We continue our study on the approximation of a system of partial differential equations recently proposed by Hadeler and Kuttler to model the dynamics of growing sandpiles on a flat bounded table. The novelty here is the introduction of (infinite) walls on the boundary of the domain and the corresponding modification of boundary conditions for the standing and for the rolling layers. An explic...

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The nonlinear two-dimensional forced-convection boundary-layer magneto hydrodynamic MHD incompressible flow of nanofluid over a horizontal stretching flat plate with variable magnetic field including the viscous dissipation effect is solved using the homotopy perturbation method HPM . In the present work, our results of the HPM are compared with the results of simulation using the finite differ...

Reciprocity is applied to the situation where numerical simulations are needed for a number of source locations but relatively a few receiver positions. By invoking source-receiver reciprocity, the number of simulations can be generally reduced to three times the number of receiver positions. The procedure is illustrated for a heterogeneous medium with both single-force and double-couple source...

As shown in previous papers, mathematical simulation can be useful in the design of drug delivery systems. We present a finite-difference approximation to the drug mass transfer rate from dissolving cylindrical drug-containing compacts, consisting of alternating layers of drug and inert material. Results are compared with a recent analytical solution to the same problem and with experiment. The...

Generalized Fibonacci-like sequences appear in finite difference approximations of the Partial Differential Equations based upon replacing partial differential equations by finite difference equations. This paper studies properties of the generalized Fibonacci-like sequence . It is shown that this sequence is periodic with the period ( ) if | | .

Radial basis functions (RBFs) are receiving much attention as a tool for solving PDEs because of their ability to achieve spectral accuracy also with unstructured node layouts. Such node sets provide both geometric flexibility and opportunities for local node refinement. In spite of requiring a somewhat larger total number of nodes for the same accuracy, RBF-generated finite difference (RBF-FD)...

An investigation into the dynamic characterisation of a rectangular flexible plate structure is presented and a simulation algorithm characterising the behaviour of the plate is developed using finite difference methods. A thin, rectangular plate, with all edges clamped, is considered. The investigation is accomplished by varying the width over the length ratio of the plate. The algorithm is im...

In this paper, we derive a discretized multi-group epidemic model with time delay by using a nonstandard finite difference (NSFD) scheme. A crucial observation regarding the advantage of the NSFD scheme is that the positivity and boundedness of solutions of the continuous model are preserved. Furthermore, we show that the discrete model has the same equilibria, and the conditions for their stab...

Time finite element methods are developed for the equations of structural dynamics. The approach employs the time-discontinuous Galerkin method and incorporates stabilizing terms having least-squares form. These enable a general convergence theorem to be proved in a norm stronger than the energy norm. Results are presented from finite difference analyses of the time-discontinuous Galerkin and l...