Publications

2012

• A preconditioned 3-D multi-region fast multipole solver for seismic wave propagation in complex geometries
  
  • Chaillat Stéphanie
  • Semblat Jean-François
  • Bonnet Marc
  Communications in Computational Physics, Global Science Press, 2012, 11, pp.594-609. The analysis of seismic wave propagation and amplification in complex geological structures requires efficient numerical methods. In this article, following up on recent studies devoted to the formulation, implementation and evaluation of 3-D single- and multi-region elastodynamic fast multipole boundary element methods (FM-BEMs), a simple preconditioning strategy is proposed. Its efficiency is demonstrated on both the single- and multi-region versions using benchmark examples (scattering of plane waves by canyons and basins). Finally, the preconditioned FM-BEM is applied to the scattering of plane seismic waves in an actual configuration (alpine basin of Grenoble, France), for which the high velocity contrast is seen to significantly affect the overall efficiency of the multi-region FM-BEM. (10.4208/cicp.231209.030111s)
  DOI : 10.4208/cicp.231209.030111s
• Perfectly Matched Layer with Mixed Spectral Elements for the Propagation of Linearized Water Waves
  
  • Cohen Gary
  • Imperiale Sébastien
  Communications in Computational Physics, Global Science Press, 2012, 11 (2), pp.285-302. After setting a mixed formulation for the propagation of linearized water waves problem, we define its spectral element approximation. Then, in order to take into account unbounded domains, we construct absorbing perfectly matched layer for the problem. We approximate these perfectly matched layer by mixed spectral elements and show their stability using the 'frozen coefficient' technique. Finally, numerical results will prove the efficiency of the perfectly matched layer compared to classical absorbing boundary conditions. (10.4208/cicp.201109.261110s)
  DOI : 10.4208/cicp.201109.261110s
• Solving the Homogeneous Isotropic Linear Elastodynamics Equations Using Potentials and Finite Elements. The Case of the Rigid Boundary Condition
  
  • Burel Aliénor
  • Imperiale Sébastien
  • Joly Patrick
  Numerical Analysis and Applications, Springer, 2012, 5 (2), pp.136-143. In this article, elastic wave propagation in a homogeneous isotropic elastic medium with rigid boundary is considered. A method based on the decoupling of pressure and shear waves via the use of scalar potentials is proposed. This method is adapted to a finite elements discretization, which is discussed. A stable, energy preserving numerical scheme is presented, as well as 2D numerical results. (10.1134/S1995423912020061)
  DOI : 10.1134/S1995423912020061
• Source point discovery through high frequency asymptotic time reversal
  
  • Benamou Jean-David
  • Collino Francis
  • Marmorat Simon
  Journal of Computational Physics, Elsevier, 2012, 231, pp.4643-4661. (10.1016/j.jcp.2012.03.012)
  DOI : 10.1016/j.jcp.2012.03.012
• Complete Radiation Boundary Conditions for Convective Waves
  
  • Hagstrom Thomas
  • Bécache Eliane
  • Givoli Dan
  • Stein Kurt
  Communications in Computational Physics, Global Science Press, 2012, 11 (2), pp.610-628. Local approximate radiation boundary conditions of optimal efficiency for the convective wave equation and the linearized Euler equations in waveguide geometry are formulated, analyzed, and tested. The results extend and improve for the convective case the general formulation of high-order local radiation boundary condition sequences for anisotropic scalar equations developed in [4]. (10.4208/cicp.231209.060111s)
  DOI : 10.4208/cicp.231209.060111s
• Transparent boundary conditions for evolution equations in infinite periodic strips
  
