On an initial-boundary value problem for a wide-angle parabolic equation in a waveguide with a variable bottom

Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1519-1540

  Dougalis, V A ^a,b   Sturm, F ^c   Zouraris, G E ^b,d   Gilbert, R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

^c ECOLE CENTRALE DE LYON   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Finite difference methods; Initial boundary value problems; Numerical analysis; Partial differential equations; Underwater acoustics; Variable bottom topography; Wide angle parabolic equation

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE FINITE DIFFERENCE SCHEME; APRIORI; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; DIRICHLET BOUNDARY CONDITION; ENERGY-CONSERVING; INITIAL-BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; NEW MODEL; PARABOLIC EQUATION; PARABOLIC EQUATIONS; SECOND ORDERS; SOFT-BOTTOM; THIRD-ORDER; VARIABLE BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; WIDE-ANGLE PARABOLIC EQUATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

EID: 67749101295     PISSN: 01704214     EISSN: 10991476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mma.1097     Document Type: Article

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