The propagation of waves in micropolar thermoelastic homogeneous plate with two temperatures subjected to stress free thermally insulated and isothermal conditions is investigated. The secular equations for both symmetric and skew-symmetric wave mode of propagation have been derived. Helmholtz decomposition technique has been used to simplify mathematical model and frequency equations for different mechanical conditions. The regions of secular equations are obtained and some special cases such as thin plate and short wavelength waves of the secular equations are also discussed. The phase velocity and attenuation coefficient are computed numerically and depicted graphically. The amplitudes of stress components and thermodynamic temperature distribution for the symmetric and skew-symmetric wave modes are computed analytically and presented graphically. Results of some earlier workers have been deduced as particular cases.
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