Dispersion Properties of Explicit Finite Element Methods for Wave Propagation Modelling on Tetrahedral Meshes

S. Geevers*, W. A. Mulder, J. J.W. van der Vegt

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Abstract

We analyse the dispersion properties of two types of explicit finite element methods for modelling acoustic and elastic wave propagation on tetrahedral meshes, namely mass-lumped finite element methods and symmetric interior penalty discontinuous Galerkin methods, both combined with a suitable Lax–Wendroff time integration scheme. The dispersion properties are obtained semi-analytically using standard Fourier analysis. Based on the dispersion analysis, we give an indication of which method is the most efficient for a given accuracy, how many elements per wavelength are required for a given accuracy, and how sensitive the accuracy of the method is to poorly shaped elements.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)372-396
Number of pages25
JournalJournal of Scientific Computing
Volume77
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2018

Keywords

  • Discontinuous Galerkin method
  • Dispersion analysis
  • Explicit finite element method
  • Mass lumping
  • Tetrahedral mesh
  • Wave equation

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