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.     

探地雷达FDTD数值模拟中不分裂卷积完全匹配层对倏逝波的吸收效果研究

介绍了CPML边界条件的原理,推导了CPML的GPR正演FDTD差分公式,对比分析了Berenger PML、UPML、CPML三种PML对倏逝波的吸收性能.开展了PML边界中关键参数κ和α的选取实验,确定了参数的取值范围与选取原则.然后,以二维TM波为例,研究了倏逝波产生的机理,分析了决定逝波性吸收性能的影响因素.均匀介质的波场快照、检测点的反射误差及全局反射误差对比,说明了3种边界条件对传输波都具有较好的吸收能力,而对低频倏逝波的吸收表现迥异,其中CPML因为引入了参数α,对倏逝波的吸收效果最佳,但离散化造成的全域误差也最大.最后,应用加载UPML和CPML边界条件的FDTD程序,开展了GPR二维剖面法、宽角法矩状地电模型及三维复杂模型的正演,展示了倏逝波反射对雷达正演剖面及波场快照的影响.进一步对比了UPML与CPML对倏逝波的吸收表现优劣,结果显示,CPML可有效减少边界反射误差,并能取得满意的精度,综合考虑对倏逝波的吸收、全域误差、编程难易程度等因素,在GPR正演中推荐使用CPML.     

Perfectly matched layer-absorbing boundary condition for finite-element time-domain modeling of elastic wave equations

The perfectly matched layer (PML) is a highly efficient absorbing boundary condition used for the numerical modeling of seismic wave equation. The article focuses on the application of this technique to finite-element time-domain numerical modeling of elastic wave equation. However, the finite-element time-domain scheme is based on the second-order wave equation in displacement formulation. Thus, the first-order PML in velocity-stress formulation cannot be directly applied to this scheme. In this article, we derive the finite-element matrix equations of second-order PML in displacement formulation, and accomplish the implementation of PML in finite-element time-domain modeling of elastic wave equation. The PML has an approximate zero reflection coefficients for bulk and surface waves in the finite-element modeling of P-SV and SH wave propagation in the 2D homogeneous elastic media. The numerical experiments using a two-layer model with irregular topography validate the efficiency of PML in the modeling of seismic wave propagation in geological models with complex structures and heterogeneous media.     

基于卷积完全匹配层的非规则网格时域有限元探地雷达数值模拟

复频移完全匹配层(Complex Frequency-Shifted PML,CFS-PML)在长时间时域计算中对凋落波、倏失波具有好的吸收效果,并被广泛应用于时域有限差分模拟中.而本文采用卷积方法将CFS-PML应用于时域有限元求解GPR波动方程的数值模拟中.论文以TM波为例,推导了基于CPML(Convolutional PML)边界的时域有限元GPR波动方程求解公式,采用Newmark-β方法对时间导数进行离散,有效改善了时域有限元GPR数值计算程序的稳定性.并以狭长模型为例,开展了CPML边界中关键参数m、R和κ的选取实验,通过对比反射误差大小确定了综合最优参数组合.相同时刻UPML与CPML波场快照、3个检测点的反射误差比较,说明CPML较UPML具有更好的吸收效果.最后,采用非规则四边形网格对1个复杂GPR模型进行剖分,应用加载CPML边界条件的FETD程序对该模型进行了正演,得到了二维剖面法、宽角法正演GPR剖面图,说明非规则四边形对复杂模型的良好适应性,基于CPML边界条件的FETD可有效减少边界反射误差,能实现对任意复杂不规则模型的正演模拟.     

不分裂卷积完全匹配层与旋转交错网格有限差分在孔隙弹性介质模拟中的应用

完全匹配层吸收边界在地震波模拟中已广泛使用,但常用的场分裂格式完全匹配层吸收边界(SPML)和传统的不分裂完全匹配层吸收边界(NPML)对极低频入射波或大角度入射波的边界吸收效果不好.一种无需分裂和显式卷积计算的完全匹配层吸收边界(CPML)不仅能够解决常规PML吸收边界的不足,而且具有存储量小、计算效率高、易于编程实现的特点.本文将这种完全匹配层(CPML)吸收边界引入到孔隙弹性介质速度-应力格式的旋转交错网格有限差分算法中,对完全匹配层吸收边界参数进行数值分析,得到一组优化的参数.孔隙弹性介质数值模拟结果表明这种不分裂卷积完全匹配层的吸收效果优于常规完全匹配层.     

