Adaptive method of lines (Q2735642)

Partial differential equations (PDE) model many chemical and physical problems. Usually they are highly nonlinear and therefore require numerical analysis and computer-based solution techniques. The numerical method of lines (MOL) is a comprehensive approach to the solution of time-dependent PDE problems. This method proceeds in two steps: spatial derivatives are approximated using for example finite difference or finite element techniques and then the resulting system of ordinary differential equations (ODE) is integrated in time. The success of this method is based on high-quality numerical algorithms and associated software for the solution of stiff systems of ODEs. NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEThe book is intended for engineers, physicists and applied mathematicians. The first chapter is introductory and includes the basic concepts of spatial discretization and time integration in the general MOL formulation, and an overview of several grid adaptation mechanisms is given together with moving grid and grid refinement. The other chapters investigate several problems that arise in chemical, physical an technical processes: nonlinear wave propagation problems, magnetohydrodynamics PDE models, problems in hydrology which require the accurate simulation of flow and transport in natural rivers, free surface flows in general geometries, reaction-diffusion equations with singular source term, heat and mass transfer problems and others.