WaveFace Software

WaveFace is a desktop commercial software developed by A/Prof. G. R. Liu and his co-workers for wave propagation analyses in composite laminated plates and cylinders.

It provides detailed analyses for :

  > Frequency spectra > Phase slowness surface
  > Phase velocity spectra > Phase wave surface
  > Phase slowbess velocity spectra > Group velocity surface
  > Group velocity spectra > Group slowness surface
  > Phase velocity surface > Group wave surface

It is the only available software package that can perform waveface analyses. The current version of WaveFace V1.00 is free of charge. You can download and install this PC version for your own use. The installation of the software requires a serial number which will be emailed to you after a simple registration here. Please ensure that your active email address is furnished in the registration form.

As the software uses a database for the commonly accessed materials of all your projects that you may create later, you will need to register a database with ODBS on your own PC. The detailed steps are given in the help manual "Set up the Connection".

We appreciate very much your comments and suggestions.  We will be constantly improving the code to incorporate your invaluable comments and suggestions.

For theoretical background of the software development, please refer to the publications authored by A/Prof. G. R. Liu and his co-workers. The most relevant papers are listed below :
  [Book 1] Liu GR and Xi ZC, Elastic Waves in Anisotropic Laminates, 452 pages, CRC Press LLC, Nov. 2001.

[JA1] Liu, G.R., Tani, J., Watanabe, K. and Ohyoshi, T., Lamb Wave Propagation in Anisotropic Laminates, ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 57, 1990, pp. 923-929.

[JA2] Liu, G.R., Tani, J., Watanabe, K. and Ohyoshi, T., A Semi-Exact Method for the Propagation of Harmonic Waves in Anisotropic Laminated Bars of Rectangular Cross Section, Wave Motion, U. S. A., Vol. 12, 1990, pp. 361-371.

[JA3] Liu, G.R., Tani, J., Watanabe, K. and Ohyoshi, T., Harmonic Wave Propagation in Anisotropic Laminated Strips, Journal of Sound and Vibration, U. K., Vol. 139(2), 1990, pp. 313-324.

[JA7] Liu, G.R., Tani, J., Watanabe, K. and Ohyoshi, T., Characteristics of Surface Wave Propagation along the Edge of an Anisotropic Laminated Semi-Infinite Plate, Wave Motion, U. S. A., Vol. 13, 1991, pp. 243-251.

[JA8] Liu, G.R., Tani, J., Ohyoshi, T. and Watanabe, K., Characteristic Wave Surfaces in Anisotropic Laminated Plates, ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, U. S. A., Vol. 113, 1991, pp. 279-285.

[JA17] Liu, G.R., Tani, J., Surface Waves in Functionally Gradient Piezoelectric Material Plates, ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, U. S. A., Vol. 116, 1994, pp. 440-448.

[JA65] Xi, Z.C., Liu, G.R., Lam, K.Y., and Shang, H.M., Dispersion And Characteristic Surfaces Of Waves In Laminated Composite Circular Cylindrical Shells, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 2000, Vol.108(5), pp.2179-2186.

[JA124] Han, X., Liu, G.R., Xi, Z.C. and Lam, K.Y., Characteristics Of Waves In A Functionally Graded Cylinder. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 53: (3), 2002, pp.653-676.