TY - JOUR T1 - Numerical Solution for a Non-Fickian Diffusion in a Periodic Potential JO - Communications in Computational Physics VL - 2 SP - 502 EP - 525 PY - 2013 DA - 2013/02 SN - 13 DO - http://doi.org/10.4208/cicp.280711.010312a UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/cicp/7233.html KW - AB -

Numerical solutions of a non-Fickian diffusion equation belonging to a hyperbolic type are presented in one space dimension. The Brownian particle modelled by this diffusion equation is subjected to a symmetric periodic potential whose spatial shape can be varied by a single parameter. We consider a numerical method which consists of applying Laplace transform in time; we then obtain an elliptic diffusion equation which is discretized using a finite difference method. We analyze some aspects of the convergence of the method. Numerical results for particle density, flux and mean-square-displacement (covering both inertial and diffusive regimes) are presented.