Radiation boundary conditions for wave‐like equations

Abstract

Abstract In the numerical computation of hyperbolic equations it is not practical to use infinite domains. Instead, one truncates the domain with an artificial boundary. In this study we construct a sequence of radiating boundary conditions for wave‐like equations. We prove that as the artificial boundary is moved to infinity the solution approaches the solution of the infinite domain as O( r −m−1/2 ) for the m ‐th boundary condition. Numerical experiments with problems in jet acoustics verify the practical nature and utility of the boundary conditions.