Gómez Cataño, Juan David2016-03-082014http://hdl.handle.net/10784/8150The problem of diffraction of cylindrical and plane SH waves by a finite crack is revisited -- We construct an approximate solution by the addition of independent diffracted terms -- We start with the derivation of the fundamental case of a semi-infinite crack obtained as a degenerate case of generalized wedge -- This building block is then used to compute the diffraction of the main incident waves -- The interaction between the opposite edges of the crack is then considered one term at a time until a desired tolerance is reached -- We propose a recipe to determine the number of required interactions as a function of frequency -- The solution derived with the superposition technique can be applied at low and high frequenciesspaGrietasinfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPROPAGACIÓN DE ONDASDISPERSIÓN DE ONDASDIFRACCIÓN DE ONDAS ELECTROMAGNÉTICASMÉTODO DE ELEMENTOS FINITOSFUNCIONES DE BESSELWave propagationElectromagnetic wavesElectromagnetic waves - diffractionFinite element methodBessel functionsAcceso abierto2016-03-08Valencia Gómez, Camilo Andrés