Flexural vibrations of finite composite poroelastic cylinders

This paper deals with the flexural vibrations of composite poroelastic solid cylinder consisting of two cylinders that are bonded end to end. Poroelastic materials of the two cylinders are different. The frequency equations for pervious and impervious surfaces are obtained in the framework of Biot's theory of wave propagation in poroelastic solids. The gauge invariance property is used to eliminate one arbitrary constant in the solution of the problem. This would lower the number of boundary conditions actually required. If the wavelength is infinite, frequency equations are degenerated as product of two determinants pertaining to extensional vibrations and shear vibrations. In this case, it is seen that the nature of the surface does not have any influence over shear vibrations unlike in the case of extensional vibrations. For illustration purpose, three composite cylinders are considered and then discussed. Of the three, two are sandstone cylinders and the third one is resulted when a cylindrical bone is implanted with Titanium. In either case, phase velocity is computed against aspect ratios.