Ground vibration in the vicinity of a moving harmonic rectangular load on a half-space

摘要

The transmission of vibrations over the surface of the ground, due to a moving, vertical harmonic rectangular load is investigated theoretically. The interior of the ground is modelled as an elastic half-space. The transformed solution are obtained using the double Fourier transform. Numerical results for the displacements on the surface are presented for loads moving with speeds up to the Rayleigh wavespeed of the ground.