Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2019/ii/paper-2/38a/c/solution

Use the real mode
The kinetic energy density and isotropic linear-elastic energy density are
Average over one period and integrate across the layer. Since , the mean energy per unit horizontal area is
The -directed elastic-energy flux is . Its corresponding average is
Using gives
and therefore

New to topics? Read the docs here!