Energy loss in collision in oscillator

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Is there any loss of energy of a particel (electron) while getting collission with the walls of a finite square/rectangular barrier?
since there is a enormous no. of collision a particle takes.
 

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No, the electron may tunnel through.
 
so is it a elastic collision?
 

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