THERMAL SCIENCE
International Scientific Journal
AN APPLICATION OF CUBIC B-SPLINE FINITE ELEMENT METHOD FOR THE BURGERS` EQUATION
ABSTRACT
It is difficult to achieve exact solution of non-linear PDE, directly. Sometimes, it is possible to convert non-linear PDE into equivalent linear PDE by applying a convenient transformation. Hence, Burgers’ equation replaces with heat equation by means of the Hope-Cole transformation. In this study, Burgers’ equation was converted to a set of non-linear ODE by keeping non-linear structure of Burgers’ equation. In this case, solutions for each of the non-linear ODE were obtained by the help of the cubic B-spline finite element method. Model problems were considered to verify the efficiency of this method. Agreement of the solutions was shown with graphics and tables.
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PAPER SUBMITTED: 2017-06-13
PAPER REVISED: 2017-11-15
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2017-11-18
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2018-01-07
THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR
2018, VOLUME
22, ISSUE
Supplement 1, PAGES [S195 - S202]
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