Finite explicit method for heat differential equation

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I'm get struggles with solving this problem: Using finite difference explicit and implicit finite difference method solve problem with initial condition: u(0,x)=sin(x) and boundary conditions: ,
So, I tried but get struggles and really need advises. Even I'm not sure how to describe this differential equation or choose number of time steps/space steps in Matlab. Here is what I have tried:
L = 1.; % Length of the wire
T =1; % Final time
% Parameters needed to solve the equation within the explicit method
maxk = 50; % Number of time steps
dt = T/maxk;
n = 10; % Number of space steps
dx = L/n;
a = 1;
b = 2.*a*dt/(dx*dx);
% Initial temperature of the wire: a sinus.
for i = 1:n+1
x(i) =(i-1)*dx;
u(i,1) =sin(x(i));
end
% Temperature at the boundary
for t=1:maxk+1
u(1,t) = exp(t);
u(n+1,t) = sin(1)*exp(t);
time(t) = (t-1)*dt;
end
% Implementation of the explicit method
for t=1:maxk % Time Loop
for i=2:n; % Space Loop
u(i,t+1) =u(i,t) + b*(u(i-1,t)+u(i+1,t)-2.*u(i,t));
end
end
% Graphical representation of the temperature at different selected times
figure(1)
plot(x,u(:,1),'-',x,u(:,10),'-',x,u(:,45),'-',x,u(:,30),'-',x,u(:,60),'-')
title('Temperature within the explicit method')
xlabel('X')
ylabel('T')
figure(2)
mesh(x,time,u')
title('Temperature within the explicit method')
xlabel('X')
ylabel('Temperature')
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Furqan Ahmad
Furqan Ahmad on 9 Sep 2022
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Accepted Answer

Thiago Henrique Gomes Lobato
You were actually pretty close, the main problem was that in the boundary condition you was exponentiating your index, not your actually time. Besides this you missed the x and t terms in the equation and the time step needed to be smaller for stability. This code produces reasonable results
L = 1.; % Length of the wire
T =1; % Final time
% Parameters needed to solve the equation within the explicit method
maxk = 210; % Number of time steps
dt = T/maxk;
n = 10; % Number of space steps
dx = L/n;
a = 1;
b = a*dt/(dx*dx); % b should be less than 0.5
% Initial temperature of the wire: a sinus.
for i = 1:n+1
x(i) =(i-1)*dx;
u(i,1) =sin(x(i));
end
% Temperature at the boundary
for t=1:maxk+1
time(t) = (t-1)*dt;
u(1,t) = exp(time(t));
u(n+1,t) = sin(1)*exp(time(t));
end
% Implementation of the explicit method
for t=1:maxk % Time Loop
for i=2:n; % Space Loop
u(i,t+1) =u(i,t) + b*(u(i-1,t)+u(i+1,t)-2.*u(i,t)) + dt*(x(i)-time(t));
end
end
% Graphical representation of the temperature at different selected times
figure(1)
plot(x,u(:,1),'-',x,u(:,10),'-',x,u(:,45),'-',x,u(:,30),'-',x,u(:,60),'-')
title('Temperature within the explicit method')
xlabel('X')
ylabel('T')
figure(2)
mesh(x,time,u')
title('Temperature within the explicit method')
xlabel('X')
ylabel('Temperature')
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  2 Comments
Ewona CZ
Ewona CZ on 15 Dec 2019
Thank you, it's really helpful, but why you using dt* here before (x(i)-time(t)?
for i=2:n;
u(i,t+1) =u(i,t) + b*(u(i-1,t)+u(i+1,t)-2.*u(i,t)) + dt*(x(i)-time(t));
end
Thiago Henrique Gomes Lobato
if you discretize the equation you end up with a dt term multiplying the right side. You had this term in your b, but the (x-t) term didn't, therefore to reproduce the equation you wrote it this dt is needed

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Shahidul
Shahidul on 4 Jun 2023
L = 1.; % Length of the wire
T =1; % Final time
% Parameters needed to solve the equation within the explicit method
maxk = 210; % Number of time steps
dt = T/maxk;
n = 10; % Number of space steps
dx = L/n;
a = 1;
b = a*dt/(dx*dx); % b should be less than 0.5
% Initial temperature of the wire: a sinus.
for i = 1:n+1
x(i) =(i-1)*dx;
u(i,1) =sin(x(i));
end
% Temperature at the boundary
for t=1:maxk+1
time(t) = (t-1)*dt;
u(1,t) = exp(time(t));
u(n+1,t) = sin(1)*exp(time(t));
end
% Implementation of the explicit method
for t=1:maxk % Time Loop
for i=2:n; % Space Loop
u(i,t+1) =u(i,t) + b*(u(i-1,t)+u(i+1,t)-2.*u(i,t)) + dt*(x(i)-time(t));
end
end
% Graphical representation of the temperature at different selected times
figure(1)
plot(x,u(:,1),'-',x,u(:,10),'-',x,u(:,45),'-',x,u(:,30),'-',x,u(:,60),'-')
title('Temperature within the explicit method')
xlabel('X')
ylabel('T')
figure(2)
mesh(x,time,u')
title('Temperature within the explicit method')
xlabel('X')
ylabel('Temperature')

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