Isotherm migration method
211
By summing the first
of
(5.105) for
l~i~j-l,
the difference
fonn
of
(5.103) is
d
j-1
~
r,-
* *
dt
.'-'
i - /LH - /L!,
.=1
(5.106)
which is satisfied exactly
and
so
the
method is conservative.
Turland (1981) referred
to
numerical experiments based
on
a simple,
explicit replacement of
dx,/dt in
the
second of (5.105). Use of an implicit
scheme, however, has
the
usual advantage of removing
the
stability
restriction on
the
time step.
He
proposed the linearized scheme in the
time interval
t
n
to t
n
+
1
n+1
n
Xi
-Xi
_i{
n n
+bn
n+
n n + * n+1+b* n+1+ *
n+1}
+1
n
-2
ai
x
l-1
IXi
Ci
X
i+1 a
i
x
i-1
iXi
Ci
X
i+1,
t
n
-t
where
a;=K;-!/A"
G=K;+t/A;,
bi=-(a;+G),
Ai
= pc,
(x,
-
X,-1)(X,+1-
Xi),
(5.107)
(5.108)
(5.109)
(5.110)
The
values of
x1
calculated from the predictor fonnula (5.110) are
inserted into (5.109) and (5.108) to evaluate the coefficients
a1,
bt,
ct
in
(5.107). With appropriate discretization of boundary conditions the val-
ues of
Xf+1 are then
the
solution of a linear, tridiagonal system of
equations of type (5.107).
The
method is stable for all time steps and
the
criterion
Ixf+1-
x!1 < E for all i can
be
used
to
choose
the
time step.
Turland (1982) solved a number of test problems satisfactorily.
(iii) Isotherm migration along orthogonal
flow
lines. Crank and Crowley
(1978) described a novel approach
to
the
solution of transient heat-flow
problems in two dimensions.
The
movements of isotherms along
or-
thogonal flow lines are tracked in successive small intervals of time by
solving a locally one-dimensional IMM
fonn
of a radial heat equation.
The
changing shape and orientation of the orthogonal system are catered
for by a geometric procedure.
The
procedure is analogous to
the
Lagran-
gian fonnulation of fluid flow, in which the motion of particular particles
of
fluid is calculated,
rather
than
the
velocity distribution at fixed points in
space.
In
non-dimensional fonn, the equation of heat flow in cylindrical polar
coordinates
(r,6) may
be
written
au a
2
u 1 au 1 a
2
u
-=-+--+--
at
ar2
r
ar
r2
a6
2
,
(5.111)