Numerical approximation of electromagnetic signals arising in the evaluation of geological formations

  • Authors:
  • A. Caboussat;G. K. Miers

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Houston, Department of Mathematics, 4800 Calhoun Road, Houston, TX 77204 - 3008, USA;University of Houston, Department of Mathematics, 4800 Calhoun Road, Houston, TX 77204 - 3008, USA and WesternGeco, LLC, 10001 Richmond Ave. Houston, TX 77042, USA

  • Venue:
  • Computers & Mathematics with Applications
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

The integration of complicated oscillatory functions arises in computational electromagnetics when evaluating signals produced by the propagation of electromagnetic radiation through the anisotropic layers of a geological formation. The computation of exact integrals involves the evaluation of Sommerfeld integrals. The matrix-pencil method is used for the numerical approximation of such signals. Numerical results show accuracy and robustness of the method for the approximation of these signals, and efficiency in their numerical integration. Sampling frequency is discussed and numerical efficiency is improved by down-sampling.