Time-domain nite element modeling of interaction of heterogeneous solids with acoustic waves

Petr Krysl In collaboration with Ahmad T. Abawi, HLSR

Support: Frank Stone and Ernie Young, Chief of Naval Operations CNO45

Support:

Frank Stone and Ernie Young, CNO45, ONR via HLS Research, Inc.
San Diego ASA Meeting October 2011

Displacement-based superposition model

Lagrangean continuum dynamics

Weighted residual equation in perturbation displacement

Boundary condition

Discrete problem
Matrix IVP

Assumed-strain simplex mesh

Infinite cylindrical steel shell exposed to step wave in water

Damping Centered-difference time stepping

Solved with specialized fixed-point iteration

Selective reduced integration brick with voxel mesh

Image-based FEM

Reconstruct the scattered pressure field using the image-based finite element model

512x512x512 voxels ~ 400M unknowns

Scattered pressure from transient wave

Basic geometrical relationships

Wavelength Domain

Total pressure 3.0 kHz, N_R=60 r=0.713

Scattered pressure

Target

Characteristic dimension

Voxel dimension At least 10 elements per wavelength

Interrogation surface Domain dimension

Padding

NR

= # voxels/radius

Solid steel sphere in water

Solid steel sphere, modal analysis

Toroidal

Spheroidal 0.5 m

N R = 30
8- node hex, SRI (1-point shear)

Solid steel sphere, modal analysis

Geometry-based FEM Image-based FEM
f=1000Hz N =15 315 R r=0.975

Solid steel sphere, scattered pressure

0 0dB 45 -10dB

Correlation coefficient as a measure of error

270

-20dB

90

= 1 rxy
0 0dB 45 -10dB

225 180

135

f=1000Hz N =30 315 R r=0.995

270

-20dB

90

Definitions

rxy =

(x x) ( y y) xx y y

225 180

135

f=1000Hz N =60 315

R

0 0dB 45 -10dB

r=0.997

NR = 7
2706 Hz 2711 Hz 2616 Hz ~3% difference 2634 Hz

270

-20dB

90

x = 10 log(Pex / max Pex y = 10 log(P / max Pex

)
225 180 135

Solid steel sphere, scattered pressure

f=2000Hz N =15 315 R r=0.659
0 0dB 45 -10dB

Spherical steel shell in water

Correlation coefficient as a measure of error

270

-20dB

90

= 1 rxy
0 0dB 45 -10dB

225 180

135

f=2000Hz N =30 315 R r=0.891

0.05 m 0.45 m

270

-20dB

90

225 180

135

f=2000Hz N =60 315

R

0 0dB 45 -10dB

N R = 60

r=0.969

270

-20dB

90

225 180

135

Spherical steel shell, dry modal analysis

1278 Hz

Spherical steel shell, dry modal analysis

Geometry-based FEM Image-based FEM 1626 Hz
=

y h , j +1 y h , j yh , j +1

Geometry-based FEM ~18% difference 1135 Hz

Mode 6 Mode 1

N R = 10
1382 Hz Image-based FEM

Steel spherical shell, scattered pressure

Steel spherical shell, scattered pressure

0 0dB 45 -10dB 0 0dB 45 -10dB

f=1000Hz N =30 315 R r=0.963

0 0dB 45 -10dB

f=1000Hz N =60 315 R r=0.987

0 0dB 45 -10dB

f=1500Hz N =30 315 R r=0.779

f=1500Hz N =60 315 R r=0.808

270

-20dB

90

270

-20dB

90

270

-20dB

90

270

-20dB

90

225 180

135

225 180

135

225 180

135

225 180

135

Steel spherical shell, scattered pressure

f=5000Hz N =30 315 R r=0.597
0 0dB 45 -10dB

Steel spherical shell, scattered pressure

Sweep through frequencies

f=5000Hz N =60 315

R

0 0dB 45 -10dB

r=0.773
270 -20dB 90

270

-20dB

90

225 180

135

225

135 180

Error of scattered pressure

= 1 rxy
f=5000Hz N =120 315
R

0 0dB 45 -10dB

r=0.907

270

-20dB

90

225 180

135

Error of scattered pressure

= 1 rxy

Conclusions
f=1500Hz N =60 315
R
0 0dB 45 -10dB

r=0.808

270

-20dB

90

225 180

135

f=1525Hz N =60 315 R r=0.893

0 0dB 45 -10dB

Arbitrarily complex geometry, inhomogeneous anisotropic viscoelastic materials Convergence observed, theoretical relations work in progress Approximation of interfaces and bounding surfaces Thin-walled parts Conforming mesh?
90

270

-20dB

225 180

135

Questions?

Scattered pressure

Total pressure