Mixed boundary value problems of diffraction by a half-plane with an obstacle perpendicular to the boundary

Abstract

The paper is devoted to the analysis of wave diffraction problems modelled by classes of mixed boundary conditions and the Helmholtz equation, within a half-plane with a crack. Potential theory together with Fredholm theory, and explicit operator relations, are conveniently implemented to perform the analysis of the problems. In particular, an interplay between Wiener-Hopf plus/minus Hankel operators and Wiener-Hopf operators assumes a relevant preponderance in the final results. As main conclusions, this study reveals conditions for the well-posedness of the corresponding boundary value problems in certain Sobolev spaces and equivalent reduction to systems of Wiener-Hopf equations.