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Volume 37 Number 7
  • E-ISSN: 1365-2478

Abstract

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Media containing aligned cracks or ellipsoidal inclusions as well as media consisting of sequences of isotropic layers show transverse isotropy with respect to elastic wave propagation. However, the transversely isotropic media which are equivalent to media containing aligned inclusions do not necessarily have to be representable by sequences of stable isotropic layers. These transversely isotropic media can be modelled by such sequences if ‐ and only if ‐ several stability conditions are satisfied. Important parameters determining whether these conditions are satisfied are the aspect ratio of the inclusions and the material filling the inclusions, the‘fluid’. An analytical expression describing the range of aspect ratios for which the constraints are satisfied can be derived. This expression (which is a good approximation for several crack models) and numerical calculations show that media containing water‐filled inclusions can be represented by sequences of stable isotropic layers if the inclusions have aspect ratios less than 0.1. The limiting aspect ratio decreases for a decreasing ratio of the bulk modulus of the fluid to the shear modulus of the matrix material. Finally, media containing dry inclusions of any aspect ratio cannot be modelled by thin isotropic layering. These results depend only weakly on the crack density and on the matrix material. The representation of crack‐induced anisotropy by layer‐induced anisotropy can be used to classify crack‐induced anisotropy and might be useful in the separation of the cause of anisotropy and the determination of the nature of the fluid.

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