh  R 1 a 1 sin T 1 
2

 R 1 a 1 cos T 1 sin  R 1 a 1 cos T 1  sinh  R 1 a 1 sin T 1 

L


a 31  e 2 sin  R 1 a 1 cos T 1  sinh  R 1 a 1 sin T 1 ;

L


a 32  e 2 cos  R 1 a 1 cos T 1  cosh  R 1 a 1 sin T 1 ;

x4a2

M 44 x4a2 2x3

a 45   e  R 3 a 2 sin T 3 cos  R 3 a 2 cos T 3  cosh  R 3 a 2 sin T 3 
2 2x3

 R 3 a 2 sin T 3 sin  R 3 a 2 cos T 3  sinh  R 3 a 2 sin T 3 

x4a2

M 44 x4a2 2x3

a 46   e  R 3 a 2 cos T 3 cos  R 3 a 2 cos T 3  sinh  R 3 a 2 sin T 3 
2 2x3

 R 3 a 2 sin T 3 sin  R 3 a 2 cos T 3  cosh  R 3 a 2 cos T 3 

a 15  a 16  a 25  a 26  a 35  a 36  a 41  a 42  a 51  a 52  a 61  a 62


 a 15 
 a 16 
 a 25 
 a 26 
 a 35 
 a 36 
 a 41 
 a 42 
 a 51


 a 52 
 a 61 
 a 62  0,

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  1 
2  1
  z   1 1  a4  2 2
L  M 44  1 2 M 44

 p 100 1    ; T1  Tan   , R1  a 3  a 4  4 ,
  1    2
      a3 
 

 2 
2  z  2 2
x1   M 44

 p 100 1      H
e 0 cos ;
   
 1  

2
x 2  M 44  1   e H 0 sin 2  ; x 3  2  M 44  p 100
 1  pz ,

2 2 2 2
x 5   M 44  1  2 M 44    ka    e H 0 sin 2   ;

2
x 6  2  M 44  1  ka  e H 0 sin 2  ; x 4  M 44  1 ,

2
 2 
 z  2 2
x7  2M 44

 2 p 100 1    eH 0 cos  ;
   
 1  

 2 
 z  2 2
x 8  2 M 44

 p 100 1      H
e 0 cos ;
   
 1  

2 2
x 11  R 2 a 1 cos T 2 cos   ka  e H 0 sin 2    R 2 a 1 sin T 2 sin   ka  e H 0 sin 2  ,

2 2
x 12  R 2 a 1 cos T 2 cos   ka  e H 0 sin 2    R 2 a 1 sin T 2 sin   ka  e H 0 sin 2  ,

6
1  z 
a1   110  2220  6  1  
2
 b   110
2
  120  2  220 
 2  1 
 z  
2  M 44  1   
 p 100 
  1  
 

2 2  2  M 2 2

4 M 44 M 55 k  M 55 k 
4  z  2    2   1 
z 
 44 b 2
  1    220      b 
 1   r 2   1   r 2 
    

2
  z  
 2
 b 2  1   
5  z  3  1  
a2  b   220    220  2  110  1     .
   
 1  2 2
  M 44  220  2M  220 k  2  120 
 2 55 
  r 

2
L  4 a1  M 55 2 2 
a3  ; a 4   a 2 ; a 5  M 44     e H 0 sin 
4  2 

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2
2 2  z  2
 ka   220   1      110  120   120 
 1 

4
4 z  M 55 2 2 2
 1   ; a 6  M 44   ka     e H 0 sin 
  1  2

2 2
 z   z  3
  110  1     220  1    ,
 1   1 

 M 55 2 2 2 2 

M 44   kb    220 1  nz   b   
2
 
1 2 2 3 2 4
a9     120  220  1  nz   b  110 1  nz   
2 2 2  
  220 1  nz   b  2 4 3 2 2
   220  120  1  nz   b  220 1  nz   
 3 3 2 4

  b   2 b  120 1  nz   

b 3  3  2 b  3  2 
120  220 1  nz 
 
1
a 10    b 2  2 1  nz  2  3  b  2 1  nz  2  
2 120 220
2 2
  220 1  nz   b   
2 2 5
  b  120 1  nz   
 

1 2 1
x 4 x 3   4x3 a9 1
a 111  ; a 112  a 10 x 3 ,
4

x5x 8  4a5x7 x6x8  4a6x7

a7  ; a8  ;
4x7x8 4x7x8

a 43 , a 44  Similar expression as a 13 , a 14 with x 11 , x 12 replaced by

x 13 , x 14 respectively,

a 53 , a 54  Similar expression as a 13 , a 14 with M 44 , x 11 , x 12 replaced

by M 55 , x 13 , x 14 , respectively,

a 13 , a 14  Similar expression as a 63 , a 64 with a 2 , x 13 , x 14 replaced by

M 44
a 1 , x 11 , x 12 , and multiplied by , M respectively,
2

x 13 , x 14  Similar expression as x 11 , x 12 with a1 replaced by a2

respectively,

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 , a 14
a 13   Similar expression as  , a 64
a 63  with a 2 , x 13 , x 14 replaced by
M 44
a 1 , x 11 , x 12 and multiplied by , respectively,
2


a 23  Similar expression as a 23 with x 11 , x 12 and positive sign replaced
by x 12 , x 11 and negative sign, respectively,


a 24  Similar expression as a 24 with cos, sin and negative sign replaced
by sin, cos and positive sign, respectively,

M 55
 , a 22
a 21   Similar expression as  , a 32
a 31  with multiplied by ,
2

respectively,

 , a 34
a 33   Similar expression as a 33 , a 34 with x 11 , x 12 replaced by
x 12 , x 11 , respectively,


a 43  Similar expression as a 43 with x 13 , x 14 replaced by x 14 , x 13

respectively,


a 44  Similar expression as a 44 with cos, sin and negative sign replaced
by sin, cos and positive sign, respectively,


a 53  Similar expression as a 53 with x 13 , x 14 and positive sign replaced
by x 14 , x 13 and negative sign, respectively,


a 54  Similar expression as 
a 53 with cos, sin and negative sign replaced
by sin, cos and positive sign, respectively,

 , a 56
a 55   Similar expression as  , a 32
a 31  with multiplied by
 x4a2
M 55 2x3
e , respectively,
2


a 63  Similar expression as a 63 with x 13 , x 14 and positive sign replaced
by x 14 , x 13 and negative sign, respectively,


a 64  Similar expression as 
a 63 with x 13 , x 14 , cosh and negative sign
replaced by x 14 , x 13 , sinh and positive sign, respectively,

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 x4a2
2x3
 , a 66
a 65   Similar expression as  , a 32
a 31  with multiplied by e ,

respectively,

T2 ; T3  Similar expression as T1 with a3 , a4 replaced by

a 7 , a 8 ; a 111 , a 112 respectively,

R2 ; R3  Similar expression as R1 with a3 , a4 replaced by

a 7 , a 8 ; a 111 , a 112 respectively.

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