Title : 
Numerical Simulation of Wave Propagation, Part I: Sequential Computing
         
        
            Author : 
Sahimi, Muhammad ; Vaez, S.M.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Wave propagation is a phenomenon of fundamental importance to a wide variety of problems involving disordered media; numerical simulation is the only practical way of studying it.
         
        
            Keywords : 
acoustic wave propagation; elastic waves; inhomogeneous media; physics computing; 3D disordered media; acoustic waves propagation; elastic waves; inhomogeneous medium; numerical simulation; sequential computing; wave equations; Acoustic propagation; Acoustic waves; Distributed computing; Equations; Large-scale systems; Nonhomogeneous media; Numerical simulation; Petroleum; Reflection; Seismic waves; computer simulations; elastic waves; stiffness; wave propagation;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Computing in Science & Engineering
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/MCSE.2008.77