Simultaneous approximation terms for elastic wave equations on nonuniform grids

DOI10.1007/978-3-030-56750-7_13arXiv1903.06795MaRDI QIDQ6315698FDOQ6315698

Publication date: 15 March 2019

Abstract: We consider the finite difference discretization of isotropic elastic wave equations on nonuniform grids. The intended applications are seismic studies, where heterogeneity of the earth media can lead to severe oversampling for simulations on uniform grids. To address this issue, we demonstrate how to properly couple two non-overlapping neighboring subdomains that are discretized uniformly, but with different grid spacings. Specifically, a numerical procedure is presented to impose the interface conditions weakly through carefully designed penalty terms, such that the overall semi-discretization conserves a discrete energy resembling the continuous energy possessed by the elastic wave system.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Multigrid methods; domain decomposition for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N55) Seismology (including tsunami modeling), earthquakes (86A15) PDEs in connection with mechanics of deformable solids (35Q74) Free boundary problems for PDEs (35R35) Method of lines for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M20) Finite difference methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N06) Mesh generation, refinement, and adaptive methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N50) PDEs in connection with geophysics (35Q86)

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