Wave penetration through slits on stacked thick plates

Wave penetration through slits on single and stacked metal plates of finite thickness is studied by using the Galerkin method. The limiting case of slits on infinitesimally thin plates are also formulated to compare the shielding effectiveness of metal plates with slits against incident plane waves. It is observed that the wave penetrating through slits on stacked plates with a proper separation is much less than that through a single slit on a plate with twice the thickness.