Surface wave-structure interaction is studied starting from a specialised approximate formulation involving a hyperbolic equation for the Rayleigh wave along with pseudostatic elliptic equations over the interior of an elastic half-space. The validity of the proposed approach for modelling a point contact is analysed. Explicit dispersion relations are derived for smooth contact stresses arising from averaging the effect of a regular array of spring-mass oscillators and also of elastic rods attached to the surface. Comparison with the exact solution of the associated plane time-harmonic problem in elasticity for the array of rods demonstrates a high efficiency of the developed methodology. Erbaş and Kaplunov acknowledge the financial support of TÜBİTAK via the 2221-Fellowships for Visiting Scientists and Scientists on Sabbatical Leave.

Low-frequency vibrations of a thin elastic annulus are considered. The dynamic equations of plane strain are subjected to asymptotic treatment beyond the leading-order approximation. The main peculiarity of the considered problem is a specific degeneration associated with the effect of the almost inextensible midline of the annulus, resulting in a few unexpected features of the mechanical behaviour. In particular, it is discovered that the leading-order even component of the circumferential stress is not uniform across the thickness, as is usually assumed, and can be determined only at the next order. The derived refined equations also govern vibrations of a cylindrical shell at the lowest cut-off frequencies. The two-term asymptotic formula obtained for the latter fully agrees with the expansion of the transcendental dispersion relation for plane strain but does not coincide in the second term with the prediction of the Kirchhoff–Love theory for thin shells.

This study is concerned with analysis of the Rayleigh wave field in a 3D isotropic elastic half‐space subject to in‐plane surface loading. The approach relies on the slow time perturbation of the general representation for the Rayleigh wave eigensolutions in terms of harmonic functions. The resulting hyperbolic‐elliptic formulation allows decomposition of the original vector problem of 3D elasticity into a sequence of scalar Dirichlet and Neumann problems for the Laplace equation. The boundary conditions for these are specified through a 2D hyperbolic equation. An example of an impulse tangential load illustrates the efficiency of the derived asymptotic formulation, with the results expressed in terms of elementary functions.

The dynamic eect of an out of plane distributed moving load on the surface of an elastic half-space is considered. The problem is formulated in terms of a hyperbolic-elliptic asymptotic model for a moving load where the trajectory and the distribution of the load are taken to be orthogonal. Steady-state equations are written in terms of a moving coordinate system. The near-resonant solutions are, then, obtained for sub and super-Rayleigh cases taking into account the causality principle. Numerical results of displacement components are presented for various values of the distribution parameter.