3D elastic waveform modeling with an optimized equivalent staggered-grid finite-difference method

Equivalent staggered-grid(ESG) as a new family of schemes has been utilized in seismic modeling,imaging,and inversion.Traditionally,the Taylor series expansion is often applied to calculate finite-difference(FD) coefficients on spatial derivatives,but the simulation results suffer serious numerical dispersion on a large frequency zone.We develop an optimized equivalent staggered-grid(OESG) FD method that can simultaneously suppress temporal and spatial dispersion for solving the second-order system of the 3 D elastic wave equation.On the one hand,we consider the coupling relations between wave speeds and spatial derivatives in the elastic wave equation and give three sets of FD coefficients with respect to the P-wave,S-wave,and converted-wave(C-wave) terms.On the other hand,a novel plane wave solution for the 3 D elastic wave equation is derived from the matrix decomposition method to construct the time-space dispersion relations.FD coefficients of the OESG method can be acquired by solving the new dispersion equations based on the Newton iteration method.Finally,we construct a new objective function to analyze P-wave,S-wave,and C-wave dispersion concerning frequencies.The dispersion analyses show that the presented method produces less modeling errors than the traditional ESG method.The synthetic examples demonstrate the effectiveness and superiority of the presented method.

Hybrid absorbing boundary condition for threedimensional elastic wave modeling

Edge reflections are inevitable in numerical modeling of seismic wavefields, and they are usually attenuated by absorbing boundary conditions. However, the commonly used perfectly matched layer （PML） boundary condition requires special treatment for the absorbing zone, and in three-dimensional （3D） modeling, it has to split each variable into three corresponding variables, which increases the computing time and memory storage. In contrast, the hybrid absorbing boundary condition （HABC） has the advantages such as ease of implementation, less computation time, and near-perfect absorption; it is thus able to enhance the computational efficiency of 3D elastic wave modeling. In this study, a HABC is developed from two-dimensional （2D） modeling into 3D modeling based on the I st Higdon one way wave equations, and a HABC is proposed that is suitable for a 3D elastic wave numerical simulation. Numerical simulation results for a homogenous model and a complex model indicate that the proposed HABC method is more effective and has better absorption than the traditional PML method.

Tunable three-dimensional nonreciprocal transmission in a layered nonlinear elastic wave metamaterial by initial stresses

In this work,the three-dimensional(3 D)propagation behaviors in the nonlinear phononic crystal and elastic wave metamaterial with initial stresses are investigated.The analytical solutions of the fundamental wave and second harmonic with the quasilongitudinal(qP)and quasi-shear(qS_(1) and qS_(2))modes are derived.Based on the transfer and stiffness matrices,band gaps with initial stresses are obtained by the Bloch theorem.The transmission coefficients are calculated to support the band gap property,and the tunability of the nonreciprocal transmission by the initial stress is discussed.This work is expected to provide a way to tune the nonreciprocal transmission with vector characteristics.

CONSTRUCTION OF WAVELET-BASED ELEMENTS FOR STATIC AND STABILITY ANALYSIS OF ELASTIC PROBLEMS

Two kinds of wavelet-based elements have been constructed to analyze the stability of plates and shells and the static displacement of 3D elastic problems.The scaling functions of B-spline wavelet on the interval（BSWI） are employed as interpolating functions to construct plate and shell elements for stability analysis and 3D elastic elements for static mechanics analysis.The main advantages of BSWI scaling functions are the accuracy of B-spline functions approximation and various wavelet-based elements for structural analysis.The performances of the present elements are demonstrated by typical numerical examples.