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Following the theory presented in Part I, where we derived the Euler-Lagrange, nonlinear, second-order kinematic ray tracing equation for smooth heterogeneous general anisotropic media, this part is devoted for its numerical finite-element…
In this part, we apply the same finite-element approach, used in Part III for the vanishing first traveltime variation (to obtain the stationary rays), for the second traveltime variation, in order to compute the dynamic characteristics…
The form of the Lagrangian proposed in Part I of this study has been previously used for obtaining stationary ray paths between two endpoints in isotropic media. We extended it to general anisotropy by replacing the isotropic medium…
Considering 3D heterogeneous anisotropic media, in Part III of this study we obtain the finite-element solution for the stationary ray path between two fixed endpoints using the finite element approach. It involves computation of the global…
Parts V, VI and VII of this study are dedicated to the computation of paraxial rays and dynamic characteristics along the stationary rays obtained numerically in Part III. In this part (Part V), we formulate the linear, second-order, Jacobi…
In Part V of this study, we presented an original Lagrangian approach for computing the dynamic characteristics along stationary rays, by solving the linear, second-order Jacobi differential equation, considering four sets of initial…
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