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Super-time-stepping schemes for parabolic equations with boundary conditions

Journal Article · · Journal of Computational Physics

In this work, we present a super-time-stepping scheme for numerically solving parabolic partial differential equations with Dirichlet boundary conditions (BC). Using the general Forward Euler scheme, one can show that by taking varying step sizes there is the potential of propagating the solution forward in time by a greater amount than with uniform step sizes, while maintaining the same order of accuracy. As shown in previous works, if one further requires that the scheme have the Convex Monotone Property (CMP), then there exists a scheme which results in linear, monotone stability of the solution. This monotone stability is highly desirable in many physical situations, such as thermal diffusion, where the physical system will not oscillate, but will behave monotonically. However, the schemes devised in previous works do not include situations that have a boundary condition, and the inclusion of boundary conditions will henceforth be our focus. It is shown that a particular Runge-Kutta-Gegenbauer class of schemes [5] will maintain the CMP even in the presence of Dirichlet BC.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Grant/Contract Number:
89233218CNA000001
OSTI ID:
1671091
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1775919
OSTI ID: 23203569
Report Number(s):
LA-UR--20-20465
Journal Information:
Journal of Computational Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Computational Physics Vol. 425; ISSN 0021-9991
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (6)

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Explicit Runge-Kutta methods for parabolic partial differential equations journal November 1996
A stabilized Runge–Kutta–Legendre method for explicit super-time-stepping of parabolic and mixed equations journal January 2014
Runge–Kutta–Gegenbauer explicit methods for advection-diffusion problems journal July 2019
A second-order accurate Super TimeStepping formulation for anisotropic thermal conduction: Super TimeStepping scheme for TC journal April 2012

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