On point source influencing Love-type wave propagation in a functionally graded piezoelectric composite structure: A Green’s function approach

Green’s function plays an important role in solving the problems concerning point action or impulse responsible for wave motions in materials. Prime objective of the this article is to investigate the propagation behaviour of Love-type wave influenced by a point source in a composite structure comprising a functionally graded piezoelectric material layer lying over a functionally graded fibre-reinforced material half-space. Green’s function technique is adopted in order to obtain the dispersion equation, which is further reduced to the classical Love wave equation as a particular case of the problem. The effect of increasing thickness of functionally graded piezoelectric material layer on the circular frequency and wave number is unravelled and depicted graphically. Moreover, influence of heterogeneity, piezoelectricity and dielectric constant associated with functionally graded piezoelectric material layer and effect of heterogeneity parameter and corresponding magnification factor concerned with functional gradedness of functionally graded fibre-reinforced material half-space have been reported through numerical computation and graphical delineation. For sake of computation, numerical data of PZT-5H ceramics for the functionally graded piezoelectric material layer and carbon-fibre epoxy-resin for functionally graded fibre-reinforced material half-space have been considered. Comparative study is performed to elucidate the effect of presence and absence of reinforcement in functionally graded half-space on the phase velocity of Love-type wave propagating in composite structure.