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A closed-form analytical solution of surface motion of a semi-elliptical cylindrical hill for incident plane SH waves is presented. Although some previous analytical work had already dealt with hill topography of semi-circular and shallow circular, our work aims at calculating surface motion of very prolate hill for high incident frequency, and explaining the special vibrating properties of very prolate hill. Accuracy of the solution is checked by boundary conditions, numerical results for surface motion of oblate and prolate hills are calculated, and some conclusions are obtained.
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Liang, J., Fu, J. Surface motion of a semi-elliptical hill for incident plane SH waves. Earthq Sci 24, 447–462 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11589-011-0807-1
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Key words
- semi-elliptical hill
- analytical solution
- plane SH wave
- surface motion
- oblate hill
- prolate hill
- Mathieu function
- high frequency