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On nonreflecting boundary conditions

Journal Article · · Journal of Computational Physics
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  1. Stanford Univ., CA (United States)

Improvements are made in nonreflecting boundary conditions at artificial boundaries for use with the Helmholtz equation. First, it is shown how to remove the difficulties that arise when the exact DtN (Dirichlet-to-Neumann) condition is truncated for use in computation, by modifying the truncated condition. Second, the exact DtN boundary condition is derived for elliptic and spheroidal coordinates, Third, approximate local boundary conditions are derived for these coordinates. Fourth, the truncated DtN condition in elliptic and spheroidal coordinates is modified to remove difficulties. Fifth, a sequence of new and more accurate local boundary conditions is derived for polar coordinates in two dimensions. Numerical results are presented to demonstrate the usefulness of these improvements. 21 refs., 6 figs., 3 tabs.

OSTI ID:
283068
Journal Information:
Journal of Computational Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Computational Physics Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 122; ISSN JCTPAH; ISSN 0021-9991
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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