Edge bending waves on an orthotropic elastic plate resting on the winkler-fuss foundation

The propagation of bending edge waves on an orthotropic plate supported by the Winkler-Fuss foundation subject to free edge boundary conditions is investigated. A dispersion relation is derived, with the analysis revealing a cut-off frequency and a local minimum of the phase velocity. The conventional sinusoidal profile of the eigensolution is then extended to a more general form, with the deflection expressed in terms of a single plane harmonic function.