一种全局优化的隐式交错网格有限差分算法及其在弹性波数值模拟中的应用

在数值模拟中,隐式有限差分具有较高的精度和稳定性.然而,传统隐式有限差分算法大多由于需要求解大型矩阵方程而存在计算效率偏低的局限性.本文针对一阶速度-应力弹性波方程,构建了一种优化隐式交错网格有限差分格式,然后将改进格式由时间-空间域转换为时间-波数域,利用二范数原理建立目标函数,再利用模拟退火法求取优化系数.通过对均匀模型以及复杂介质模型进行一阶速度-应力弹性波方程数值模拟所得单炮记录、波场快照分析表明:这种优化隐式交错网格差分算法与传统的几种显式和隐式交错网格有限差分算法相比不但降低了计算量,而且能有效的压制网格频散,使弹性波数值模拟的精度得到有效的提高.     

求解二阶解耦弹性波方程的低秩分解法和低秩有限差分法

时间域的波场延拓方法在本质上都可以归结为对一个空间-波数域算子的近似.本文基于一阶波数-空间混合域象征,提出一种新的方法求解解耦的二阶位移弹性波方程.该方法采用交错网格,连续使用两次一阶前向和后向拟微分算子,推导得到了解耦的二阶位移弹性波方程的波场延拓算子.由于该混合域象征在伪谱算子的基础上增加了一个依赖于速度模型的补偿项,可以补偿由于采用二阶中心差分计算时间微分项带来的误差,有效地减少模拟结果的数值频散,提高模拟精度.然而,在非均匀介质中,直接计算该二阶的波场延拓算子,每一个时间步上需要做N次快速傅里叶逆变换,其中N是总的网格点数.为了减少计算量,提出了交错网格低秩分解方法;针对常规有限差分数值频散问题,本文将交错网格低秩方法与有限差分法结合,提出了交错网格低秩有限差分法.数值结果表明,交错网格低秩方法和交错网格低秩有限差分法具有较高的精度,对于复杂介质的地震波数值模拟和偏移成像具有重要的价值.     

横向各向同性介质地震波场数值模拟研究

地震波场数值模拟是理解地震波在地下介质中的传播特点，帮助解释观测数据的有效手段，而提高计算精度和运算效率是所有波场数值模拟方法研究所追求的目标.有限差分技术是求解波动方程计算效率最高、应用最为广泛的方法之一.但传统的有限差分技术计算过程中的数值频散问题影响了该技术的计算精度与计算效率.本文通过交错网格高阶有限差分技术与通量校正传输方法（Flux|corrected transport method，FCT）相结合, 对横向各向同性介质（Transverse isotropic medium，TI）一阶速度|应力弹性波动方程组进行了数值求解研究.波场快照数值模拟结果表明，本文研究的数值模拟方法与波动方程二阶有限差分方法、交错网格四阶有限差分方法相比，在压制网格数值频散方面有明显的优势，计算精度提高，而且可以利用较大的空间步长，提高计算效率.     

交错网格高阶差分法三维弹性波数值模拟

本文应用交错网格高阶有限差分方法模拟弹性波在三维各向同性介质中的传播。采用时间上二阶、空间上高阶近似的交错网格高阶差分公式求解三维弹性波位移-应力方程,并在计算边界处应用基于傍轴近似法得到的三维弹性波方程吸收边界条件。在此基础上进行了三维盐丘地质模型的地震波传播数值模拟试算。试算结果表明该方法模拟精度高,在很大程度上减小了数值频散,绕射波更加丰富,而且适用于介质速度具有纵向变化和横向变化的情况。     

基于优化差分系数的双相介质交错网格正演模拟

交错网格有限差分方法已经被广泛应用到数值模拟和地震波传播的研究中.传统交错网格有限差分方法中,一阶空间导数的高阶差分系数是通过Taylor级数展开求取的,这种表示空间导数的方法会导致数值频散的产生.本文针对时间二阶空间十阶交错网格有限差分算法,采用最小二乘法通过改变积分区间求取一系列一阶空间导数的差分系数,分析该差分系数和传统方法求取的差分系数的频散关系.选取效果最佳的最小二乘法进行数值模拟,并与传统方法相比较.数值频散分析和弹性波场模拟分析表明:介质弹性参数和离散参数相同的情况下,采用最佳积分区间的最小二乘法更能有效地压制数值频散,比Taylor级数展开法具有更高的数值模拟精度.     

