Author(s)

Angel Muelas¹, Eduardo Salete¹, Juan José Benito¹, Francisco Ureña², Luis Gavete³, Miguel Ureña¹

¹UNED, ETS Ingenieros Industriales, C/Juan del Rosal, Madrid, Spain.
²UCLM, IMACI, Ciudad Real, Spain.
³UPM, ETSIM, Madrid, Spain.

The possibility of using a nodal method allowing irregular distribution of nodes in a natural way is one of the main advantages of the generalized finite difference method (GFDM) with regard to the classical finite difference method. Moreover, this feature has made it one of the most-promising meshless methods because it also allows us to reduce the time-consuming task of mesh generation and the numerical solution of integrals. This characteristic allows us to shape geological features easily whilst maintaining accuracy in the results, which can be a source of great interest when dealing with this kind of problems. Two widespread geophysical investigation methods in civil engineering are the cross-hole method and the seismic refraction method. This paper shows the use of the GFDM to model the aforementioned geophysical investigation tests showing precision in the obtained results when comparing them with experimental data.

Meshless Methods, Generalized Finite Difference Method, Geophysics

Muelas, A. , Salete, E. , Benito, J. , Ureña, F. , Gavete, L. and Ureña, M. (2019) The Application of the Generalized Finite Difference Method (GFDM) for Modelling Geophysical Test. Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection, 7, 1-17. doi: 10.4236/gep.2019.74001.