1Department of Mathematics King Abduall-Aziz University
American Journal of Numerical Analysis.
2014,
Vol. 2 No. 5, 152-166
DOI: 10.12691/ajna-2-5-3
Copyright © 2014 Science and Education PublishingCite this paper: Noufe Aljahdaly. The Immersed Interface Method for Elliptic and Parabolic Problems with Discontinuous Coefficients.
American Journal of Numerical Analysis. 2014; 2(5):152-166. doi: 10.12691/ajna-2-5-3.
Correspondence to: Noufe Aljahdaly, Department of Mathematics King Abduall-Aziz University. Email:
nhaljahdaly@kau.edu.saAbstract
In this paper we consider numerical methods for solving elliptic as well as time dependent advection- diffusion-reaction (ADR) equations in one spatial dimension. We consider the case in which the difference diffusion coefficients as well as advection coefficients and reaction coefficients are discontinuous across a fixed interface. Using the immersed interface method (IIM) for finite difference approximations, we demonstrate how to modify numerical methods constructed for the constant coefficient case around interfaces of discontinuity of the diffusion, advection, and reaction coefficient.
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