Differential Approximation to Radiative Transfer in Semitransparent Media

1985 ◽  
Vol 107 (2) ◽  
pp. 478-481 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. H. Azad

Radiative transfer in a semitransparent medium is treated using the differential approximation. Boundary conditions are formulated to accommodate direction-dependent reflection and refraction at a dielectric interfaces. The approximate results are compared to numerical solution of the exact integral equation. Also, a modification based on the exact formulation of the integrated intensity at the interface is presented that significantly improves the accuracy of the differential approximation in the optically thin regimes.

1996 ◽  
Vol 33 (9) ◽  
pp. 9-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
John A. Swaffield ◽  
John A. McDougall

The transient flow conditions within a building drainage system may be simulated by the numerical solution of the defining equations of momentum and continuity, coupled to a knowledge of the boundary conditions representing either appliances discharging to the network or particular network terminations. While the fundamental mathematics has long been available, it is the availability of fast, affordable and accessible computing that has allowed the development of the simulations presented in this paper. A drainage system model for unsteady partially filled pipeflow will be presented in this paper. The model is capable of predicting flow depth and rate, and solid velocity, throughout a complex network. The ability of such models to assist in the decision making and design processes will be shown, particularly in such areas as appliance design and water conservation.


2010 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 182-190
Author(s):  
I.Sh. Nasibullayev ◽  
E.Sh. Nasibullaeva

In this paper the investigation of the axisymmetric flow of a liquid with a boundary perpendicular to the flow is considered. Analytical equations are derived for the radial and axial velocity and pressure components of fluid flow in a pipe of finite length with a movable right boundary, and boundary conditions on the moving boundary are also defined. A numerical solution of the problem on a finite-difference grid by the iterative Newton-Raphson method for various velocities of the boundary motion is obtained.


Symmetry ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azhar Iqbal ◽  
Nur Nadiah Abd Hamid ◽  
Ahmad Izani Md. Ismail

This paper is concerned with the numerical solution of the nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) equation with Neumann boundary conditions by quintic B-spline Galerkin finite element method as the shape and weight functions over the finite domain. The Galerkin B-spline method is more efficient and simpler than the general Galerkin finite element method. For the Galerkin B-spline method, the Crank Nicolson and finite difference schemes are applied for nodal parameters and for time integration. Two numerical problems are discussed to demonstrate the accuracy and feasibility of the proposed method. The error norms L 2 , L ∞ and conservation laws I 1 ,   I 2 are calculated to check the accuracy and feasibility of the method. The results of the scheme are compared with previously obtained approximate solutions and are found to be in good agreement.


1992 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 497-501 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Cai ◽  
K. T. Faber

There is experimental evidence that stress-induced microcracking near a macrocrack tip enhances the fracture toughness of brittle materials. In considering the interaction of the macrocrack with multiple microcracks using a discrete model, it is essential to use approximation methods in order to keep the amount of the computation to a tractable level. However, when crack distances are small, the results of the approximation methods can be significantly different from the numerical solution based upon the exact formulation. The results obtained by these approximation methods will be compared with the numerical solution to show the applicability ranges in which the errors are acceptably small. The use of results obtained by the approximation methods outside applicability ranges in literature is shown to lead to incorrect conclusions concerning microcrack shielding.


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