On the convergence of the fictitious domain method for wave propagation problems

january, 2006
Publication type:
Research report
Journal:
Technical Report 5802 INRIA, pp. 37
Keywords :
mixed finite elements, fictitious domain method, acoustic waves, elastic waves, convergence
Abstract:
This paper deals with the convergence analysis of the fictitious domain method used for taking into account the Neumann boundary condition on the surface of a crack (or more generally an object) in the context of acoustic and elastic wave propagation. For both types of waves we consider the first order in time formulation of the problem known as mixed velocity-pressure formulation for acoustics and velocity-stress formulation for elastodynamics. The convergence analysis for the discrete problem depends on the mixed finite elements used. We consider here two families of mixed finite elements that are compatible with mass lumping. When using the first one which is less expensive and corresponds to the choice made in a previous paper, it is shown that the fictitious domain method does not always converge. For the second one a theoretical convergence analysis is presented in the acoustic case and numerical convergence is shown both for acoustic and elastic waves.
title (translation) :
Analyse de convergence de la méthode de domaines fictifs pour des problèmes de propagation d'ondes
BibTeX:
@techreport{Bec-Rod-Tso-2006,
    author={Éliane Bécache and Jerónimo Rodríguez and Chrysoula Tsogka },
    title={On the convergence of the fictitious domain method for wave 
           propagation problems },
    year={2006 },
    month={1},
}