A contribution to the mathematical theory of diffraction. Part II: Recovering the far-field asymptotics of the quarter-plane problem

Abstract

We apply the stationary phase method developed in (Assier, Shanin \& Korolkov, QJMAM, 76(1), 2022) to the problem of wave diffraction by a quarter-plane. The wave field is written as a double Fourier transform of an unknown spectral function. We make use of the analytical continuation results of (Assier \& Shanin, QJMAM, 72(1), 2018) to uncover the singularity structure of this spectral function. This allows us to provide a closed-form far-field asymptotic expansion of the field by estimating the double Fourier integral near some special points of the spectral function. All the known results on the far-field asymptotics of the quarter-plane problem are recovered, and new mathematical expressions are derived for the secondary diffracted waves in the plane of the scatterer.