基于PML边界条件的二阶电磁波动方程GPR时域有限元模拟

完全匹配层(PML)作为一种稳定高效的吸收边界条件,广泛应用于基于一阶电磁波动方程的探地雷达(GPR)数值模拟中.为解决基于二阶电磁波动方程的GPR数值模拟的吸收边界问题,本文借鉴二阶弹性波动方程的PML边界条件构建思想,提出了一种适合二阶电磁波动方程GPR时域有限元模拟的PML边界条件.从二阶电磁波动方程出发,基于复拉伸坐标变换,推导了PML算法的频域表达式;通过合理构造辅助微分方程,得到了PML算法的时域表达式,并以变分形式(弱形式)加载到GPR时域有限元方程中,实现了PML边界条件在二阶电磁波动方程GPR时域有限元模拟中的应用.在此基础上,对比了无边界条件、Sarma边界条件和PML边界条件下均匀模型的波场快照、单道波形、时域反射误差和能量衰减曲线,结果表明:PML边界条件的吸收效果要远优于Sarma边界条件,具有近似零反射系数.一个复杂介质模型的正演模拟验证了PML边界条件在非均匀地电结构中电磁波传播模拟的良好吸收效果.     

常Q衰减介质分数阶波动方程优化有限差分模拟

本文基于Kjartansson常Q模型理论,推导了常Q衰减介质中黏声波和黏弹性波的速度-应力方程,并采用基于二项式窗函数的优化交错网格有限差分方法进行了数值模拟,同时引入不分裂的复频移卷积完全匹配层(CPML)吸收边界条件,以消除边界反射.使用基于自适应时间步长记忆方法的中心差分近似时间分数阶导数,与常用的短时记忆方法相比,提高了波动方程的离散化精度和计算效率.通过对比均匀模型下声波的数值解与解析解,验证了算法的精确性,并进一步分析了不同品质因子下地震波的频散及衰减特征.对BP盐丘模型的数值模拟结果可以较好地反映本文数值方法对复杂介质的适应性及频散压制效果.      

Theoretical and quantitative evaluation of hybrid PML-ABCs for seismic wave simulation

A good artificial boundary treatment in a seismic wave grid-based numerical simulation can reduce the size of the computational region and increase the computational efficiency, which is becoming increasingly important for seismic migration and waveform inversion tasks requiring hundreds or thousands of simulations. Two artificial boundary techniques are commonly used: perfectly matched layers (PMLs), which exhibit the excellent absorption performance but impose a greater computational burden by using finite layers to gradually reduce wave amplitudes; and absorbing boundary conditions (ABCs), which have the high computational efficiency but are less effective in absorption because they employ the one-way wave equation at the exterior boundary. Naturally, PMLs have been combined with ABCs to reduce the number of PMLs, thus improving the computational efficiency; many studies have proposed such hybrid PMLs. Depending on the equations from which the ABCs are derived, there are two hybrid PML variants: the PML+unstretched ABC (UABC), in which the ABC is derived from a physical equation; or the PML+stretched ABC (SABC), in which the ABC is derived from the PML equation. Even though all the previous studies concluded that hybrid PMLs can improve the absorption performance, none of them quantified how many PMLs can be removed by combining the PML with the ABC compared with the pure PML. In this paper, we systematically study the absorption performance of the two hybrid PML variants. We develop a method to distinguish the artificial reflections from the PML-interior interface and those caused by the PML exterior boundary to accurately approximate the additional absorption achieved by using the UABC and the SABC. The reflection coefficients based on a theoretical derivation and numerical tests both show that the UABC amplifies most reflections and is not recommended in any situation; conversely, the SABC can always diminish reflections, but the additional absorption achieved by the SABC is relatively poor and cannot effectively reduce the number of PMLs. In contrast, we find that simply increasing the damping parameter improves absorption better than the PML+SABC. Our results show that the improvement in absorption achieved by combining the PML with either the SABC or the UABC is not better than that obtained by simply adjusting the damping profile of the PML; thus, combining the PML with the ABC is not recommended in practice.     

各向异性双相介质弹性波场褶积算法数值模拟

从各向同性介质中波场数值模拟的褶积微分算子法出发,推导出了各向异性双相介质中波场传播数值计算的褶积新算法.将常见的二阶微分Biot波动方程用等效的一阶速度—应力双曲方程表示,其中未知的波场向量包括固相和流体的速度分量和应力分量,由此对方程的时间项使用交错网格差分方法计算,而对空间项则采用褶积微分算法进行求解.对各向异性双相介质在单层介质模型和双层介质模型中的波场特征进行了研究.研究的结果显示,在两层介质分界面上当地震波产生反射时能观测到两类纵波和横波,并且在衰减系数大的介质里慢纵波很难见到.     

