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Maria Bayard Dühring - Solid Mechanics

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2.3 Discretizing and solving wave problems 9<br />

The implementation of the wave propagation problems is done using the highlevel<br />

programming language Comsol Multiphysics with Matlab [28]. This software<br />

is designed to model scientific and engineering problems described by partial differential<br />

equations and solve them by the finite element method. It is furthermore<br />

possible to combine different physical models and solve multiphysics problems, as for<br />

instance an elastic and an optical model in order to investigate the acousto-optical<br />

effect. The models can be defined by the user by writing conventional differential<br />

equations and it is also possible to use the application modes, which are templates<br />

for specific physical problems with the appropriate equations and variables predefined.<br />

In this work the elastic wave problems are implemented in the general form<br />

where the governing equations and boundary conditions are written on divergence<br />

form. The optical problems are solved using the perpendicular waves, hybrid-mode<br />

waves, application mode. When solving wave problems enough elements must be<br />

used in order to resolve the waves, which typically means that at least 5 second order<br />

elements per wavelength must be employed. In Comsol Multiphysics the discretized<br />

problem in (2.5) is solved as one system and direct solvers based on LU factorization<br />

of the system matrix are utilized.

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