Transient generation of elastic waves in solids by a disk-shaped normal force source

A method for computing the transient radiation from a wide circular source, acting at a solid surface, is given for two different normal force apodizations. This method, based on a double Laplace–Hankel transform and a Cagniard inversion, allows an exact formulation of the impulse response to be obtained for two components of the displacement at any point inside the solid and is amenable to computing the field for an arbitrary time excitation. Numerical results are presented and are compared with experimental results for generation by a piezoelectric transducer.