Scattering of plane SH waves by an isosceles trapezoidal hill

This paper presents a theoretical approach to study the surface motion of an isosceles trapezoidal hill impacted by incident SH waves. A rigorous solution has been derived by applying an accurate region-matching technique. The solution region is divided into three parts by an appropriate partitioning method. Based on complex function method and multipolar coordinates, a fractional factor is introduced to construct suitable wave functions which satisfy the governing equation and zero-stress condition on the free surface in each sub-region. According to the continuity condition at the auxiliary boundary, surface displacements are expressed in series of infinite algebraic equations, and the unknown coefficients of the series can be determined by Fourier series expansion technique in complex domain. Numerical results demonstrate the analytical results depend on the following parameters: The slope, the height and the width of the trapezoidal hill, the frequency content of the excitation and the incidence angle.