A time-domain numerical method for Biot-JKD poroelastic waves in 2D heterogeneous media
This work provides a practical numerical method for simulating poroelastic waves in heterogeneous media, addressing a computational bottleneck for geophysicists and engineers.
The authors developed an explicit finite-difference scheme for solving 2D Biot-JKD poroelastic wave equations across all frequencies, using a diffusive representation to avoid storing past values. Numerical experiments in realistic configurations demonstrate the method's effectiveness.
An explicit finite-difference scheme is presented for solving the two-dimensional Biot equations of poroelasticity across the full range of frequencies. The key difficulty is to discretize the Johnson-Koplik-Dashen (JKD) model which describes the viscous dissipations in the pores. Indeed, the time-domain version of Biot-JKD model involves order 1/2 shifted fractional derivatives which amounts to a time convolution product. To avoid storing the past values of the solution, a diffusive representation of fractional derivatives is used: the convolution kernel is replaced by a finite number of memory variables that satisfy local-in-time ordinary differential equations. The coefficients of the diffusive representation follow from an optimization procedure of the dispersion relation. Then, various methods of scientific computing are applied: the propagative part of the equations is discretized using a fourth-order ADER scheme, whereas the diffusive part is solved exactly. An immersed interface method is implemented to discretize the geometry on a Cartesian grid, and also to enforce the jump conditions at interfaces. Numerical experiments are proposed in various realistic configurations.