Tuesday, December 18, 2012

1212.4024 (Sven Peter Nasholm et al.)

On a Fractional Zener Elastic Wave Equation    [PDF]

Sven Peter Nasholm, Sverre Holm
This survey concerns a causal elastic wave equation which implies frequency power-law attenuation. The wave equation can be derived from a fractional Zener stress-strain relation plus linearized conservation of mass and momentum. A connection between this four-parameter fractional wave equation and a physically well established multiple relaxation acoustical wave equation is reviewed. The fractional Zener wave equation implies three distinct attenuation power-law regimes and a continuous distribution of compressibility contributions which also has power-law regimes. Furthermore it is underlined that these wave equation considerations are tightly connected to the representation of the fractional Zener stress-strain relation, which includes the spring-pot viscoelastic element, and by a Maxwell-Wiechert model of conventional springs and dashpots. A purpose of the paper is to make available recently published results on fractional calculus modeling in the field of acoustics and elastography, with special focus on medical applications.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1212.4024

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