Scattering of steady cross-plane shear waves by surfaces of arbitrary shape in homogeneous and transversely isotropic media

Two-dimensional scalar equation for the displacement of steady cross-plane shear (SH) waves in homogeneous and transversely isotropic media like unidirectional fibrous com-posites is given. Then, thrbugh a simple coordinate system transform, the scalar equation is standardized into a Helmholtz equation. Corresponding integral equations are derived for the scattering problems and boundary element method (BEM) is used to calculate the scattered fields of arbitrarily shaped obstacles with both soft and rigid boudary conditions numerically.A discussion is given on the numerical results which is mainly focused on the influence of the a-nisotropy of the media to the directivity of the scattered fields by circular cylindrical voids.