Love waves propagation in a transversely isotropic piezoelectric layer on a piezomagnetic half-space.

A theoretical approach is taken into consideration to investigate Love wave propagation in a transversely isotropic piezoelectric layer on a piezomagnetic half-space. The magneto-electrically open and short conditions are applied to solve the problem. The phase and group velocity of the Love wave is numerically calculated for the magneto-electrically open and short cases, respectively. The variations of magneto-electromechanical coupling factor, mechanical displacements, electric and magnetic potentials along the thickness direction of the layers are obtained and discussed. The numerical results clearly show the influence of different stacking sequences on dispersion curves and on magneto-electromechanical coupling factor. This work may be relevant to analysis and design of various acoustic surface wave devices constructed from piezoelectric and piezomagnetic materials. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]