Discontinuous Galerkin methods for solving the acoustic wave equation

In this work we develop a numerical simulator for the propagation of elastic waves by solving the one-dimensional acoustic wave equation with Absorbing Boundary Conditions (ABC’s) on the computational boundaries using Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Methods (DGFEM). The DGFEM allows us to easi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Castromán, Gabriel Alejandro, Zyserman, Fabio Iván
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Argentina
Institución:Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Repositorio:SEDICI (UNLP)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/100100
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/100100
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Física
Discontinuous galerkin methods
Wave equation
Absorbing boundary conditions
Fractured medium
Linear slip model
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Sumario:In this work we develop a numerical simulator for the propagation of elastic waves by solving the one-dimensional acoustic wave equation with Absorbing Boundary Conditions (ABC’s) on the computational boundaries using Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Methods (DGFEM). The DGFEM allows us to easily simulate the presence of a fracture in the elastic medium by means of a linear-slip model. We analize the behaviour of our algorithm by comparing its results against analytic solutions. Furthermore, we show the frequency-dependent effect on the propagation produced by the fracture as appears in previous works. Finally, we present an analysis of the numerical parameters of the method.