The pollution effect is a well-known and well-investigated phenomenon of the finite element method for wave problems in general and for acoustic problems in particular. It is understood as the problem that a local mesh refinement cannot compensate the numerical error which is generated and accumulated in other regions of the model. This is the case for the phase error of the finite element method which leads to dispersion resulting in very large numerical errors for domains with many waves in them and is of particular importance for low order elements. Former investigations have shown that a pollution effect resulting from dispersion is unlikely for the boundary element method. However, numerical damping in the boundary element method can account for a pollution effect. A further investigation of numerical damping reveals that it has similar consequences as the phase error of the finite element method. One of these consequences is that the number of waves within the domain may be controlling the discretization error in addition to the size and the order of the boundary elements. This will be demonstrated in computational examples discussing traveling waves in rectangular ducts. Different lengths, element types and mesh sizes are tested for the boundary element collocation method. In addition to the amplitude error which is due to numerical damping, a rather small phase error is observed. This may indicate numerical dispersion.

Steffen Marburg

Journal of Computational Acoustics

Currently known as Journal of Theoretical and Computational Acoustics (JTCA).The aim of this journal is to provide an international forum for the dissemination of the state-of-the-art information in the field of Computational Acoustics.  Topics covered by this journal include research and tutorial contributions in OCEAN ACOUSTICS (a subject of active research in relation with sonar detection and the design of noiseless ships), SEISMO-ACOUSTICS (of concern to earthquake science and engineering, and also to those doing underground prospection like searching for petroleum), AEROACOUSTICS (which includes the analysis of noise created by aircraft), COMPUTATIONAL METHODS, and SUPERCOMPUTING. In addition to the traditional issues and problems in computational methods, the journal also considers theoretical research acoustics papers which lead to large-scale scientific computations.    The journal strives to be flexible in the type of high quality papers it publishes and their format. Equally desirable are    Full papers, which should be complete and relatively self-contained original contributions with an introduction that can be understood by the broad computational acoustics community. Both rigorous and heuristic styles are acceptable. Of particular interest are papers about new areas of research in which other than strictly computational arguments may be important in establishing a basis for further developments.  Tutorial review papers, covering some of the important issues in Computational Mathematical Methods, Scientific Computing, and their applications.  Short notes, which present specific new results and techniques in a brief communication.  The journal will occasionally publish significant contributions which are larger than the usual format for regular papers. Special issues which report results of high quality workshops in related areas and monographs of significant contributions in the Series of Computational Acoustics will also be published.

The Journal of Computational Acoustics, currently known as the Journal of Theoretical and Computational Acoustics (JTCA), aims to provide an international forum for the dissemination of cutting-edge information in the field of Computational Acoustics. Topics covered by this journal include research and tutorial contributions in OCEAN ACOUSTICS (a subject of active research related to sonar detection and the design of noiseless ships), SEISMO-ACOUSTICS (pertinent to earthquake science and engineering, as well as underground prospection such as petroleum searching), AEROACOUSTICS (which involves the analysis of noise generated by aircraft), COMPUTATIONAL METHODS, and SUPERCOMPUTING. In addition to traditional issues and problems in computational methods, the journal also considers theoretical research papers in acoustics that lead to large-scale scientific computations. The journal strives to be flexible in the types and formats of high-quality papers it publishes. We welcome full papers that are complete and relatively self-contained original contributions, with introductions that can be understood by the broader computational acoustics community. Both rigorous and heuristic writing styles are acceptable. Of particular interest are papers addressing new areas of research where arguments beyond strictly computational ones may be significant in establishing a foundation for further developments. Tutorial review papers covering important issues in Computational Mathematical Methods, Scientific Computing, and their applications are also desirable. Short notes presenting specific new results and techniques in brief communications will be accepted. The journal will occasionally publish significant contributions that exceed the usual format for regular papers. Special issues reporting results from high-quality workshops in related areas and monographs of significant contributions in the Series of Computational Acoustics will also be published.

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A Pollution Effect in the Boundary Element Method for Acoustic Problems

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