Far-field P and S radiation from a point force

ID: far-field-p-and-s-radiation-from-a-point-force

In a homogeneous isotropic solid, the far-field P wave is the radial projection of the force and the S wave is its transverse projection. For a unit force axis , the magnitudes are and . The approximation requires distance large compared with both reduced wavelengths; angular nodes can still be controlled by a smaller near-field contribution.

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