Abstract
The aim of the present paper is to study the influence of initial stress and magnetic field on the propagation of harmonic waves in a human long dry bone as transversely isotropic material, subject to the boundary conditions that the outer and inner surfaces are traction free. The equations of elastodynamics are solved in terms of displacements. The natural frequency of plane vibrations in the case of harmonic vibrations has been obtained. The frequencies and phase velocity are calculated numerically, the effects of initial stress and magnetic field are discussed. Comparisons are made with the result in the absence of initial stress and magnetic field.