A stable free‐surface boundary condition for two‐dimensional elastic finite‐difference wave simulation

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Abstract
Two of the persistent problems in finite‐difference solutions of the elastic wave equation are the limited stability range of the free‐surface boundary condition and the boundary condition’s treatment of lateral variations in velocity and density. The centered‐difference approximation presented by Alterman and Karal (1968), for example, remains stable only for β/α greater than 0.30, where β and α are the shear [Formula: see text] and compressional [Formula: see text] wave velocities. The one‐sided approximation (Alterman and Rotenberg, 1969) and composed approximation (Ilan et al., 1975) have similar restrictions. The revised‐composed approximation of Ilan and Loewenthal (1976) overcomes this restriction, but cannot handle laterally varying media properly.

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