Galerkin methods for parabolic and Schrödinger equations with dynamical boundary conditions and applications to underwater acoustics

DOI10.1137/070710858zbMATH Open1410.76145arXiv0904.3900OpenAlexW1970912568MaRDI QIDQ3584622FDOQ3584622

Authors: Georgios E. Zouraris, D. C. Antonopoulou, V. A. Dougalis 

Publication date: 30 August 2010

Published in: SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we consider Galerkin-finite element methods that approximate the solutions of initial-boundary-value problems in one space dimension for parabolic and Schr"odinger evolution equations with dynamical boundary conditions. Error estimates of optimal rates of convergence in $L^2$ and $H^1$ are proved for the accociated semidiscrete and fully discrete Crank-Nicolson-Galerkin approximations. The problem involving the Schr"odinger equation is motivated by considering the standard `parabolic' (paraxial) approximation to the Helmholtz equation, used in underwater acoustics to model long-range sound propagation in the sea, in the specific case of a domain with a rigid bottom of variable topography. This model is contrasted with alternative ones that avoid the dynamical bottom boundary condition and are shown to yield qualitatively better approximations. In the (real) parabolic case, numerical approximations are considered for dynamical boundary conditions of reactive and dissipative type.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0904.3900

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zbMATH Keywords

error estimatesfinite element methodsparabolic approximationparabolic equationdynamical boundary conditionnoncylindrical domainCrank-Nicolson time steppingunderwater acousticslinear Schrödinger evolution equationrigid bottom boundary condition

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stability and convergence of numerical methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M12) Error bounds for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M15) Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M60) Finite element methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M10) Hydro- and aero-acoustics (76Q05)

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