Interior Layers in a Reaction-Diffusion Equation with a Discontinuous Diffusion Coefficient

Interior Layers in a Reaction-Diffusion Equation with a Discontinuous Diffusion Coefficient

Year:    2010

International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling, Vol. 7 (2010), Iss. 3 : pp. 444–461

Abstract

In this paper a problem arising in the modelling of semiconductor devices motivates the study of singularly perturbed differential equations of reaction-diffusion type with discontinuous data. The solutions of such problems typically contain interior layers where the gradient of the solution changes rapidly. Parameter-uniform methods based on piecewise-uniform Shishkin meshes are constructed and analysed for such problems. Numerical results are presented to support the theoretical results and to illustrate the benefits of using a piecewise-uniform Shishkin mesh over the use of uniform meshes in the simulation of a simple semiconductor device.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/2010-IJNAM-730

International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling, Vol. 7 (2010), Iss. 3 : pp. 444–461

Published online:    2010-01

AMS Subject Headings:    Global Science Press

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    18

Keywords:    Diffusion Reaction Equations Singularly Perturbed Differential Equations Finite Difference Methods on Fitted Meshes.