Numerical modeling of 3D fully nonlinear potential periodic waves

A simple and exact numerical scheme for long-term simulations of 3D potential fully nonlinear periodic gravity waves is suggested. The scheme is based on the surface-following nonorthogonal curvilinear coordinate system. Velocity potential is represented as a sum of analytical and nonlinear components. The Poisson equation for the nonlinear component of velocity potential is solved iteratively. Fourier transform method, the second-order accuracy approximation of vertical derivatives on a stretched vertical grid and the fourth-order Runge–Kutta time stepping are used. The scheme is validated by simulation of steep Stokes waves. A one-processor version of the model for PC allows us to simulate evolution of a wave field with thousands degrees of freedom for hundreds of wave periods. The scheme is designed for investigation of nonlinear 2D surface waves, generation of extreme waves, and direct calculations of nonlinear interactions.     

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.     

起伏地表弹性波传播的间断Galerkin有限元数值模拟方法

间断Galerkin有限元法（DG-FEM）作为一种有效的高阶有限元法受到了国内外学者的广泛关注.本文基于任意高阶间断Galerkin有限元法对弹性波方程进行空间离散,并将离散后所得的非齐次线性常微分方程系统齐次化,最后结合针对齐次问题的强稳定性保持龙格库塔（SSP Runge-Kutta）算法,将DG-FEM推广至时间任意高阶精度.另外,借鉴近最佳匹配层（NPML）的思想,基于复频移（CFS）拉伸坐标变换推导了一种新的PML吸收边界条件（简称为CFS-NPML）,该CFS-NPML能够与DG-FEM算法很好地结合,形成有效的起伏地表地震波传播数值模拟技术.数值试验结果表明,DG-FEM具有高阶精度,可以适应任意复杂起伏地表和复杂构造情况下的弹性波传播数值模拟.同时,CFS-NPML对包括面波等震相的人为边界反射都具有良好的吸收效果.     

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。     

基于时空域自适应高阶有限差分的声波叠前逆时偏移

叠前逆时偏移在理论上是现行偏移方法中最为精确的一种成像方法,其实现过程中的核心步骤之一是波动方程的波场延拓,而波场延拓的本质是求解波动方程,所以精确、快速地求解波动方程对逆时偏移至关重要.本文采用一种基于时空域频散关系的有限差分方法来求解声波方程,分析其频散和稳定性,实现波场数值模拟,并将分析和模拟结果与传统有限差分法进行对比.分析结果和模型数值模拟结果都表明时空域有限差分法模拟精度更高、稳定性更好.将时空域高阶有限差分法应用到叠前逆时偏移波场延拓的方程求解中,然后再利用归一化互相关成像条件成像,理论模型数据偏移处理获得了精度更高的成像.同时,在逆时偏移波场延拓的实现中,采用自适应变长度的空间差分算子求解空间导数的有限差分策略,在不影响数值模拟和成像精度的前提下,有效地提高了计算效率.     

ELASTIC WAVE PROPAGATION IN TRANSVERSELY ISOTROPIC MEDIA USING FINITE DIFFERENCES1

When treating the forward full waveform case, a fast and accurate algorithm for modelling seismic wave propagation in anisotropic inhomogeneous media is of considerable value in current exploration seismology. Synthetic seismograms were computed for P-SV wave propagation in transversely isotropic media. Among the various techniques available for seismic modelling, the finite-difference method possesses both the power and flexibility to model wave propagation accurately in anisotropic inhomogeneous media bounded by irregular interfaces. We have developed a fast high-order vectorized finite-difference algorithm adapted for the vector supercomputer. The algorithm is based on the fourth-order accurate MacCormack-type splitting scheme. Solving the equivalent first-order hyperbolic system of equations, instead of the second-order wave equation, avoids computation of the spatial derivatives of the medium's anisotropic elastic parameters. Examples indicate that anisotropy plays an important role in modelling the kinematic and the dynamic properties of the wave propagation and should be taken into account when necessary.     

几种自由边界实施方法在完全 匹配层条件下的对比研究

传统的完全匹配层技术是一种能够较为有效地消除边界反射的边界条件,但是当表层为泊松比较高的自由表面时,该技术可能会产生不稳定的现象.针对传统的完全匹配层技术固有的不稳定和掠射情况下吸收效果不佳等缺陷,发展了多轴完全匹配层、卷积完全匹配层以及将两者结合的多轴卷积完全匹配层等3种边界条件.本文介绍了水平自由表面的不同处理方法以及传统、多轴、卷积和多轴卷积等4种完全匹配层条件的原理,通过二维半无限空间模型的交错网格有限差分正演模拟对比,分析了几种自由边界实施方法在这几种完全匹配层条件下的稳定性,并通过提取单道波形与解析解进行对比,定性分析了水平自由表面几种不同处理方法的准确性以及各自的适用条件. 结果表明,泊松比和水平自由表面实施方法对波场模拟效果及其稳定性有重要影响.      

