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Antiplane response of two scalene triangular hills and a semi-cylindrical canyon by SH-waves is studied using wave function expansion and complex function method. Firstly, the analytical model is divided into three parts, and the displacement solutions of wave fields are constructed based on boundary conditions in the three regions. Three domains are then conjoined to satisfy the “conjunction” condition at shared boundary. In addition, combined with the zero-stress condition of semi-cylindrical canyon, a series of infinite algebraic equations for the problem are derived. Finally, numerical examples are provided and the influence of different parameters on ground motion is discussed.
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Supported by: Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province, China under Grant No. A201310, and the Scientific Research Starting Foundation for Post Doctorate of Heilongjiang Province, China under Grant No. LBH-Q13040
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Yang, Z., Xu, H., Hei, B. et al. Antiplane response of two scalene triangular hills and a semi-cylindrical canyon by incident SH-waves. Earthq. Eng. Eng. Vib. 13, 569–581 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11803-014-0264-7
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