Transmission of plane SH-wave through a self-reinforced elastic slab sandwiched between two anisotropic inhomogeneous elastic solid half-spaces

A problem of reflection and transmission of an SH-wave through a self-reinforced elastic slab (layer) sandwiched between two transversely isotropic and inhomogeneous elastic solid half-spaces has been investigated. Formulae for reflection and refraction coefficients are obtained in a closed form and it is found that these coefficients are strongly influenced by the anisotropy and inhomogeneity of the half-spaces and on the reinforcement parameters of the sandwiched layer. These coefficients are computed for different values of heterogeneity parameters of the half-spaces and reinforcement parameters of the sandwiched layer. An effect of thickness of sandwiched layer on these coefficients is also noticed.