The dispersion relation is derived for time-harmonic waves propagating normal to the layers of a multilayered periodic composite. The known relations for the homogeneous and the bilaminated media are deduced as special cases. Mixture mass density and elastic modulus are defined in the limit as the ratio of the incident wavelength to the microdimension of the composite approaches infinity.
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