Efficient modeling of multimode guided acoustic wave propagation in deformed pipelines by hierarchical model reduction (Q2073961)

In this paper, the application of the Hierarchical Model (HiMod) reduction technique to the linearized acoustic problem is investigated. HiMod reduction exploits a transformation of coordinates (the HiMod map) that changes the physical domain into a reference domain, namely the pipeline into a straight undeformed tube. Introducing an artificial anisotropic material, the equivalence between the original problem (defined in the deformed pipeline) and the new one (defined in the undeformed domain) is established. The characteristic parameters are identified by the HiMod map itself. The key steps of the HiMod reduction are the adoption of a customized modal basis of functions and the definition of the HiMod map changing the physical domain into the reference one. Both are investigated in detail in the paper. Numerical verification shows that the multimode acoustic scattering matrix can be accurately computed by HiMod, with a speed-up factor of about 200 when compared with a well-established 3D FE solver such as Comsol Multiphysics. With an increasing number of degrees of freedom, the computational advantages become more and more relevant.