Numerical simulation of borehole acoustic logging in the frequency and time domains with hp-adaptive finite elements

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 198, Issue 21-26, 2009, Pages 1821-1838

  Michler, Christian ^a,b   Demkowicz, Leszek ^a   Torres Verdín, Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic logging; Borehole acoustics; Coupled problems; hp adaptive finite elements; Linear elasticity; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS; AUTOMATIC HP-ADAPTIVITY; COUPLED PROBLEMS; DISCRETIZATION ERRORS; ELASTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; FINITE DIFFERENCES; FINITE-ELEMENT DISCRETIZATION; FLUID-FILLED; FREQUENCY AND TIME DOMAINS; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; HP-ADAPTIVE FINITE ELEMENTS; INVERSE FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LAYERED FORMATIONS; LINEAR ELASTICITY; LOGGING TECHNIQUES; LOGGING TOOLS; MONOPOLE AND DIPOLE SOURCES; MULTI-PHYSICS PROBLEMS; NON-TRIVIAL; NUMERICAL DISCRETIZATION; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; PHYSICAL MODELING; RECEIVER POSITIONS; REFERENCE DATUM; ROCK FORMATIONS; SELF-ADAPTIVE; SOLUTION TECHNIQUES; SUB-DOMAINS; TIME DOMAINS; WAVE FORMS;

ACOUSTIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTIC WAVES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COUPLED CIRCUITS; ELASTICITY; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; HARVESTING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MODELS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTIC LOGGING;

EID: 63249099353     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2008.12.018     Document Type: Article

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