Abstract

This paper deals with a time-domain mathematical model for dissipative acoustics and is organized as follows. First, the equations of this model are written in terms of displacement and temperature fields and an energy equation is obtained. The resulting initial-boundary value problem is written in a functional framework allowing us to prove the existence and uniqueness of solution. Next, two different time-discretization schemes are proposed, and stability and error estimates are proved for both. Finally, numerical results are reported which were obtained by combining these time-schemes with Lagrangian and Raviart-Thomas finite elements for temperature and displacement fields, respectively. © World Scientific Publishing Company.