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This paper presents an analytical solution, together with explicit expressions, for the steady state response of a homogeneous three-dimensional half-space subjected to a spatially sinusoidal, harmonic line load. These equations are of great importance in the formulation of three-dimensional elastodynamic problems in a half-space by means of integral transform methods and/or boundary elements. The final expressions are validated here by comparing the results with those obtained with the boundary element method (BEM) solution, for which the free surface of the ground is discretized with boundary elements.
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Tadeu, A., António, J. & Godinho, L. Green's function for two-and-a-half dimensional elastodynamic problems in a half-space. Computational Mechanics 27, 484–491 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004660100259
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004660100259