Wave Propagation in Viscoelastic and Poroelastic Continua

Wave propagation is an important topic in engineering sciences, especially, in the field of solid mechanics. A description of wave propagation phenomena is given by Graff [98]: The effect of a sharply applied, localized disturbance in a medium soon transmits or ''spreads'' to other parts of the medium. These effects are familiar to everyone, e.g., transmission of sound in air, the spreading of rip...