Integral equations for flexural scattering problems with periodic boundaries
Numerical Analysis
2026-03-04 v2 Numerical Analysis
Abstract
We develop a method for computing the scattering of flexural waves off of a periodic wall or a periodic line of scatterers. These waves model the fluctuations of thin plates with periodic clamped, supported, or free edges. We use the Floquet-Bloch transform to convert the problem into a collection of uncoupled quasi-periodic problems. We then solve each quasi-periodic problem efficiently and accurately using a novel integral equation based on the quasi-periodic flexural Green's function. Finally, we show how the proposed method can be used to simulate scattering from junctions of semi-infinite lines of scatterers.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2603.00366,
title = {Integral equations for flexural scattering problems with periodic boundaries},
author = {Fruzsina Agocs and Tristan Goodwill and Jeremy G. Hoskins and Peter Nekrasov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.00366},
year = {2026}
}