旋转时空双变网格有限差分地震波场正演模拟

在交错网格有限差分算法中,模型网格剖分原则与正演计算效率密切相关.当模型存在小型非均质体或者低降速层等情况,为保证精度,满足稳定性条件,需缩小网格步长,导致局部过采样,计算效率低下.为保证模拟精度的同时保持高计算效率,通常采用变化的空间网格与时间步长相结合的高阶有限差分模拟方法对波场进行模拟.然而,时空双变算法存在着交错网格固有缺点,在模拟非均匀性较强的复杂介质波场传播时,需对介质参数进行平均或内插.同时,该算法在空间与时间上的变网格实现极为复杂.为压制变网格引起的虚假反射,提升模拟精度和计算效率,本文在时空双变网格算法的基础上,采用旋转差分角度的方式,提出了旋转时空双变交错网格算法.该方法既保留了旋转网格和双变网格的优势,又简化了时空双变算法流程,更利于推广和应用.     

基于旋转交错网格伪谱法和L-S理论的热弹性介质波场模拟与特征分析

基于L-S热弹性理论,采用旋转交错网格伪谱法,实现了均匀各向同性介质的一阶速度-应力-温度微分方程组的数值求解和波场模拟.其中,用时间分裂法解决方程组的刚性问题,用旋转交错伪谱算子计算空间一阶导数,用中心伪谱算子计算空间二阶导数;对于热导率变化比较大的双层介质模型和参考温度随深度按梯度分布的模型,用Crank-Nicolson显式方法取代旋转交错网格伪谱法进行计算;讨论了热耦合波场性质和传播规律,对比了常规伪谱法、交错网格伪谱法和旋转交错网格伪谱法热耦合波场模拟效果.数值模拟结果表明:基于L-S热弹性理论,用时间分裂法结合旋转交错网格伪谱法对均匀各向同性介质的波场计算,能够得到稳定的、高精度的模拟结果,但是在热导率变化剧烈的情况下不能用大时间步长进行求解,而且在参考温度不均匀分布的情况下算法不稳定.本文在网格剖分方式与数值算法的优化组合应用方面进行了探索,为将这些方法推广到孔隙热弹性、热黏弹性和各向异性研究奠定了基础.     

二维弹性及粘弹性TTI介质中地震波场数值模拟:四种不同网格高阶有限差分算法研究

本文利用交错网格、辅助网格、旋转交错网格、同位网格有限差分方法分别模拟了二维弹性TTI介质和二维黏弹性TTI介质中的地震波传播.在稳定性条件内,选用不同的网格间距及时间间隔,通过波场快照、合成理论地震图较为系统分析对比了这四种不同网格有限差分数值模拟在计算精度、CPU时间、相移、频散、以及保幅方面的优缺点.数值模拟结果表明:1)这四种不同网格有限差分算法都是很好的波场数值模拟算法;2)就CPU计算时间而言,旋转交错网格有限差分算法的计算效率最高;3)从计算精度来看,同位网格有限差分的计算精度最高;4)从振幅保护方面来看,四种网格的保护振幅的能力相当;5)相移方面,当网格间距增大时,交错网格和旋转交错网格有可能出现相移现象;6)频散方面,同位网格的频散现象不明显.     

各向异性介质弹性波传播的三维不规则网格有限差分方法

提出一种新的三维空间不规则网格有限差分方法,模拟具有地形构造的非均匀各向异性介质中弹性波传播过程. 该方法通过具有二阶时间精度和四阶空间精度的不规则交错网格差分算子来近似一阶弹性波动方程,与多重网格不同,无需在精细网格和粗糙网格间进行插值,所有网格点上的计算在同一次空间迭代中完成. 针对具有复杂物性参数和复杂几何特征的地层结构,使用精细不规则网格处理粗糙界面、断层和空间界面等复杂几何构造, 理论分析和数值算例表明,该方法不但节省了大量计算机内存和计算时间,而且具有令人满意的稳定性和精度.     

非均匀TI介质P-SV波传播交错网格高阶有限差分数值模拟

给出了在非均匀横向各向同性(TI)介质情况下,四阶时间精度、高阶空间精度的一阶速度-应力P-SV波的波动方程交错网格有限差分解法.首先根据一阶速度(应力)波动方程把速度(应力)对时间的一阶和三阶导数转换为应力(速度)对空间的导数,从而在使用四阶时间精度有限差分格式计算某一时刻的波场时只需要前面两个时间步的波场值;然后在空间上采用高阶有限差分格式以提高数值模拟的精度.数值模拟结果和实测垂直地震剖面(VSP)记录符合得很好,说明该方法是可行的.     

