A high order compact time/space finite difference scheme for the 2D and 3D wave equation with a damping layer

Adar Kahana*, Fouche Smith, Eli Turkel, Semyon Tsynkov

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Abstract

We consider fourth order accurate compact schemes, in both space and time, for the second order wave equation with a variable speed of sound. For unbounded domains we add a fourth order accurate sponge layer to damp the outgoing waves. We demonstrate that usually this is more efficient than lower order schemes despite being implicit and conditionally stable. Fast time marching of the implicit scheme is accomplished by iterative methods such as multi-grid. Computations confirm the design convergence rate for the in-homogeneous, variable wave speed equation.

Original languageEnglish
Article number111161
JournalJournal of Computational Physics
Volume460
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jul 2022

Funding

FundersFunder number
United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation2020128

    Keywords

    • Absorbing boundary layer
    • Compact finite differences
    • High-order accuracy
    • Unbounded domain
    • Wave equation

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