Scattering of SH-wave by multiple circular cavities in half space

In this paper, an analytic method is developed to address steady SH-wave scattering and perform dynamic analysis of multiple circular cavities in half space. The scattered wave function used for scattering of SH-waves by multiple circular cavities, which automatically satisfies the stress-free condition at the horizontal surface, is constructed by applying the symmetry of the SH-wave scattering and the method of multi-polar coordinates system. Applying this scattered wave function and method of moving coordinates, the original problem can be transformed to the problem of SH-wave scattering by multiple circular cavities in the full space. Finally, the solution of the problem can be reduced to a series of algebraic equations and solved numerically by truncating the infinite algebraic equations to the finite ones. Numerical examples are provided for case with two cavities to show the effect of wave number, and the distances between the centers of the cavities and from the centers to the ground surface on the dynamic stress concentration around the cavity impacted by incident steady SH-wave.