The Neumann solution of the multiple scattering problem in a plane-parallel medium: Numerical calculations and the half-space problem

1991 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 251-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Bergeat ◽  
B. Rutily
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Scattering ◽  
Half Space ◽  
Scattering Problem ◽  
Numerical Calculations ◽  
Space Problem ◽  
Plane Parallel

Exact solution of the half-space problem in small-angle multiple scattering

1969 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-262
Author(s):  
W. K. Theumann ◽  
P. C. Hemmer
Keyword(s):  
Exact Solution ◽  
Multiple Scattering ◽  
Half Space ◽  
Small Angle ◽  
Space Problem

scholarly journals Stable and Efficient Modeling of Anelastic Attenuation in Seismic Wave Propagation

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 193-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Anders Petersson ◽  
Björn Sjögreen
Keyword(s):  
Wave Equation ◽  
Finite Difference ◽  
Half Space ◽  
Material Model ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Finite Difference Approximation ◽  
Difference Approximation ◽  
Space Problem ◽  
Standard Linear Solid ◽  
Standard Linear

AbstractWe develop a stable finite difference approximation of the three-dimensional viscoelastic wave equation. The material model is a super-imposition of N standard linear solid mechanisms, which commonly is used in seismology to model a material with constant quality factor Q. The proposed scheme discretizes the governing equations in second order displacement formulation using 3N memory variables, making it significantly more memory efficient than the commonly used first order velocity-stress formulation. The new scheme is a generalization of our energy conserving finite difference scheme for the elastic wave equation in second order formulation [SIAM J. Numer. Anal., 45 (2007), pp. 1902-1936]. Our main result is a proof that the proposed discretization is energy stable, even in the case of variable material properties. The proof relies on the summation-by-parts property of the discretization. The new scheme is implemented with grid refinement with hanging nodes on the interface. Numerical experiments verify the accuracy and stability of the new scheme. Semi-analytical solutions for a half-space problem and the LOH.3 layer over half-space problem are used to demonstrate how the number of viscoelastic mechanisms and the grid resolution influence the accuracy. We find that three standard linear solid mechanisms usually are sufficient to make the modeling error smaller than the discretization error.

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