Wave equation#

Strong form#

\[\begin{split} \begin{align*} &\text{Find}~u(\textbf{x}, t): \Omega\times[0,\infty) \to \mathbb{R}~\text{such that } \\ &\mathbb{IBVP}_u\begin{cases} \frac{\partial^2u}{\partial t^2} = \nabla\cdot(\mathsf{D}\cdot\nabla u) & \forall(\textbf{x}, t)\in\Omega\times[0,\infty) \\ u=u_0 & \forall(\textbf{x},t)\in\Omega\times\{0\}\\ \frac{\partial u}{\partial t} = \dot{u}_0 & \forall(\textbf{x},t)\in\Omega\times\{0\}\\ u=u_{\text{D}} & \forall(\textbf{x},t)\in\partial\Omega_{\text{D}}\times[0,\infty) \\ \textbf{n}\cdot(\mathsf{D}\cdot\nabla{u}) = u_{\text{N}} & \forall(\textbf{x},t)\in\partial\Omega_{\text{N}}\times[0,\infty)~,~\partial\Omega_{\text{N}}=\partial\Omega/\partial\Omega_{\text{D}} \end{cases}~. \end{align*} \end{split}\]

Second-order time derivative formulation#

\[ \frac{u^{n+1}-2u^n-u^{n-1}}{(\Delta t^n)^2} = \nabla\cdot\mathcal{D}_{\mathsf{D},u}(\mathsf{D}\cdot\nabla u) \]
\[u^0=u_0\]
\[u^{-1}=u^0 - \Delta t^0\dot{u}_0\]

First-order time derivatives formulation#