MA6270 NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS OF PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
Course Details
Parabolic Equations: explicit and implicit finite difference approximations to one - dimensional heat equation, Alternating Direction Implicit (ADI) method, Hyperbolic Equation: Characteristic method, finite difference solution of second order wave equation, Elliptic equations: finite difference method in polar coordinates, techniques near curved boundaries, improvement of accuracy, methods to accelerate the convergence, Convergence, consistency and stability analysis, Finite element method: types of integral formulations, one and two dimensional elements, Galerkin formulation, application to Dirichlet and Neumann problems.
Course References:
Books:
1. G D Smith, Numerical solution of partial differential equations: Finite difference methods, Oxford University press, 1977.
2. G. Evans, J. Blackledge, P. Yardley, Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations, 2nd edition, Springer, 2001.