A high-order multiscale finite-element method for time-domain elastic wave modeling in strongly heterogeneous media
- The Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Efficient and accurate numerical methods for elastic wave modeling in complex media have many important applications. However, it is fairly challenging to model elastic wave propagation in strongly heterogeneous media with high computational efficiency and high-order accuracy simultaneously. We develop a novel high-order multiscale finite-element method to model elastic wave propagation in strongly heterogeneous media in the time domain. The most important feature of our method is a generalization of standard multiscale finite element method by using high-order multiscale finite-element basis functions to capture the fine-scale heterogeneities on the coarse mesh, in contrast to conventional finite-element basis functions that are merely determined by the order of polynomials. These multiscale basis functions leads to a system matrix with significantly reduced dimension, thus enable us to solve the elastic wave equation on the coarse mesh with high-order accuracy and very low computational time cost. In conclusion, we use 2D and 3D numerical examples to demonstrate the superior efficiency and accuracy of our new modeling method compared with the conventional spectral-element method.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Geothermal Technologies Office (EE-4G)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- 89233218CNA000001
- OSTI ID:
- 1569614
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR--18-29762
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Geophysics, Journal Name: Journal of Applied Geophysics Journal Issue: C Vol. 170; ISSN 0926-9851
- Publisher:
- ElsevierCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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