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An Efficient and Stable Spectral-Element Method for Acoustic Scattering by an Obstacle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 May 2015

Jing An  and
Jie Shen
Jing An*
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
Jie Shen*
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China Department of Mathematics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
*
Corresponding author. Email Address: aj154@163.com
Corresponding author. Email Address: shen7@purdue.edu
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Abstract

A spectral-element method is developed to solve the scattering problem for time-harmonic sound waves due to an obstacle in an homogeneous compressible fluid. The method is based on a boundary perturbation technique coupled with an efficient spectral-element solver. Extensive numerical results are presented, in order to show the accuracy and stability of the method.

Keywords

78A4565N3535J0541A58Spectral methodacoustic scatteringboundary perturbationHelmholtz equation
Type
Research Article
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East Asian Journal on Applied Mathematics , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , August 2013 , pp. 190 - 208
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Copyright © Global-Science Press 2013

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