The Fourier pseudospectral time-domain method is an efficient wave-based method to model sound propagation in inhomogeneous media. One of the limitations of the method for atmospheric sound propagation purposes is its restriction to a Cartesian grid, confining it to staircase-like geometries. A transform from the physical coordinate system to the curvilinear coordinate system has been applied to solve more arbitrary geometries. For applicability of this method near the boundaries, the acoustic velocity variables are solved for their curvilinear components. The performance of the curvilinear Fourier pseudospectral method is investigated in free field and for outdoor sound propagation over an impedance strip for various types of shapes. Accuracy is shown to be related to the maximum grid stretching ratio and deformation of the boundary shape and computational efficiency is reduced relative to the smallest grid cell in the physical domain. The applicability of the curvilinear Fourier pseudospectral time-domain method is demonstrated by investigating the effect of sound propagation over a hill in a nocturnal boundary layer. With the proposed method, accurate and efficient results for sound propagation over smoothly varying ground surfaces with high impedances can be obtained.
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Application of the Fourier pseudospectral time-domain method in orthogonal curvilinear coordinates for near-rigid moderately curved surfaces Available to Purchase
Maarten Hornikx;
Maarten Hornikx
a)
Building Physics and Services, Department of the Built Environment,
Eindhoven University of Technology
, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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Didier Dragna
Didier Dragna
Laboratoire de Mécanique des Fluides et d'Acoustique, UMR CNRS 5509, École Centrale de Lyon,
Université de Lyon
, 36 Avenue Guy de Collongue, 69134 Écully Cedex, France
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Maarten Hornikx
a)
Building Physics and Services, Department of the Built Environment,
Eindhoven University of Technology
, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Didier Dragna
Laboratoire de Mécanique des Fluides et d'Acoustique, UMR CNRS 5509, École Centrale de Lyon,
Université de Lyon
, 36 Avenue Guy de Collongue, 69134 Écully Cedex, France
a)
Electronic mail: [email protected]
J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 138, 425–435 (2015)
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Received:
October 03 2014
Accepted:
June 14 2015
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Maarten Hornikx, Didier Dragna; Application of the Fourier pseudospectral time-domain method in orthogonal curvilinear coordinates for near-rigid moderately curved surfaces. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 1 July 2015; 138 (1): 425–435. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4922954
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