Accuracy in modeling the acoustic wave equation with Chebyshev spectral finite elements

Finite Elements in Analysis and Design

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 115-128

  Dauksher, Walter ^a   Emery, Ashley F ^b  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Chebyshev spectral finite elements; Dispersion; Error analysis; Wave equation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); DISPERSION (WAVES); ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

CHEBYSHEV SPECTRAL FINITE ELEMENT METHODS; WAVE EQUATIONS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0031165214     PISSN: 0168874X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-874X(96)00075-3     Document Type: Article

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