  • Coatléven Julien
  SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 2012, 34 (3), pp.1563-1583. We consider the solution of a generic equation $\gamma\rho(\mathbf{x})\partial^p_tu(\mathbf{x},t)-\Delta u(\mathbf{x},t) +V(\mathbf{x})u(\mathbf{x},t) = f(\mathbf{x},t)$, $\mathbf{x} = (x,y)$, for $t>0$, $p=1,2$ in a domain $\Omega$ which is infinite in $x$ and bounded in $y$. We assume that $f(\cdot,t)$ is supported for all $t>0$ in $\Omega_0 = \{\mathbf{x} \in \Omega \; | \; -a_- < x < a_+\}$ and that $\rho(\mathbf{x})$ and $V(\mathbf{x})$ are x-periodic in $\Omega \setminus \Omega_0$. We consider the associated $\theta$-scheme in time, to obtain a semidiscretized problem. We then show how to obtain for each time step exact boundary conditions on the vertical segments, $\Gamma_0^- = \{\mathbf{x}\in \Omega\; | \; x=-a_-\}$ and $\Gamma_0^+ = \{\mathbf{x}\in \Omega \;| \; x=a_+\}$, that will enable us to find the solution on $\Omega_0 \cup \Gamma_0^+ \cup \Gamma_0^-$. Then the solution can be extended in $\Omega$ in a straightforward manner from the values on $\Gamma_0^-$ and $\Gamma_0^+$. The method is based on the solution of local problems on a single periodicity cell, solved during an initialization step. The exact boundary conditions as well as the extension operators can be obtained for each time step through elementary computations using the solution of these local cell problems. (10.1137/110838030)
  DOI : 10.1137/110838030
• Usual Anderson localization restored in bilayered left- and right-handed structures
  
  • Maurel Agnès
  • Ourir Abdelwaheb
  • Mercier Jean-François
  • Pagneux Vincent
  Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (1998-2015), American Physical Society, 2012, 85 (20). We present a study of the attenuation length in a one-dimensional array of alternating left- and right-handed materials in which both the permittivities and the permeabilities are disordered. This type of structure has been shown to present an anomaly in the attenuation length when only permeabilities are disordered. We derive a simple analytical expression of the attenuation length, when the disorder in the refraction index is due to perturbations in both the permeability and the permittivity. Our expression is able to explain the transition to the anomalous behavior when perturbation only in the permeability or only in the permittivity is considered. Besides, we show that the anomaly is dramatically affected when considering perturbations in permeability and permittivity. The coupling effects are able to restore the ordinary localization length. © 2012 American Physical Society. (10.1103/physrevb.85.205138)
  DOI : 10.1103/physrevb.85.205138
• On Simultaneous Identification of the Shape and Generalized Impedance Boundary Condition in Obstacle Scattering
  
  • Bourgeois Laurent
  • Chaulet Nicolas
  • Haddar Houssem
  SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 2012, 34 (3), pp.A1824-A1848. We consider the inverse obstacle scattering problem of determining both the shape and the "equiva- lent impedance" from far field measurements at a fixed frequency. In this work, the surface impedance is represented by a second order surface differential operator (refer to as generalized impedance boundary condition) as opposed to a scalar function. The generalized impedance boundary condition can be seen as a more accurate model for effective impedances and is widely used in the scattering problem for thin coatings. Our approach is based on a least square optimization technique. A major part of our analysis is to characterize the derivative of the cost function with respect to the boundary and this complex surface impedance configuration. In particular, we provide an extension of the notion of shape derivative to the case where the involved impedance parameters do not need to be surface traces of given functions, which leads (in general) to a non-vanishing tangential boundary perturbation. The efficiency of considering this type of derivative is illustrated by several 2D numerical experiments based on a (classical) steepest descent method. The feasibility of retrieving both the shape and the impedance parameters is also discussed in our numerical experiments. (10.1137/110850347)
  DOI : 10.1137/110850347
• Interior transmission eigenvalue problem for Maxwell's equations: The T-coercivity as an alternative approach
  
  • Chesnel Lucas
  Inverse Problems, IOP Publishing, 2012, 28 (6). In this paper, we examine the interior transmission problem for Maxwells equations in the case where both and , the physical parameters of the scattering medium, differ from 0 and 0 modelling the background medium. Using the T-coercivity method, we propose an alternative approach to the classical techniques to prove that this problem is of Fredholm type and that the so-called transmission eigenvalues form at most a discrete set. The T-coercivity approach allows us to deal with cases where 0 and 0 can change sign. We also provide results of localization and FaberKrahn-type inequalities for the transmission eigenvalues. © 2012 IOP Publishing Ltd. (10.1088/0266-5611/28/6/065005)
  DOI : 10.1088/0266-5611/28/6/065005
• Uniform controllability of scalar conservation laws in the vanishing viscosity limit
  
