scholarly journals Numerical Solution for a Non-Fickian Diffusion in a Periodic Potential

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 502-525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adérito Araújo ◽  
Amal K. Das ◽  
Cidália Neves ◽  
Ercília Sousa
Keyword(s):  
Diffusion Equation ◽  
Periodic Potential ◽  
Space Dimension ◽  
Numerical Solutions ◽  
Brownian Particle ◽  
Particle Density ◽  
Mean Square Displacement ◽  
Hyperbolic Type ◽  
Fickian Diffusion ◽  
Spatial Shape

AbstractNumerical solutions of a non-Fickian diffusion equation belonging to a hyperbolic type are presented in one space dimension. The Brownian particle modelled by this diffusion equation is subjected to a symmetric periodic potential whose spatial shape can be varied by a single parameter. We consider a numerical method which consists of applying Laplace transform in time; we then obtain an elliptic diffusion equation which is discretized using a finite difference method. We analyze some aspects of the convergence of the method. Numerical results for particle density, flux and mean-square-displacement (covering both inertial and diffusive regimes) are presented.

Design and Analysis of Mathematical Model for the Concentration of Pollution and River Water Quality

2021 ◽  
pp. 13359-13368
Author(s):  
Rati Bajpai, Hari Om Sharan
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Diffusion Equation ◽  
River Water ◽  
Numerical Solutions ◽  
Water Quality Control ◽  
Advection Diffusion Equation ◽  
Advection Diffusion ◽  
Mathematical Analyses ◽  
Coupled Reaction ◽  
Concentration Levels

This paper mainly focuses on the recent advances in the mathematical models that provide the ability to predict the contaminant concentration levels of river water. The study represents an attempt for the researchers to study the problem of pollution, and we think that these mathematical analyses would provide better planning for water quality control. The model consists of a pair of coupled reaction Advection-diffusion equations for the pollutant and dissolved oxygen concentrations. Numerical solutions are obtained and some important inferences are drawn through simulation study. The Advection-Diffusion equation is characterized by the reaction term whenever it depends on concentration of the contaminants and in this case the original single Advection-diffusion equation will evolve to be a system of equations. It is no ticked that the higher are diffusion and reaeration coefficients, the faster is the river purity.

Hybrid Nodal Integral / Finite Element Method for Time-Dependent Convection Diffusion Equation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sundar Namala ◽  
Rizwan Uddin
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Method ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Diffusion Equation ◽  
Numerical Solutions ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Time Dependent ◽  
Convection Diffusion ◽  
Convection Diffusion Equation ◽  
Integral Methods ◽  
Element Method

Abstract Nodal integral methods (NIM) are a class of efficient coarse mesh methods that use transverse averaging to reduce the governing partial differential equation(s) (PDE) into a set of ordinary differential equations (ODE). The standard application of NIM is restricted to domains that have boundaries parallel to one of the coordinate axes/palnes (in 2D/3D). The hybrid nodal-integral/finite-element method (NI-FEM) reported here has been developed to extend the application of NIM to arbitrary domains. NI-FEM is based on the idea that the interior region and the regions with boundaries parallel to the coordinate axes (2D) or coordinate planes (3D) can be solved using NIM, and the rest of the domain can be discretized and solved using FEM. The crux of the hybrid NI-FEM is in developing interfacial conditions at the common interfaces between the NIM regions and FEM regions. We here report the development of hybrid NI-FEM for the time-dependent convection-diffusion equation (CDE) in arbitrary domains. Resulting hybrid numerical scheme is implemented in a parallel framework in Fortran and solved using PETSc. The preliminary approach to domain decomposition is also discussed. Numerical solutions are compared with exact solutions, and the scheme is shown to be second order accurate in both space and time. The order of approximations used for the development of the scheme are also shown to be second order. The hybrid method is more efficient compared to standalone conventional numerical schemes like FEM.

scholarly journals A Numerical Method for Time-Fractional Reaction-Diffusion and Integro Reaction-Diffusion Equation Based on Quasi-Wavelet

Complexity ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Sachin Kumar ◽  
Jinde Cao ◽  
Xiaodi Li
Keyword(s):  
Diffusion Equation ◽  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Numerical Method ◽  
Numerical Solutions ◽  
Exact Analytical Solution ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Reaction Diffusion ◽  
Dirichlet Boundary Conditions ◽  
Reaction Diffusion Equation ◽  
Fractional Reaction

In this research work, we focused on finding the numerical solution of time-fractional reaction-diffusion and another class of integro-differential equation known as the integro reaction-diffusion equation. For this, we developed a numerical scheme with the help of quasi-wavelets. The fractional term in the time direction is approximated by using the Crank–Nicolson scheme. The spatial term and the integral term present in integro reaction-diffusion are discretized and approximated with the help of quasi-wavelets. We study this model with Dirichlet boundary conditions. The discretization of these initial and boundary conditions is done with a different approach by the quasi-wavelet-based numerical method. The validity of this proposed method is tested by taking some numerical examples having an exact analytical solution. The accuracy of this method can be seen by error tables which we have drawn between the exact solution and the approximate solution. The effectiveness and validity can be seen by the graphs of the exact and numerical solutions. We conclude that this method has the desired accuracy and has a distinctive local property.

scholarly journals Thermal Fluctuations in Electric Circuits and the Brownian Motion

2010 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 252-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriela Vasziová ◽  
Jana Tóthová ◽  
Lukáš Glod ◽  
Vladimír Lisý
Keyword(s):  
Brownian Motion ◽  
Brownian Particle ◽  
Mean Square Displacement ◽  
Thermal Fluctuations ◽  
Stochastic Equations ◽  
Thermal Bath ◽  
Current Fluctuations ◽  
Electric Circuits ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Optically Trapped

Thermal Fluctuations in Electric Circuits and the Brownian MotionIn this work we explore the mathematical correspondence between the Langevin equation that describes the motion of a Brownian particle (BP) and the equations for the time evolution of the charge in electric circuits, which are in contact with the thermal bath. The mean quadrate of the fluctuating electric charge in simple circuits and the mean square displacement of the optically trapped BP are governed by the same equations. We solve these equations using an efficient approach that allows us converting the stochastic equations to ordinary differential equations. From the obtained solutions the autocorrelation function of the current and the spectral density of the current fluctuations are found. As distinct from previous works, the inertial and memory effects are taken into account.

Enhanced Diffusion in a Model of Molecular Motors with Potential Switching

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (02) ◽  
pp. 1940005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryota Shinagawa ◽  
Kazuo Sasaki
Keyword(s):  
Diffusion Coefficient ◽  
External Force ◽  
Molecular Motors ◽  
Periodic Potential ◽  
Brownian Particle ◽  
Molecular Motor ◽  
Free Diffusion ◽  
Enhanced Diffusion ◽  
Additional Peak ◽  
Diffusion Enhancement

Diffusion enhancement is a phenomenon in which the diffusion coefficient of a system is increased by an external force and it becomes larger than that of the force-free diffusion in thermal equilibrium. It is known that this phenomenon occurs for a Brownian particle in a periodic potential under a constant external force. Recently, it was found that diffusion enhancement also occurred in a biological molecular motor, whose moving part could move itself by switching the potentials generated by the other parts. It was shown that the diffusion coefficient exhibited peaks as a function of a constant external force. Here, we report the occurrence of an additional peak and investigate the condition governing its appearance.

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