P- and S-wavefield simulations using both the first- and second-order separated wave equations through a high-order staggered grid finite-difference method

In seismic exploration, it is common practice to separate the P-wavefield from the S-wavefield by the elastic wavefield decomposition technique, for imaging purposes. However, it is sometimes difficult to achieve this, especially when the velocity field is complex. A useful approach in multi-component analysis and modeling is to directly solve the elastic wave equations for the pure P- or S-wavefields, referred as the separate elastic wave equations. In this study, we compare two kinds of such wave equations: the first-order (velocity–stress) and the second-order (displacement–stress) separate elastic wave equations, with the first-order (velocity–stress) and the second-order (displacement–stress) full (or mixed) elastic wave equations using a high-order staggered grid finite-difference method. Comparisons are given of wavefield snapshots, common-source gather seismic sections, and individual synthetic seismogram. The simulation tests show that equivalent results can be obtained, regardless of whether the first-order or second-order separate elastic wave equations are used for obtaining the pure P- or S-wavefield. The stacked pure P- and S-wavefields are equal to the mixed wave fields calculated using the corresponding first-order or second-order full elastic wave equations. These mixed equations are computationally slightly less expensive than solving the separate equations. The attraction of the separate equations is that they achieve separated P- and S-wavefields which can be used to test the efficacy of wave decomposition procedures in multi-component processing. The second-order separate elastic wave equations are a good choice because they offer information on the pure P-wave or S-wave displacements.     

一种TI介质纯qP波正演方法及其在逆时偏移中的应用

基于Tsvankin提出的精确频散关系,利用近似展开的方法,推导出解耦合的TTI介质纯qP波近似方程,并将方程中的偏微分算子分解成一个laplace算子和一个标量算子,用于代表qP波的精确传播方向,构建时间域二阶纯qP波方程.此推导过程无需设置横波速度为零,能够更加精确地描述qP波的运动学特征.这个方程相比于求解波数域二阶解耦qP波方程,计算效率高,存储需求小;相比于基于Alkhalifah频散关系推导的时间域二阶纯qP波方程,假象干扰压制好,数值误差小,更具一般性.但此方法求解波矢量时采用波场梯度一阶渐近近似,会造成垂直于对称轴方向的波场振幅不准确.为了较正振幅,将椭圆分解方法应用于此方程中,构建纯qP波椭圆分解方程,使得振幅更加均衡,并与Xu等提出的方程比较分析,应用本文构建的纯qP波椭圆分解方程得到的波场振幅值更加准确.本文首先选取了均匀TI介质模型进行了qP波正演模拟,并抽取波场单道波形进行振幅分析,验证了本文构建的纯qP波方程和纯qP波椭圆分解方程的正确性及有效性;然后选取BP TTI模型进行了qP波正演模拟,将其qP波正演结果和均匀TI介质模型振幅分析结果相结合,突出了本文构建的纯qP波椭圆分解方程的优势及适应性;最后选取逆冲模型和BPTTI模型,应用本文构建的纯qP波椭圆分解方程对其进行逆时偏移成像,验证了本文构建的纯qP波椭圆分解方程在逆时偏移中的可行性和适用性.     

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.     

MODELLING OF SOFT SEDIMENTS AND LIQUID-SOLID INTERFACES: MODIFIED WAVENUMBER SUMMATION METHOD AND APPLICATION1

Alekseev and Mikhailenko have developed a wavenumber-summation method which combines a finite integral transformation with a finite-difference calculation and involves no approximations other than numerical ones. However, numerical anisotropy causes velocity errors for shear waves which are unacceptable if Poisson's ratios are larger than 0.4 and unless the number of grid points per wavelength is chosen considerably higher than the value generally regarded as sufficient in finite-difference computations. To overcome this limitation in the applicability of the otherwise very powerful modelling scheme, the method is applied to the elastodynamic equations for the velocity vector. Thus, instead of solving a second-order hyperbolic system as in the case of the wave equation, solutions to a first-order hyperbolic system are computed. The finite-difference iteration is performed in a staggered grid. In addition to mastering the numerical difficulties in cases where the Poisson's ratio is unusually high, this approach results in a code which can be used for the modelling of liquid layers. With the new scheme, water reverberations are investigated in terms of normal modes. It is found that for realistic sea-bottom velocities the critical and supercritical cases exist only for P-waves. It means that compressional waves are trapped within the water layer but energy leaks into the substratum through converted shear waves. These leaky compressional normal modes attain properties similar to those of shear normal modes or Pseudo-Love waves. Due to their origin from conversion of dispersed multi-modal compressional waves the shear waves generated at the sea-bottom form a long complex wavetrain. They were found to mask the reflections from the target horizon in an offset-VSP field section.