A wavenumber independent boundary element method for an acoustic scattering problem

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2450-2477

  Langdon, S ^a   Chandler Wilde, S N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galerkin method; Helmholtz equation; High frequency

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; GALERKIN METHODS;

DEGREES OF FREEDOM; FLAT TERRAIN; HELMHOLTZ EQUATION; WAVENUMBER;

ACOUSTIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 33845517970     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036142903431936     Document Type: Article

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