Using the scattering‐matrix approach to elastic wave scattering, numerical results are presented for the scattering ofP,SV, andSHwaves from a cylinder of elliptic cross section for ratios of minor to major axis ranging from 0.25 to 1.0 and for nondimensional wave numbers in the range 0.1–3.2. Calculations were made for a tungsten cylinder embedded in aluminum and also for a cylindrical cavity in aluminum. The incident waves are taken to be plane waves incident obliquely with respect to the major axis of the ellipse.