title: Immersive experimentation in a wave propagation laboratory.
abstract: A wave propagation laboratory is proposed which enables the study of the interaction of broadband signals with complex materials. A physical experiment is dynamically linked to a numerical simulation in real time through transmitting and recording transducer surfaces surrounding the target. The numerical simulation represents an arbitrarily larger domain, allowing experiments to be performed in a total environment much greater than the laboratory experiment itself. Specific applications include the study of non-linear effects or wave propagation in media where the physics of wave propagation is not well understood such as the effect of fine scale heterogeneity on broadband propagating waves.
authors: Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zurich, Sonneggstrasse 5, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland marlies.vasmel@erdw.ethz.ch, johan.robertsson@erdw.ethz.ch.
authors: Marlies
authors: M
authors: Vasmel
authors: Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zurich, Sonneggstrasse 5, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland marlies.vasmel@erdw.ethz.ch, johan.robertsson@erdw.ethz.ch.
authors: Johan O A
authors: JO
authors: Robertsson
authors: Schlumberger Gould Research, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0EL, United Kingdom dmanen@slb.com.
authors: Dirk-Jan
authors: DJ
authors: van Manen
authors: School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Grant Institute, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, United Kingdom andrew.curtis@ed.ac.uk.
authors: Andrew
authors: A
authors: Curtis