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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…

The Westervelt equation models the propagation of nonlinear acoustic waves in a regime well-suited for applications such as medical ultrasound imaging. In this work, we prove that the nonlinear parameter, as well as the sound speed, can be…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-06 Mike Wendels

We consider an undetermined coefficient inverse problem for a nonlinear partial differential equation describing high intensity ultrasound propagation as widely used in medical imaging and therapy. The usual nonlinear term in the standard…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-04-13 Barbara Kaltenbacher , William Rundell

A broad class of nonlinear acoustic wave models possess a Hamiltonian structure in their dissipation-free limit and a gradient flow structure for their dissipative dynamics. This structure may be exploited to design numerical methods which…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-07-23 William Barham , Philip J. Morrison

A new method for numerical solving of boundary problem for ordinary differential equations with slowly varying coefficients which is aimed at better representation of solutions in the regions of their rapid oscillations or exponential…

Computational Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. E. Moiseenko , V. V. Pilipenko

A novel approach to computing time-harmonic solutions of Maxwell's equations by time-domain simulations is presented. The method, EM-WaveHoltz, results in a positive definite system of equations which makes it amenable to iterative solution…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-08-17 Zhichao Peng , Daniel Appelö

Time-harmonic solutions to the wave equation can be computed in the frequency or in the time domain. In the frequency domain, one solves a discretized Helmholtz equation, while in the time domain, the periodic solutions to a discretized…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-10-26 Christiaan C. Stolk

Heating generated by high-intensity focused ultrasound waves is central to many emerging medical applications, including non-invasive cancer therapy and targeted drug delivery. In this study, we aim to gain a fundamental understanding of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-03 Julio Careaga , Benjamin Dörich , Vanja Nikolić

We study the spatial discretization of Westervelt's quasilinear strongly damped wave equation by piecewise linear finite elements. Our approach employs the Banach fixed-point theorem combined with a priori analysis of a linear wave model…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-20 Vanja Nikolić , Barbara Wohlmuth

We propose a high-order discontinuous Galerkin scheme for nonlinear acoustic waves on polytopic meshes. To model sound propagation with and without losses, we use Westervelt's nonlinear wave equation with and without strong damping.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-05-20 Paola. F. Antonietti , Ilario Mazzieri , Markus Muhr , Vanja Nikolić , Barbara Wohlmuth

The goal of this work is to improve focusing of high-intensity ultrasound by modifying the geometry of acoustic lenses through shape optimization. The shape optimization problem is formulated by introducing a tracking-type cost functional…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-12-15 Markus Muhr , Vanja Nikolić , Barbara Wohlmuth , Linus Wunderlich

The multiscale complexity of modern problems in computational science and engineering can prohibit the use of traditional numerical methods in multi-dimensional simulations. Therefore, novel algorithms are required in these situations to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-06-15 Cale Harnish , Luke Dalessandro , Karel Matous , Daniel Livescu

Nonlinearity parameter tomography leads to the problem of identifying a coefficient in a nonlinear wave equation (such as the Westervelt equation) modeling ultrasound propagation. In this paper we transfer this into frequency domain, where…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-03-31 Barbara Kaltenbacher , William Rundell

We consider the Helmholtz equation defined in unbounded domains, external to 2D bounded ones, endowed with a Dirichlet condition on the boundary and the Sommerfeld radiation condition at infinity. To solve it, we reduce the infinite region,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-07-13 Luca Desiderio , Silvia Falletta , Matteo Ferrari , Letizia Scuderi

In this paper we extend analysis of the WaveHoltz iteration -- a time-domain iterative method for the solution of the Helmholtz equation. We expand the previous analysis of energy conserving problems and prove convergence of the WaveHoltz…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-05-26 Fortino Garcia , Daniel Appelö , Olof Runborg

Accurate simulation of nonlinear acoustic waves is essential for the continued development of a wide range of (high-intensity) focused ultrasound applications. This article explores mixed finite element formulations of classical strongly…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-09-08 Mostafa Meliani , Vanja Nikolić

Motivated by simulations of ultrasound-enhanced drug delivery, this work presents the numerical analysis of a mathematical model that captures the influence of ultrasound waves on the diffusivity of the drug. The system under study consists…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-10 Femke de Wit , Vanja Nikolić

Acoustic wave propagation in a one-dimensional waveguide connected with Helmholtz resonators is studied numerically. Finite amplitude waves and viscous boundary layers are considered. The model consists of two coupled evolution equations: a…

Classical Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 Bruno Lombard , Jean-François Mercier

An FFT-based algorithm is developed to simulate the propagation of elastic waves in heterogeneous $d$-dimensional rectangular shape domains. The method allows one to prescribe the displacement as a function of time in a subregion of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-12-21 R. Sancho , V. Rey de Pedraza , P. Lafourcade , R. A. Lebensohn , J. Segurado

We establish space-time dispersive estimates for solutions to the wave equation on compact Riemannian manifolds with bounded sectional curvature, with the same exponents as for $C^\infty$ metrics. The estimates are for bounded time…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-11-28 Yuanlong Chen , Hart F. Smith