完全匹配层在数值模拟孔隙介质声波传播中的应用

The nonsplitting perfectly matched layer （NPML） absorbing boundary condition （ABC） was first provided by Wang and Tang （2003） for the finite-difference simulation of elastic wave propagation in solids. In this paper, the method is developed to extend the NPML to simulating elastic wave propagation in poroelastic media. Biot＇s equations are discretized and approximated to a staggered-grid by applying a fourth-order accurate central difference in space and a second-order accurate central difference in time. A cylindrical twolayer seismic model and a borehole model are chosen to validate the effectiveness of the NPML. The results show that the numerical solutions agree well with the solutions of the discrete wavenumber （DW） method.     

声电效应测井的有限差分模拟

本文研究声电效应测井波场的有限差分模拟算法.忽略井外地层中诱导电磁场对孔隙弹性波的影响,将求解动电耦合波方程组的问题解耦,先计算孔隙弹性波,再计算其诱导电磁场.基于轴对称柱坐标系下的速度-应力交错网格,采用时域有限差分计算井孔流体声波和井外地层孔隙弹性波.将电磁场近似看作似稳场,基于轴对称柱坐标系下的5点式有限差分网格,求解不同时刻的电位Poisson方程,计算诱导电场.结果表明:本文算法可准确模拟频率6.0 kHz的声电效应测井全波;在声波测井频率范围内,电导率、动电耦合系数和动态渗透率的低频近似对伴随电磁场的计算影响不大;地层水平界面导致伴随反射斯通利波的电场和显著的界面电磁波,后者对于探测地层界面具有潜在的应用价值.     

完全匹配层吸收边界在孔隙介质弹性波模拟中的应用

模拟弹性波在孔隙介质中传播，需要稳定有效的吸收边界来消除或尽可能的减小由人工边界引起的虚假反射. 本文在前人工作基础上，首次建立了弹性孔隙介质情况下完全匹配层吸收边界的高阶速度-应力交错网格有限差分算法，并详细讨论了完全匹配层的构建及其有限差分算法实现. 首先，本文通过均匀孔隙模型的数值解与解析解的对比，验证所提出的数值方法的正确性；然后，本文考察了完全匹配层对不同入射角度入射波和自由表面上的瑞利波的吸收性能，将完全匹配层与廖氏和阻尼吸收边界进行了对比，研究了这三种吸收边界在不同吸收厚度情况下对弹性波吸收能力. 数值结果表明，在孔隙介质中，完全匹配层作为吸收边界能十分有效地吸收衰减外行波，无论对体波还是面波，是一种高效边界吸收算法.     

横向各向同性介质弹性波多分量叠前逆时偏移

随着油气勘探程度的提高,隐蔽油气藏在增储上产方面起到了重要作用,因此发展基于各向异性介质的多分量偏移方法是非常必要的.本文基于横向各向同性（VTI）介质,从二维弹性波速度\|应力方程出发,通过在时间上的二阶差分和空间上的交错网格高阶差分对方程进行离散,得到弹性波交错网格高阶差分的多分量逆时偏移算子.在激发时间成像条件的应用过程中引入Poynting矢量进行成像并消除逆时偏移所引起的低频干扰,在此基础上实现了VTI介质中二维弹性波叠前多分量逆时深度偏移.理论模型的偏移处理表明,该方法能够对地层进行准确成像,并可以消除逆时偏移所引起的低频噪声.     

A discontinuous Galerkin method for seismic wave propagation in coupled elastic and poroelastic media

Numerical simulation in coupled elastic and poroelastic media is important in oil and gas exploration. However, the interface between elastic and poroelastic media is a challenge to handle. In order to deal with the coupled model, the first-order velocity–stress wave equations are used to unify the elastic and poroelastic wave equations. In addition, an arbitrary high-order discontinuous Galerkin method is used to simulate the wave propagation in coupled elastic–poroelastic media, which achieves same order accuracy in time and space domain simultaneously. The interfaces between the two media are explicitly tackled by the Godunov numerical flux. The proposed forms of numerical flux can be used efficiently and conveniently to simulate the wave propagation at the interfaces of the coupled model and handle the absorbing boundary conditions properly. Numerical results on coupled elastic–poroelastic media with straight and curved interfaces are compared with those from a software that is based on finite element method and the interfaces are handled by boundary conditions, demonstrating the feasibility of the proposed scheme in dealing with coupled elastic–poroelastic media. In addition, the proposed method is used to simulate a more complex coupled model. The numerical results show that the proposed method is feasible to simulate the wave propagation in such a media and is easy to implement.     

