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In this work, the propagation of an ultrasonic pulse in a thin plate is computed solving the differential equations modeling this problem. To solve these equations finite differences are used to discretize the temporal variable, while…

We analyze long range wave propagation in three-dimensional random waveguides. The waves are trapped by top and bottom boundaries, but the medium is unbounded in the two remaining directions. We consider scalar waves, and motivated by…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-11-05 Liliana Borcea , Josselin Garnier

We present a new methodology, based on the WKB approximation and Fast Fourier Transforms, for the evaluation of wave propagation through inhomogeneous media. This method can accurately resolve fields containing caustics, while still…

Computational Physics · Physics 2024-03-05 Oscar P. Bruno , Martin D. Maas

In recent years the topic of localized wave solutions of the homogeneous scalar wave equation, i.e., the wave fields that propagate without any appreciable spread or drop in intensity, has been discussed in many aspects in numerous…

Optics · Physics 2020-08-25 Kaido Reivelt , Peeter Saari

Acoustic propagation models are widely used in numerous oceanic and other underwater applications. Most conventional models are approximate solutions of the acoustic wave equation, and require accurate environmental knowledge to be…

Sound · Computer Science 2023-08-25 Kexin Li , Mandar Chitre

In this paper, phase correction and amplitude compensation are introduced to a previously developed mixed domain method (MDM), which is only accurate for modeling wave propagation in weakly heterogeneous media. Multiple reflections are also…

Medical Physics · Physics 2020-07-15 Juanjuan Gu , Yun Jing

This paper presents a new method for the solution of multiscale stochastic differential equations at the diffusive time scale. In contrast to averaging-based methods, e.g., the heterogeneous multiscale method (HMM) or the equation-free…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-09-19 A. Abdulle , G. A. Pavliotis , U. Vaes

The numerical approximation of high-frequency wave propagation in inhomogeneous media is a challenging problem. In particular, computing high-frequency solutions by direct simulations requires several points per wavelength for stability and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-09-13 Eric T. Chung , Chi Yeung Lam , Jianliang Qian

The heterogeneous multi-scale method (HMM) is a general strategy for dealing with problems involving multi-scales, with multi-physics, using multi-grids. It not only unifies several existing multi-scale methods, but also provide a…

Computational Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Weinan E , Bjorn Engquist

In computational optics, numerical modeling of diffraction between arbitrary planes offers unparalleled flexibility. However, existing methods suffer from the trade-off between computational accuracy and efficiency. To resolve this dilemma,…

Optics · Physics 2023-12-12 Yiwen Hu , Xin Liu , Shi Feng , Xu Liu , Xiang Hao

A numerical scheme is proposed for the solution of the three-dimensional radiative transfer equation with variable optical depth. We show that time-dependent ray tracing is an attractive choice for simulations of astrophysical ionization…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Alexei Razoumov , Douglas Scott

Simulation in media with multiple continua where each continuum interacts with every other is often challenging due to multiple scales and high contrast. One needs some types of model reduction. One of the approaches is multi-continuum…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-06-12 Jun Sur Richard Park , Viet Ha Hoang

In this paper, the effect of weak nonlinearities in 1D locally resonant metamaterials is investigated via the method of multiple scales. Commonly employed to the investigate the effect of weakly nonlinear interactions on the free wave…

Applied Physics · Physics 2018-12-17 P. B. Silva , M. J. Leamy , M. G. D. Geers , V. G. Kouznetsova

We present the recent development of hybridizable and embedded discontinuous Galerkin (DG) methods for wave propagation problems in fluids, solids, and electromagnetism. In each of these areas, we describe the methods, discuss their main…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-07-03 Pablo Fernandez , Alexandra Christophe , Sebastien Terrana , Ngoc-Cuong Nguyen , Jaime Peraire

We prove the two-scale transformation method which allows rigorous homogenisation of problems defined on locally periodic domains by transformation on periodic domains. The idea to consider periodic substitute problems was originally…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-06-28 David Wiedemann

Large-scale simulations of the wave equation in electromagnetism, seismology, and acoustics, can be solved efficiently by finite difference methods. The accuracy of these numerical solutions usually depends on the minimization of…

Medical Physics · Physics 2021-06-23 Gianmarco Pinton

A fast method is proposed for solving the high frequency Helmholtz equation. The building block of the new fast method is an overlapping source transfer domain decomposition method for layered medium, which is an extension of the source…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-07-10 Wei Leng

Effective medium theory aims to describe a complex inhomogeneous material in terms of a few important macroscopic parameters. To characterise wave propagation through an inhomogeneous material, the most crucial parameter is the effective…

Classical Physics · Physics 2019-08-13 Artur Lewis Gower , Ian David Abrahams , William J. Parnell

In this paper a numerical multiscale method for discrete networks is presented. The method gives an accurate coarse scale representation of the full network by solving sub-network problems. The method is used to solve problems with highly…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-12 Gustav Kettil , Axel Målqvist , Andreas Mark , Mats Fredlund , Kenneth Wester , Fredrik Edelvik

A theory of surface electromagnetic waves in gradient media exhibiting arbitrary surface gradients of dielectric permittivity and magnetic permeability has been developed. Novel low-loss propagating surface wave solutions have been found in…

Classical Physics · Physics 2024-02-29 Igor I. Smolyaninov , Quirino Balzano , Vera N. Smolyaninova , Daryna Soloviova