The document discusses the finite difference method for numerically solving partial differential equations (PDEs). It explains that analytical solutions provide continuous dependent variable values throughout the domain, while numerical solutions provide answers only at discrete grid points. The domain is converted to a computational grid with uniformly spaced points for simplifying programming. Finite difference representations are obtained by converting partial difference equations to algebraic quotients using Taylor series expansions. An example numerical problem is also referenced.
The document discusses the finite difference method for numerically solving partial differential equations (PDEs). It explains that analytical solutions provide continuous dependent variable values throughout the domain, while numerical solutions provide answers only at discrete grid points. The domain is converted to a computational grid with uniformly spaced points for simplifying programming. Finite difference representations are obtained by converting partial difference equations to algebraic quotients using Taylor series expansions. An example numerical problem is also referenced.
The document discusses the finite difference method for numerically solving partial differential equations (PDEs). It explains that analytical solutions provide continuous dependent variable values throughout the domain, while numerical solutions provide answers only at discrete grid points. The domain is converted to a computational grid with uniformly spaced points for simplifying programming. Finite difference representations are obtained by converting partial difference equations to algebraic quotients using Taylor series expansions. An example numerical problem is also referenced.
APPROACH USING TAYLOR SERIES • DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS. • BASIC ASPECTS OF DISCRETIZATION. • CONVERSION OF DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS TO ALGEBRIC EQUATIONS OR DISCRETISED EQUATIONS. • SOLUTION OF DISCRETISED EQUATIONS BY TRI-DIAGONAL MATRIX ALGORITHM. • NUMERICAL PROBLEMS BASED UPON HEAT TRANSFER. BASIC ASPECTS OF DISCRETIZATION • THE ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS OF THE PDE INVOLVE CLOSED FORM MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSIONS WHICH GIVES VARIATION OF DEPENDENT VARIABLES CONTINOUSLY THROUGHOUT THE DOMAIN. • BUT NUMERICAL SOLUTION CAN GIVE ANSWERS AT ONLY DISCRETE POINTS IN THE DOMAIN CALLED AS GRID POINTS. • SECTION OF DISCRETE GRID IN XY PLANE HAVING UNIFORM SPACING IN X AND Y DIRECTION. EQUAL SPACING IS REQUIRED FOR SIMPLIFICATION OF PROGRAMMING. • THE DOMAIN IS CONVERTED INTO COMPUTATIONAL SPACE HAVING STRUCTURED GRID FOR NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS. DISCRETE GRID POINTS FINITE DIFFERENCE REPRESENTATION • PARTIAL DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS ARE CONVERTED INTO SUITABLE ALGEBRIC QUOTIENT I.E. FINITE DIFFERENCE USING THE TAYLOR SERIES. • NUMERICAL PROBLEM 4.2 FROM NOTES OF BASIC ASPECTS OF DISCRETIZATION.