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An Explicit Multi-Level Time-Step Algorithm to Model the Propagation of Interacting Acoustic-Elastic Waves Using Finite Element/Finite Difference Coupled Procedures

D. Soares Jr.^1,2, W.J. Mansur¹, D.L. Lima³

1 Civil Engineering Department, COPPE/UFRJ, CXP68506, CEP 21945-970, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.Emails: webe@coc.ufrj.br; delfim@coc.ufrj.br
2 Structural Engineering Department, UFJF, Cidade Univer-sitária, CEP 36036-330, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil.
3 Submarine Technology, CENPES/PETROBRAS, Ilha doFundão, CEP 21949-900, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.