Numerical schemes to reconstruct three dimensional time-dependent point sources of acoustic waves

Abstract: This paper is concerned with the numerical simulation of three dimensional time-dependent inverse source problems of acoustic waves. The reconstructions of both multiple stationary point sources and a moving point source are considered. The modified method of fundamental solutions (MMFS), which expands the solution utilizing the time convolution of the Green's function and the signal function, is proposed to solve the problem. For the reconstruction of a moving point source, moreover, the MMFS is simplified as a simple sampling method at each time step. Numerical experiments are provided to show the effectiveness of the proposed methods.