Refraction of a cylindrical SH wavefront

ID: refraction-of-a-cylindrical-sh-wavefront

Place a line source a distance above a plane welded interface and put , and . The transmitted elastic ray is , . Elastic-interface boundary conditions give . Differentiating the ray positions across neighboring values of and applying SH ray-tube amplitude transport gives the displayed leading amplitude. Both must be positive; critical and evanescent incidence require different asymptotics.

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