Solution

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Write the SH displacement as with . A trapped mode requires
In the substrate , where
and the stress-free condition at makes the layer solution , where
Continuity of displacement and shear stress at eliminates and gives
The bars lost from the converted statement are required dimensionally and by the stated ordering of wave speeds.

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