A note on surface waves in anisotropic media

Summary An examination of possible forms of traction free surface wave in anisotropic elastic materials is undertaken. The results yield some interesting features of a certain arbitrariness which exists in displacement waves on a traction free surface in anisotropic media.     

On the Energy Landscape at the Glass Transition

A recent hypothesis claims that the glass transition itself, though it is a very pronounced relaxation peak, is no separate relaxation process at all, but is just the breakdown of the shear modulus due to the weak elastic dipole interaction between all the quasi-independent relaxation centers of the glass. Two derivations are considered, one of them in terms of a breakdown of the shear modulus and the second in terms of a divergence of the shear compliance. Mechanical relaxation data from the literature for vitreous silica, glycerol, polymethylmethacrylate and polystyrene are found to be consistent with the first hypothesis. PACS numbers: 64.70.Pf     

On the uniqueness of some helical flows of a second grade fluid

Summary The uniqueness of some helical flows of a second grade fluid, between two infinite circular cylinders, is proved. Initially, the fluid is at rest and flow is produced by the motion of the cylinders. Finally, the special case of a flow in a circular cylinder is considered.