Handling massive spatial volumes in time domain simulations using Triggered Cells Method

Autor: Naeh, I.
Rok vydání: 2017
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Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
Popis: Simulating wave propagation on discrete grid in time domain requires the description of both the parameters of the media and the values of the wave field at two different time steps within the simulated domain. For most practical cases this operation is very demanding on the system's memory and runtime. In some cases this demands renders the time domain simulation useless. By using the Triggered Cells Method (TCM) one may effectively increase the available memory of a given system by approximately two orders of magnitude in chosen scenarios, and reduce the calculation time by the same factor. The method is most applicable for pulse or bursts propagation, and can achieve outstanding results using single CPU, although it is easily parallelizable for multiple CPU's. This paper will introduce the method using the simple case of the Finite Difference Time Domain implementation of the scalar wave equation, although applicable for most differential equations under any grid type. A hybrid computational engine will be presented, that utilizes the Heterogenic Bulking Method. It will be demonstrated that in most relevant cases, the boundary reflection problem will be resolved using the TCM, without the need to implement sophisticated Phase Matching Layers.
Databáze: arXiv