  • Léautaud Matthieu
  SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 2012, 50 (3), pp.1661-1699. We deal with viscous perturbations of scalar conservation laws on a bounded interval with a general flux function f and a small dissipation coefficient Ɛ. Acting on this system on both endpoints of the interval, we prove global exact controllability to constant states with nonzero speed. More precisely, we construct boundary controls so that the solution is driven to the targeted constant state, and we moreover require these controls to be uniformly bounded as Ɛ → 0+ in an appropriate space. For general (nonconvex) flux functions this can be done for sufficiently large time, and for convex fluxes f, we have a precise estimate on the minimal time needed to control. © 2012 Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. (10.1137/100803043)
  DOI : 10.1137/100803043
• A low frequency model for acoustic propagation in a 2D flow duct: numerical computation
  
  • Joubert Lauris
  • Joly Patrick
  Communications in Computational Physics, Global Science Press, 2012, 11 (2), pp.508-524. In this paper we study a low frequency model for acoustic propagation in a 2D flow duct. For some Mach profile flow, we are able to give a well-posedness theorem. Its proof relies on a quasi-explicit expression of the solution which provides us an efficient numerical method. We give and comment numerical results for particular linear, tangent and quadratic profiles. Finally, we give a numerical validation of our asymptotic model.
• Giens 2011
  
  • Bonnet Marc
  • Cornuault Christian
  • Pagano Stéphane
  , 2012.
• Giens 2011
  
  • Bonnet Marc
  • Cornuault Christian
  • Pagano Stéphane
  , 2012.
• Application of the multi-level time-harmonic fast multipole BEM to 3-D visco-elastodynamics
  
  • Grasso Eva
  • Chaillat Stéphanie
  • Bonnet Marc
  • Semblat Jean-François
  Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, Elsevier, 2012, 36, pp.744-758. This article extends previous work by the authors on the single- and multi-domain time-harmonic elastodynamic multi-level fast multipole BEM formulations to the case of weakly dissipative viscoelastic media. The underlying boundary integral equation and fast multipole formulations are formally identical to that of elastodynamics, except that the wavenumbers are complex-valued due to attenuation. Attention is focused on evaluating the multipole decomposition of the viscoelastodynamic fundamental solution. A damping-dependent modification of the selection rule for the multipole truncation parameter, required by the presence of complex wavenumbers, is proposed. It is empirically adjusted so as to maintain a constant accuracy over the damping range of interest in the approximation of the fundamental solution, and validated on numerical tests focusing on the evaluation of the latter. The proposed modification is then assessed on 3D single-region and multi-region visco-elastodynamic examples for which exact solutions are known. Finally, the multi-region formulation is applied to the problem of a wave propagating in a semi-infinite medium with a lossy semi-spherical inclusion (seismic wave in alluvial basin). These examples involve problem sizes of up to about $3\,10^{5}$ boundary unknowns. (10.1016/j.enganabound.2011.11.015)
  DOI : 10.1016/j.enganabound.2011.11.015
• Mathematical and numerical modelling of piezoelectric sensors
  
  • Imperiale Sébastien
  • Joly Patrick
  ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis, Société de Mathématiques Appliquées et Industrielles (SMAI) / EDP, 2012. The present work aims at proposing a rigorous analysis of the mathematical and numerical modelling of ultrasonic piezoelectric sensors. This includes the well-posedness of the final model, the rigorous justification of the underlying approximation and the design and analysis of numerical methods. More precisely, we first justify mathematically the classical quasi-static approximation that reduces the electric unknowns to a scalar electric potential. We next justify the reduction of the computation of this electric potential to the piezoelectric domains only. Particular attention is devoted to the different boundary conditions used to model the emission and reception regimes of the sensor. Finally, an energy preserving finite element / finite difference numerical scheme is developed; its stability is analyzed and numerical results are presented.
• T-coercivity: Application to the discretization of Helmholtz-like problems
  
  • Ciarlet Patrick
  Computers & Mathematics with Applications, Elsevier, 2012, 64 (1), pp.22-34. To solve variational indefinite problems, a celebrated tool is the Banach-Ne?as-Babuka theory, which relies on the inf-sup condition. Here, we choose an alternate theory, T-coercivity. This theory relies on explicit inf-sup operators, both at the continuous and discrete levels. It is applied to solve Helmholtz-like problems in acoustics and electromagnetics. We provide simple proofs to solve the exact and discrete problems, and to show convergence under fairly general assumptions. We also establish sharp estimates on the convergence rates. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. (10.1016/j.camwa.2012.02.034)
  DOI : 10.1016/j.camwa.2012.02.034