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A direct time-domain FEM modeling of broadband frequency- dependent absorption with the presence of matrix fractional power: Model I W. Chen Simula Research Laboratory, P. O. Box. 134, 1325 Lysaker, Norway (21 April 2002) (Project collaborators: A. Bounaim, X. Cai, H. Sverre, A. Tveito, ?. ?deg?rd) Keywords: mode superposition analysis, fractional power of a matrix, broadband ultrasound, frequency-dependent attenuation, time domain. 1. Summary The frequency-dependent attenuation of broadband acoustics is often confronted in many different areas. However, the related time domain simulation is rarely found in literature due to enormous technical difficulty. The currently popular relaxation models with the presence of convolution operation require some material parameters which are not readily available. In this study, three reports are contributed to address broadband ultrasound frequency-dependent absorptions using the readily available empirical parameters. This report is the first in series concerned with developing a direct time domain FEM formulation. The next two reports are about the “frequency decomposition model” and the “fractional derivative model”. In contrast to the traditional proportional damping model (e.g. Rayleigh damping), our FEM model is derived with a modified mode superposition of broadband damping effect, where the fractional power of a matrix is present to be fully consistent with 1 empirical frequency-dependent attenuation law, in the cases of both single and broadband excitations. The constitutive analysis shows that the presented FEM modelling does not violate the principle of causality. The term “direct FEM” implies that the present FEM model can not be directly converted back to the corresponding time-domain PDE model since we applied a mode superposition assumption in the numerical modelling of damping effect. The implementation is straightforward, but computing cost of matrix fraction