A lumped Galerkin method for solving the Burgers equation


Kutluay S., Esen A.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTER MATHEMATICS, vol.81, no.11, pp.1433-1444, 2004 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 81 Issue: 11
  • Publication Date: 2004
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/00207160412331286833
  • Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTER MATHEMATICS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1433-1444
  • Keywords: the Burgers equation, lumped Galerkin method, quadratic B-splines, FINITE-ELEMENT-METHOD, NUMERICAL-SOLUTION, BOUNDARY, EXPLICIT
  • Inonu University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

A numerical solution of the one-dimensional Burgers equation is obtained using a lumped Galerkin method with quadratic B-spline finite elements. The scheme is implemented to solve a set of test problems with known exact solutions. Results are compared with published numerical and exact solutions. The proposed scheme performs well. A linear stability analysis shows the scheme to be unconditionally stable.