Forward Analysis of Love-Wave Scattering due to a Cavity-Like Defect

Abstract

This paper presents a modified boundary element method (BEM) to solve the scattering problem of Love surface wave from a two-dimensional cavity defect. Because of the truncation of BEM models at a far distance from the cavity, spurious reflected waves are generated. In order to eliminate the unwanted reflections, the guided Love-wave displacement patterns are assumed on the far-field infinite boundaries previously omitted by model truncation, and they are incorporated into the BEM equation set as modified items. The numerical results are verified by theoretical solutions of far-field Green’s functions. Additional parametric studies are performed to find out the influence of truncation distance and defects’ geometric characters on the accuracy of scattered wave solutions.