Stable difference approximations for the elastic wave equation in second order formulation

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1902-1936

  Nilsson, Stefan ^a   Petersson, N Anders ^a   Sjögreen, Björn ^a   Kreiss, Heinz Otto ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Träskö Storö Institute of Mathematics   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Elastic wave equation; Energy estimate; Finite differences; Seismic wave propagation; Stability

Indexed keywords

ADJOINT; DIFFERENCE APPROXIMATIONS; DIFFERENCE METHODS; ELASTIC WAVE EQUATION; ELASTIC WAVE EQUATIONS; ENERGY ESTIMATE; ENERGY ESTIMATES; FINITE DIFFERENCES; FREE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; HETEROGENEOUS MATERIALS; HYPERBOLIC SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL EXAMPLES; SECOND ORDERS; SEISMIC EVENTS; SEISMIC WAVE PROPAGATION; SINGULAR SOURCES; SPATIAL DISCRETIZATION;

ELASTIC WAVES; ELASTICITY; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FLOW INTERACTIONS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; SYSTEM STABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WAVE EQUATIONS; WAVES;

DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS;

EID: 42649124466     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/060663520     Document Type: Article

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