3-D finite-difference, finite-element, discontinuous-Galerkin and spectral-element schemes analysed for their accuracy with respect to P-wave to S-wave speed ratio

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1645-1667

  Moczo, Peter ^a,b   Kristek, Jozef ^a,b   Galis, Martin ^a,b   Chaljub, Emmanuel ^c   Etienne, Vincent ^d  

^a Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

Computational seismology; Numerical approximations and analysis; Theoretical seismology

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE VALUES; CUBIC GRIDS; DISCRETE APPROXIMATION; EARTHQUAKE MOTION; EXPLICIT SCHEME; FINITE DIFFERENCE; FINITE-ELEMENT; FOURTH-ORDER SCHEME; ISOTROPIC ELASTIC MEDIUM; KEY FACTORS; LEADING TERMS; LOCAL ERROR; MAXIMUM ERROR; MAXIMUM RELATIVE ERRORS; NUMERICAL APPROXIMATIONS; NUMERICAL SCHEME; P- AND S-WAVES; SECOND ORDERS; SECOND-ORDER SCHEME; SPATIAL DERIVATIVES; SPATIAL SAMPLING; SPEED RATIO; TIME DOMAIN; TIME STEP; TRUNCATION ERRORS; UNIFIED FORM;

ERRORS; GALERKIN METHODS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GALERKIN METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 81555228618     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05221.x     Document Type: Article

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