DIGITAL SIMULATION OF SEISMIC RAYS

Abstract

The problem of complicated seismic velocity distributions was therefore investigated in terms of the most appropriate use of the digital computer. For this investigation a velocity field was set up, and the propagation computations made for short segments of rays within this field. Total travel times are found by adding the travel times of connected ray segments. Essentially, the nature of propagation was duplicated on the computer, in that, at the location of each segment along the path of propagation, the initial condition and effect of the surroundings determine the succeeding direction of the following segment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0712092

Entities

People

  • P. L. Jackson

Organizations

  • University of Michigan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Digital Computers
  • Geometry
  • Geophysics
  • Plane Waves
  • Seismic Velocity
  • Seismic Waves
  • Seismology
  • Simulations
  • Three Dimensional
  • Travel Time
  • Two Dimensional
  • Waves

Readers

  • Applied Combinatorial Optimization and Logic Circuit Design.
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Seismology