A Multiscale Finite Volume with Oversampling Method to simulate Low-frequency Electromagnetic geophysical responses


Date
Apr 13, 2015
Location
Eleventh Annual IAM Retreat 2015, Institute of Applied Mathematics, University of British Columbia, Copper Mountain, CO, USA
Copper Mountain, CO

In Geophysics, simulation of low-frequency Electromagnetic (EM) fields in highly heterogeneous, anisotropic media is computationally very expensive. One reason being the multiple length scales that coexist in a given realistic setting. Discrete models require very fine meshes leading to solve large linear systems of equations. In this work, we develop a multiscale finite volume method with oversampling for the quasi-static Maxwell’s equations in the frequency domain. This method reduces the size of the system of equations to be solved while retaining a good level of accuracy in the solution. The performance of our method is shown in the context of an EM geophysical application.