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We study scattering of antiplane shear waves induced by a deep semielliptic canyon with a horizontal edge. We employ the region-point-matching technique to cope with the problem considered. Through an auxiliary boundary, a part of the circumference of a semiellipse, the whole analyzed region is divided into two subregions. We express the displacement fields in terms of Mathieu functions. We unify two distinct elliptic coordinates via a simple coordinate transformation relation. Integration of the coordinate transformation relation into the region-point-matching technique simplifies the procedure for constructing simultaneous equations. Imposing the continuity conditions and traction-free ones, we obtain the expansion coefficients. Frequency-domain results demonstrate ground motion variability based on several key factors. Ground surface responses under seismic shaking are also simulated in the time domain.
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Particular thanks go to the Editor, Prof. Alessia Maggi, and two reviewers for their encouragement and the insightful and valuable suggestions and comments that have improved this paper.
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The first author is sincerely grateful for the financial support granted by the Ministry of Science and Technology (former National Science Council), Taiwan, Republic of China (Project No. NSC 99-2221-E-019-017).
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Appendix. Expressions of associated functions in Eqs. (20)–(23)
Appendix. Expressions of associated functions in Eqs. (20)–(23)
In Eqs. (20)–(23), the self-defined functions are listed as follows:
where the first two terms and the last one at the right-hand side of Eq. (29) come from the differentiation of Eqs. (10) and (7), respectively.
in which the primes stand for differentiation with respect to the argument ξ of pertinent functions.
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Tsaur, DH., Chang, KH. & Hsu, MS. Ground motions around a deep semielliptic canyon with a horizontal edge subjected to incident plane SH waves. J Seismol 22, 1579–1593 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10950-018-9787-0
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