Viscoelastic approximation of poroelastic media for wave scattering problems

Herein, we propose a simplified and approximate method for solving dynamic problems in poroelastic media. The method is based on the definition of equivalent-viscoelastic materials that have the same wave numbers as poroelastic media. The viscoelastic approximation was applied to study the scatter of plane compressional waves by a spherical poroelastic inhomogeneity. In this wave scattering problem, the poroelastic and equivalent-viscoelastic solutions gave almost identical results far away from the inhomogeneity. The proposed method extends our existing numerical and analytical methods for poroelastic media. It is useful to derive approximate analytical solutions which can be applied for assessing the damping characteristics of small amplitude waves in saturated soils.     

Seismoelectric numerical simulation in 2D vertical transverse isotropic poroelastic medium

Seismoelectric coupling in an electric isotropic and elastic anisotropic medium is developed using a primary–secondary formulation. The anisotropy is of vertical transverse isotropic type and concerns only the poroelastic parameters. Based on our finite difference time domain algorithm, we solve the seismoelectric response to an explosive source. The seismic wavefields are computed as the primary field. The electric field is then obtained as a secondary field by solving the Poisson equation for the electric potential. To test our numerical algorithm, we compared our seismoelectric numerical results with analytical results obtained from Pride's equation. The comparison shows that the numerical solution gives a good approximation to the analytical solution. We then simulate the seismoelectric wavefields in different models. Simulated results show that four types of seismic waves are generated in anisotropic poroelastic medium. These are the fast and slow longitudinal waves and two separable transverse waves. All of these seismic waves generate coseismic electric fields in a homogenous anisotropic poroelastic medium. The tortuosity has an effect on the propagation of the slow longitudinal wave. The snapshot of the slow longitudinal wave has an oval shape when the tortuosity is anisotropic, whereas it has a circular shape when the tortuosity is isotropic. In terms of the Thomsen parameters, the radiation anisotropy of the fast longitudinal wave is more sensitive to the value of ε, while the radiation anisotropy of the transverse wave is more sensitive to the value of δ.     

Poroelastic finite-difference modeling for ultrasonic waves in digital porous cores

Scattering attenuation in short wavelengths has long been interesting to geophysicists. Ultrasonic coda waves, observed as the tail portion of ultrasonic wavetrains in laboratory ultrasonic measurements, are important for such studies where ultrasonic waves interact with small-scale random heterogeneities on a scale of micrometers, but often ignored as noises because of the contamination of boundary reflections from the side ends of a sample core. Numerical simulations with accurate absorbing boundary can provide insight into the effect of boundary reflections on coda waves in laboratory experiments. The simulation of wave propagation in digital and heterogeneous porous cores really challenges numerical techniques by digital image of poroelastic properties, numerical dispersion at high frequency and strong heterogeneity, and accurate absorbing boundary schemes at grazing incidence. To overcome these difficulties, we present a staggered-grid high-order finite-difference (FD) method of Biot’s poroelastic equations, with an arbitrary even-order (2L) accuracy to simulate ultrasonic wave propagation in digital porous cores with strong heterogeneity. An unsplit convolutional perfectly matched layer (CPML) absorbing boundary, which improves conventional PML methods at grazing incidence with less memory and better computational efficiency, is employed in the simulation to investigate the influence of boundary reflections on ultrasonic coda waves. Numerical experiments with saturated poroelastic media demonstrate that the 2L FD scheme with the CPML for ultrasonic wave propagation significantly improves stability conditions at strong heterogeneity and absorbing performance at grazing incidence. The boundary reflections from the artificial boundary surrounding the digital core decay fast with the increase of CPML thicknesses, almost disappearing at the CPML thickness of 15 grids. Comparisons of the resulting ultrasonic coda Q _sc values between the numerical and experimental ultrasonic S waveforms for a cylindrical rock sample demonstrate that the boundary reflection may contribute around one-third of the ultrasonic coda attenuation observed in laboratory experiments.