Further studies on edge waves in anisotropic elastic plates. (English) Zbl 1122.74036
Summary: We develop a modified Stroh-type formalism for edge waves in unsymmetrical anisotropic plates. Explicit expressions for fundamental matrices of the formalism are presented. The existence conditions for one or two subsonic edge waves in the unsymmetrical anisotropic plates are discussed based on the formalism, and a procedure for finding an explicit secular equation for the edge-wave speed is proposed.