SECOND SEMESTER
Numerical methods for partial differential equations (CM521)

CM521: Numerical methods for partial differential equations


Prof. Sorin Micu



1. Introduction: Types of PDE. Elliptic equation. Boundary conditions. Heat equation, wave equation, convection-diffusion equation.

2. Fundamental notions: Convergence. Consistency. Stability. Lax’s theorem.

3. Finite difference schema for equations of evolution: Parabolic equation. Explicit and implicit methods. Hyperbolic equation. Ecuatii parabolice. Explicit and implicit methods. Stability and convergence. Applications.

4. Finite element method: Lagrange finite element. Mesh of a regular domain. Families of triangulations. Approximation of the solutions of elliptic equation.

5. Convergence of the finite element method: Cea’s Lemma. Condtions of convergence. Interpolation Lagrange in Sobolev spaces. Error evaluation in Lagrange interpolation. Error evaluations for finite element method.

6. Parabolic equation: Semi-discretization and total-discretization. Trapezoidal method. Stability. Convergece.

7. Hyperbolic equation: Semi-discretization and total-discretization. Newmark method. Stability. Convergece.



      Bibliography

 

1. H. Brezis: Analyse fonctionelle: Théorie et applications, Masson, Paris, 1983.

2. P.G. Ciarlet: Introduction á l’anayse numérique matricielle et à l’optimisation, Masson, Paris, 1988.

3. P.G. Ciarlet: The finite element method for eliptic problems, North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1978.

4. K. Eriksson, D. Estep, P. Hansbo si C. Johnson: Computational differential Equations, Studentlitteratur, Lund, 1996.

5. P.A. Raviart and J.M. Thomas: Introduction à l’analyse numérique des équations aux dérives partielles, Masson, Paris, 1983.

6. P. Rabier and J.M. Thomas: Exercices d’analyse numérique des équations aux dérivées partielles, Masson, Paris, 1985.

7. J. Strickwerda: Finite difference schemes and partial differential equations, Pacific Grove, California, 1989.