On S-wave directivity patterns
Plane‐wave directivity patterns for both P- and S-waves approaching a free surface are well known (Knopoff et al., 1957, Figure 3–5). These have been shown to apply in a reciprocal manner to time‐harmonic S-waves emanating from vertical and horizontal sources (Miller and Pursey, 1954; Cherry, 1962) in both two‐dimensional (2-D) and three‐dimensional (3-D) cases. Knopoff and Gilbert (1959) showed that the plane‐wave directivity patterns also apply to the first motions seen in the impulsive‐source case (3-D) and Pilant (1979, sec. 9–6) showed that they held in the equivalent 2-D problem. Theoretical expressions for these patterns are given by Pilant (ibid) as [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] where [Formula: see text] is measured from the vertical and the positive z-axis is into the medium. The x-axis lies along the free surface and the quantity [Formula: see text]. For angles greater than critical [Formula: see text], the proper expression for the square root is given by [Formula: see text] Thus for angles of incidence (or take‐off) greater than [Formula: see text], both [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] become complex numbers and lead to phase‐shift induced waveform changes as the S-waves interact with the free surface. The functions [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] are shown in Figure 1 for the angular range 34–37 degrees which includes the angle [Formula: see text] degrees. For this example, [Formula: see text] corresponding to a Poisson’s ratio equal to one‐quarter. The null in [Formula: see text] and the maximum in [Formula: see text] are clearly seen.