A Kernel Based Unconditionally Stable Scheme for Nonlinear Parabolic Partial Differential Equations

A Kernel Based Unconditionally Stable Scheme for Nonlinear Parabolic Partial Differential Equations

Year:    2021

Author:    Kaipeng Wang, Andrew Christlieb, Yan Jiang, Mengping Zhang

Communications in Computational Physics, Vol. 29 (2021), Iss. 1 : pp. 237–264

Abstract

In this paper, a class of high order numerical schemes is proposed to solve the nonlinear parabolic equations with variable coefficients. This method is based on our previous work [11] for convection-diffusion equations, which relies on a special kernel-based formulation of the solutions and successive convolution. However, disadvantages appear when we extend the previous method to our equations, such as inefficient choice of parameters and unprovable stability for high-dimensional problems. To overcome these difficulties, a new kernel-based formulation is designed to approach the spatial derivatives. It maintains the good properties of the original one, including the high order accuracy and unconditionally stable for one-dimensional problems, hence allowing much larger time step evolution compared with other explicit schemes. In addition, without extra computational cost, the proposed scheme can enlarge the available interval of the special parameter in the formulation, leading to less errors and higher efficiency. Moreover, theoretical investigations indicate that it is unconditionally stable for multi-dimensional problems as well. We present numerical tests for one- and two-dimensional scalar and system, demonstrating the designed high order accuracy and unconditionally stable property of the scheme.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/cicp.OA-2019-0197

Communications in Computational Physics, Vol. 29 (2021), Iss. 1 : pp. 237–264

Published online:    2021-01

AMS Subject Headings:    Global Science Press

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    28

Keywords:    Nonlinear parabolic equation kernel based scheme unconditionally stable high order accuracy.

Author Details

Kaipeng Wang

Andrew Christlieb

Yan Jiang

Mengping Zhang