Title | A discontinuous Galerkin method for simulating the effects of arbitrary discrete fractures on elastic wave propagation |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2017 |
Authors | Zhan, Q, Sun, Q, Ren, Q, Fang, Y, Wang, H, Liu, QHuo |
Journal | Geophysical Journal International |
Pagination | 1219 - 1230 |
Date Published | Feb-05-2019 |
ISSN | 0956-540X |
Abstract | We develop a non-conformal mesh discontinuous Galerkin (DG) pseudospectral time domain (PSTD) method for 3-D elastic wave scattering problems with arbitrary fracture inclusions. In contrast to directly meshing the exact thin-layer fracture, we use the linear-slip model, one kind of transmission boundary condition, for theDGscheme. Intrinsically,we can efficiently impose a jump-boundary condition by defining a new numerical flux for the surface integration in the DG framework. This transmission boundary condition in the DG-PSTD method significantly reduces the computational cost. 3-D DG simulations and accurate waveform comparisons validate our results for arbitrary discrete fractures. Numerical results indicate that fractures have a significant influence on wave propagation. |
URL | https://academic-oup-com.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/gji/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/gji/ggx233 |
DOI | 10.1093/gji/ggx233 |