Artificial boundary condition for Klein-Gordon equation by constructing mechanics structure

An innovative local artificial boundary condition is proposed to numerically solve the Cauchy problem of the Klein-Gordon equation in an unbounded domain.Initially,the equation is considered as the axial wave prop-agation in a bar supported on a spring foundation.The numerical model is then truncated by replacing the half-infinitely long bar with an equivalent mechanical structure.The effective frequency-dependent stiffness of the half-infinitely long bar is expressed as the sum of rational terms using Pade approximation.For each term,a corresponding substructure composed of dampers and masses is constructed.Finally,the equivalent mechan-ical structure is obtained by parallelly connecting these substructures.The proposed approach can be easily implemented within a standard finite element framework by incorporating additional mass points and damper elements.Numerical examples show that with just a few extra degrees of freedom,the proposed approach effec-tively suppresses artificial reflections at the truncation boundary and exhibits first-order convergence.