Finite Element–Boundary Element Acoustic Backscattering with Model Reduction of Surface Pressure Based on Coherent Clusters

Computing backscattering of harmonic acoustic waves from underwater elastic targets of arbitrary shape is a problem of considerable practical significance. The finite element method is commonly applied to the discretization of the target; on the other hand, the boundary element method naturally inco...

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Main Authors: Petr Krysl, Ahmad T. Abawi
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-10-01
Series:Acoustics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2624-599X/5/4/58
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description Computing backscattering of harmonic acoustic waves from underwater elastic targets of arbitrary shape is a problem of considerable practical significance. The finite element method is commonly applied to the discretization of the target; on the other hand, the boundary element method naturally incorporates the radiation boundary condition at infinity. The coupled model tends to be expensive, primarily due to the need to manipulate large, dense, and complex matrices and to repeatedly solve systems of complex linear algebraic equations of significant size for each frequency of interest. In this article, we develop a model reduction transformation based on the notion of coherence applied to the surface pressures, which considerably reduces the size of the systems to be solved. We found that the proposed model reduction approach delivers acceptably accurate results at a fraction of the cost of the full model. A typical speedup of an order of magnitude was realized in our numerical experiments. Our approach enables backscattering computations with considerably larger models than have been feasible to date.
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spelling doaj.art-f7d4553efb55459f813bc87abd3664f02023-12-22T13:44:46ZengMDPI AGAcoustics2624-599X2023-10-01541016103510.3390/acoustics5040058Finite Element–Boundary Element Acoustic Backscattering with Model Reduction of Surface Pressure Based on Coherent ClustersPetr Krysl0Ahmad T. Abawi1Structural Engineering Department, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093, USAHeat, Light, and Sound Research, Inc., 1130 Wall Street #518, La Jolla, CA 92037, USAComputing backscattering of harmonic acoustic waves from underwater elastic targets of arbitrary shape is a problem of considerable practical significance. The finite element method is commonly applied to the discretization of the target; on the other hand, the boundary element method naturally incorporates the radiation boundary condition at infinity. The coupled model tends to be expensive, primarily due to the need to manipulate large, dense, and complex matrices and to repeatedly solve systems of complex linear algebraic equations of significant size for each frequency of interest. In this article, we develop a model reduction transformation based on the notion of coherence applied to the surface pressures, which considerably reduces the size of the systems to be solved. We found that the proposed model reduction approach delivers acceptably accurate results at a fraction of the cost of the full model. A typical speedup of an order of magnitude was realized in our numerical experiments. Our approach enables backscattering computations with considerably larger models than have been feasible to date.https://www.mdpi.com/2624-599X/5/4/58model reductioncoherent clusteracoustic backscatteringcoupled finite element–boundary element model
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Finite Element–Boundary Element Acoustic Backscattering with Model Reduction of Surface Pressure Based on Coherent Clusters
Acoustics
model reduction
coherent cluster
acoustic backscattering
coupled finite element–boundary element model
title Finite Element–Boundary Element Acoustic Backscattering with Model Reduction of Surface Pressure Based on Coherent Clusters
title_full Finite Element–Boundary Element Acoustic Backscattering with Model Reduction of Surface Pressure Based on Coherent Clusters
title_fullStr Finite Element–Boundary Element Acoustic Backscattering with Model Reduction of Surface Pressure Based on Coherent Clusters
title_full_unstemmed Finite Element–Boundary Element Acoustic Backscattering with Model Reduction of Surface Pressure Based on Coherent Clusters
title_short Finite Element–Boundary Element Acoustic Backscattering with Model Reduction of Surface Pressure Based on Coherent Clusters
title_sort finite element boundary element acoustic backscattering with model reduction of surface pressure based on coherent clusters
topic model reduction
coherent cluster
acoustic backscattering
coupled finite element–boundary element model
url https://www.mdpi.com/2624-599X/5/4/58
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