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Journal of Computational Acoustics 20 (2012) 125021 (25 pages)
The Variational Theory of Complex Rays for three-dimensional Helmholtz problems
Louis Kovalevsky 1, Pierre Ladevèze 1, 2, Hervé Riou 1, Marc Bonnet 3
(2012)

This article proposes an extension of the Variational Theory of Complex Rays (VTCR) to three-dimensional linear acoustics, The VTCR is a Trefftz-type approach designed for mid-frequency range problems and has been previously investigated for structural dynamics and 2D acoustics. The proposed 3D formulation is based on a discretization of the amplitude portrait using spherical harmonics expansions. This choice of discretization allows to substantially reduce the numerical integration work by taking advantage of well-known analytical properties of the spherical harmonics. It also permits (like with the previous 2D Fourier version) an effective \emph{a priori} selection method for the discretization parameter in each sub-region, and allows to estimate the directivity of the pressure field by means of a natural definition of rescaled amplitude portraits. The accuracy and performance of the proposed formulation are demonstrated on a set of numerical examples that include results on an actual case study from the automotive industry.
1:  Laboratoire de Mécanique et Technologie (LMT)
CNRS : UMR8535 – Université Pierre et Marie Curie [UPMC] - Paris VI – École normale supérieure de Cachan - ENS Cachan
2:  Chaire de la Fondation EADS 'Techniques Avancées en Calcul des Structures'
EADS
3:  POEMS (CNRS:UMR 7231 - ENSTA - INRIA Rocquencourt)
INRIA – CNRS : UMR7231 – ENSTA ParisTech
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