2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/111383Several semianalytical approaches are now available for describing diffraction of a plane wave by the 2D (two dimensional) traction free isotropic elastic wedge. In this paper we follow Budaev and Bogy who reformulated the original diffraction problem as a singular integral one. This comprises two algebraic and two singular integral equations. Each integral equation involves two unknowns, a function and a constant. We discuss the underlying integral operators and develop a new semianalytical scheme for solving the integral equations. We investigate the properties of the obtained solution and argue that it is the solution of the original diffraction problem. We describe a comprehensive code verification and validation programme.Mathematical Physics35J05,35L05,44A15,45Exx,47B35On Budaev and Bogy's approach to diffraction by the 2D traction free elastic wedgetext