Long-time numerical computation of wave-type solutions driven by moving sources (Q5939899)

The paper is devoted to the numerical solution of the Cauchy problem \[ {\partial^2\phi\over\partial t^2}- c^2\Biggl({\partial^2\phi\over\partial x^2_1}+ {\partial^2\phi\over\partial x^2_2}+ {\partial^2\phi\over\partial x^2_3}\Biggr)= f({\mathbf x},t),\quad \phi|_{t=0}= {\partial\phi\over\partial t}\Biggl|_{t=0}= 0. \] The authors are interested in those values of \({\mathbf x}\) which belong to a ball of fixed diameter and a center moving with a certain velocity. The right-hand side \(f\) too, has the support in \({\mathbf x}\) in the same ball. Starting from any given convergent difference scheme, the authors show how to modify this procedure in order to guarantee the convergence on an arbitrarily long time interval. The paper gives numerical examples, e.g., the calculation of the acoustic field around a maneuvering aircraft.