KybernetesNumerical solution of the Burgers' equation over geometrically graded mesh İdris Dağ Ali Şahin
Article information:To cite this document: İdris Dağ Ali Şahin, (2007),"Numerical solution of the Burgers' equation over geometrically graded mesh", Kybernetes, Vol. 36 Iss 5/6 pp. 721 -735 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information.
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AbstractPurpose -The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how the numerical solution of the Burgers' equation is obtained using the methods of cubic B-spline collocation and quadratic B-spline Galerkin over the geometrically graded mesh. Design/methodology/approach -The spatial domain is partitioned into geometrically graded mesh. The finite element methods are constructed within the Galerkin and collocation methods using an expansion of the quadratic and cubic B-splines as an approximate function, respectively, over this mesh. Findings -When the higher errors are observed at near boundaries for shock-like and travelling wave solutions of the Burgers' equation, accuracy of the defined methods increase by using finer mesh at near this boundary. Originality/value -Over the geometrically graded mesh definitions of the quadratic B-spline Galerkin and cubic B-spline collocation are given.