Convergence Study of Variational Space-Time Coupled Least-Squares Frameworks in Simulation of Wave Propagation in Viscoelastic Medium

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Figure 5: Convergence Study of Variational Space-Time Coupled Least-Squares Frameworks in Simulation of Wave Propagation in Viscoelastic Medium 