ROBUST NUMERICAL APPROACH FOR SINGULARLY PERTURBED PARABOLIC PROBLEMS WITH DISCONTINUOUS CONVECTION COEFFICIENTS AND SOURCE TERMS

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Department of Mathematics, Wollega University, Nekemte, Ethiopia.

2 Department of Mathematics, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia.

Abstract

This study explores the numerical method of 1-D singularly perturbed parabolic problems, influenced by two distinct parameters affecting diffusion and convection. With discontinuous convection and source terms, the solutions exhibit boundary and interior layers due to the perturbations and discontinuities. The time variable is first discretized using the implicit Euler method on a uniform mesh, followed by spatial discretization of the semi-discrete problems with a non-polynomial cubic spline incorporating an exponential fitting factor. The method is shown to be first-order accurate and uniformly convergent. Its efficiency is demonstrated through four test cases, yielding more precise results than those reported in existing methods.

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Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 25 August 2025
  • Receive Date: 09 September 2024
  • Revise Date: 17 May 2025
  • Accept Date: 24 August 2025