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This paper addresses the numerical solution of the Westervelt equation, which arises as one of the model equations in nonlinear acoustics. The problem is rewritten in a canonical form that allows the systematic discretization by Galerkin…
We consider the dynamics of an elastic continuum under large deformation but small strain. Such systems can be described by the equations of geometrically nonlinear elastodynamics in combination with the St. Venant-Kirchhoff material law.…
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…
We relate together different models of non linear acoustic in thermo-ellastic media as the Kuznetsov equation, the Westervelt equation, the Khokhlov-Zabolotskaya-Kuznetsov (KZK) equation and the Nonlinear Progressive wave Equation (NPE) and…
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…
The derivation of different models of non linear acoustic in thermo-ellastic media as the Kuznetsov equation, the Khokhlov-Zabolotskaya-Kuznetsov (KZK) equation and the Nonlinear Progressive wave Equation (NPE) from an isentropic…
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…
In this paper we show local (and partially global) in time existence for the Westervelt equation with several versions of nonlinear damping. This enables us to prove well-posedness with spatially varying $L_\infty$-coefficients, which…
We consider a nonlinear fourth order in space partial differential equation arising in the context of the modeling of nonlinear acoustic wave propagation in thermally relaxing viscous fluids. We use the theory of operator semigroups in…
This work is concerned with the study of fundamental models from nonlinear acoustics. In Part~I, a hierarchy of nonlinear damped wave equations arising in the description of sound propagation in thermoviscous fluids is deduced. In…
We study the Blackstock equation which models the propagation of nonlinear sound waves through dissipative fluids. Global well-posedness of the model with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions is shown for small initial data. To this…
We investigate discretization strategies for a recently introduced class of energy-based models. The model class encompasses classical port-Hamiltonian systems, generalized gradient flows, and certain systems with algebraic constraints. Our…
We provide a fully nonlinear port-Hamiltonian formulation for discrete elastodynamical systems as well as a structure-preserving time discretization. The governing equations are obtained in a variational manner and represent index-1…
We establish local-in-time and global in time well-posedness for small data, for a coupled system of nonlinear acoustic structure interactions. The model consists of the nonlinear Westervelt equation on a bounded domain with non homogeneous…
Motivated by numerical modeling of ultrasound waves, we investigate robust conforming finite element discretizations of quasilinear and possibly nonlocal equations of Westervelt type. These wave equations involve either a strong dissipation…
The present work provides well-posedness and exponential decay results for the Blackstock-Crighton-Kuznetsov equation arising in the modeling of nonlinear acoustic wave propagation in thermally relaxing viscous fluids. First, we treat the…
The problem of propagating nonlinear acoustic waves is considered; the solution to which, both with and without damping, having been obtained to-date starting from the Navier-Stokes-Duhem equations together with the continuity and thermal…
We develop a numerical method for the Westervelt equation, an important equation in nonlinear acoustics, in the form where the attenuation is represented by a class of non-local in time operators. A semi-discretisation in time based on the…
When high-frequency sound waves travel through media with anomalous diffusion, such as biological tissues, their motion can be described by nonlinear wave equations of fractional higher order. These can be understood as nonlocal…
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…