• DocumentCode
    1266239
  • Title

    On the stability of the FDTD algorithm for elastic media at a material interface

  • Author

    Schröder, Christoph T. ; Scott, Waymond R., Jr.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
  • Volume
    40
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    2/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    474
  • Lastpage
    481
  • Abstract
    In this paper, the stability behavior of the first-order finite-difference time-domain algorithm for elastodynamics at the interface between two different materials is investigated. A necessary condition for stability is established, which, dependent on the material properties of the two media, might be more restrictive than the well-known Courant condition. It is shown that this more restrictive stability condition can be avoided if the material properties are averaged on the boundary
  • Keywords
    elasticity; finite difference time-domain analysis; numerical stability; FDTD algorithm; elastic media; first-order finite-difference time-domain algorithm; material interface; necessary condition; stability; Algorithm design and analysis; Difference equations; Differential equations; Elastodynamics; Finite difference methods; Material properties; Partial differential equations; Space technology; Stability analysis; Time domain analysis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0196-2892
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/36.992813
  • Filename
    992813