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نوسان > موج > موج سطحی > موج لاو

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موج لاو  

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Definitions

  • A type of seismic surface wave having a horizontal motion that is shear or transverse to the direction of propagation. Its velocity depends only on density and rigidity modulus, and not on bulk modulus. It is named after A. E. H. Love, the English mathematician who discovered it.

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