Splitting schemes for hyperbolic heat conduction equation (Q369406)

The paper concerns finite difference methods to compute the hyperbolic heat conduction equation which includes the time derivative for the heat flux proportional to the relaxation tensor. Based on the transition from a system of the first-order evolutionary equations for the temperature and heat flux to a single hyperbolic equation of second order, the author proposes splitting schemes with respect to spatial variables. Unconditionally stable locally one-dimensional difference schemes are constructed for a single heat equation and for the system of equations based on the temperature and heat flux as unknowns. Some a priori estimates are also obtained for the difference solution.