Re: NDSolve initial value problem
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- Subject: [mg99203] Re: NDSolve initial value problem
- From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 06:41:32 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Uni Leipzig
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Hi,
the parts of Piecewise[] outside of the interval y in[-1,1]
are total useless and will not help to make consistent
boundary conditions.
Regards
Jens
Murat Havzal wrote:
> Dear Mathematica users;
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> I am trying to solve liquid heat/mass transfer equation with mixed boundary
> conditions.
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> My code looks like this:
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> pe=0.5;
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> u[y]=1-y^2;
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> sol=NDSolve[
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> {
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> pe*u[y]*D[T[x,y],x]==D[T[x,y],y,y],
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> T[0,y]==Piecewise[{{-y,y<=-1},{0,-1< y<1},{1,1<=y}}],
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> T[x,1]==1,
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> (D[T[x,y],y]/.y->-1)==-1
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> },
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> T,{x,0,1},{y,-1,1},SolveDelayed->True];
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> This returns inconsistent initial boundary conditions error.
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> I also tried to make the piecewise initial condition, a numerical function
> namely:
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> initial[y_?NumericQ]:=Piecewise[{{-y,y<=-1},{0,-1< y<1},{1,1<=y}}]
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> However this did not work, too. I understand that there is a similar
> question already asked about this subject,
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> and I tried my best to convert it to my problem but couldn't. I couldn't
> find the code but I also tried to give the
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> initial piecewise function as a interpolating function, it returned the same
> response.
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> Any help would be appreciated.
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> Thanks.
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> Murat Havzal
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