About: Finite difference method is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 21603 publications have been published within this topic receiving 468852 citations. The topic is also known as: Finite-difference methods & FDM.
TL;DR: In this article, a robust and efficient finite difference algorithm for computing the magnetotelluric response of general three-dimensional (3D) models using the minimum residual relaxation method was developed.
Abstract: We have developed a robust and efficient finite difference algorithm for computing the magnetotelluric response of general three-dimensional (3-D) models using the minimum residual relaxation method. The difference equations that we solve are second order in H and are derived from the integral forms of Maxwell's equations on a staggered grid. The boundary H field values are obtained from two-dimensional transverse magnetic mode calculations for the vertical planes in the 3-D model. An incomplete Cholesky decomposition of the diagonal subblocks of the coefficient matrix is used as a preconditioner, and corrections are made to the H fields every few iterations to ensure there are no H divergences in the solution. For a plane wave source field, this algorithm reduces the errors in the H field for simple 3-D models to around the 0.01% level compared to their fully converged values in a modest number of iterations, taking only a few minutes of computation time on our desktop workstation. The E fields can then be determined from discretized versions of the curl of H equations.
TL;DR: In this paper, a second-order accurate method for solving viscous flow equations has been proposed that preserves conservation form, requires no block or scalar tridiagonal inversions, is simple and straightforward to program (estimated 10% modification for the update of many existing programs), and should easily adapt to current and future computer architectures.
Abstract: Although much progress has already been made In solving problems in aerodynamic design, many new developments are still needed before the equations for unsteady compressible viscous flow can be solved routinely. This paper describes one such development. A new method for solving these equations has been devised that 1) is second-order accurate in space and time, 2) is unconditionally stable, 3) preserves conservation form, 4) requires no block or scalar tridiagonal inversions, 5) is simple and straightforward to program (estimated 10% modification for the update of many existing programs), 6) is more efficient than present methods, and 7) should easily adapt to current and future computer architectures. Computational results for laminar and turbulent flows at Reynolds numbers from 3 x 10(exp 5) to 3 x 10(exp 7) and at CFL numbers as high as 10(exp 3) are compared with theory and experiment.
TL;DR: In this paper, the stability of two-dimensional localized states in the form of isolated vortices is studied systematically in uniaxial ferromagnets with an antisymmetric ''Dzyaloshinsky'' exchange interaction.
TL;DR: For arbitrarily spaced grids, this work describes a computationally very inexpensive numerical algorithm that can be found very conveniently with a two-line algorithm when using a symbolic language such as Mathematica.
Abstract: The classical techniques for determining weights in finite difference formulas were either computationally slow or very limited in their scope (e.g., specialized recursions for centered and staggered approximations, for Adams--Bashforth-, Adams--Moulton-, and BDF-formulas for ODEs, etc.). Two recent algorithms overcome these problems. For equispaced grids, such weights can be found very conveniently with a two-line algorithm when using a symbolic language such as Mathematica (reducing to one line in the case of explicit approximations). For arbitrarily spaced grids, we describe a computationally very inexpensive numerical algorithm.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the foundations of mimetic finite difference method, inner products and reconstruction operators, as well as the diffusion problem in mixed form and in primal form.
Abstract: 1 Model elliptic problems.- 2 Foundations of mimetic finite difference method.- 3 Mimetic inner products and reconstruction operators.- 4 Mimetic discretization of bilinear forms.- 5 The diffusion problem in mixed form.- 6 The diffusion problem in primal form.- 7 Maxwells equations. 8. The Stokes problem. 9 Elasticity and plates.- 10 Other linear and nonlinear mimetic schemes.- 11 Analysis of parameters and maximum principles.- 12 Diffusion problem on generalized polyhedral meshes.