Spectral collocation method for convective–radiative transfer of a moving rod with variable thermal conductivity

2015 ◽  
Vol 90 ◽  
pp. 187-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ya-Song Sun ◽  
Jing Ma ◽  
Ben-Wen Li
Author(s):  
Jing Ma ◽  
Yasong Sun ◽  
Benwen Li

In this work, a spectral collocation method is developed to simulate radiative transfer in a refractive planar medium. The space and angular domains of radiative intensity are discretized by Chebyshev polynomials, and the angular derivative term and the integral term of radiative transfer equation are approximated by spectral collocation method. The spectral collocation method can provide exponential convergence and obtain high accuracy even using few nodes. There is a very satisfying correspondence between the spectral collocation results and available data in literatures. Influence of the extinction coefficient, the scattering albedo, the scattering phase function, the gradient of refractive index and the emissivity of boundary are investigated for the plane-parallel scattering medium with variable refractive index.


Author(s):  
Phumlani G. Dlamini ◽  
Vusi M. Magagula

AbstractIn this paper, we introduce the multi-variate spectral quasi-linearization method which is an extension of the previously reported bivariate spectral quasi-linearization method. The method is a combination of quasi-linearization techniques and the spectral collocation method to solve three-dimensional partial differential equations. We test its applicability on the (2 + 1) dimensional Burgers’ equations. We apply the spectral collocation method to discretize both space variables as well as the time variable. This results in high accuracy in both space and time. Numerical results are compared with known exact solutions as well as results from other papers to confirm the accuracy and efficiency of the method. The results show that the method produces highly accurate solutions and is very efficient for (2 + 1) dimensional PDEs. The efficiency is due to the fact that only few grid points are required to archive high accuracy. The results are portrayed in tables and graphs.


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