Boundary conditions in the time evolution of Spectral Method in PDE

[Leonardo Machado]

TL;DR

I need some help to implement a boundary condition to a 1D heat equation when dealing with it using spectral expansion.

Hi everyone!

I am studying spectral methods to solve PDEs having in mind to solve a heat equation in 2D, but now i am struggling with the time evolution with boundary conditions even in 1D. For example,

$$
u_t=k u_{xx},
$$
$$
u(t,-1)=\alpha,
$$
$$
u(t,1)=\beta,
$$
$$
u(0,x)=f(x),
$$
$$
u(t,x)=\sum^{N-1}_{n=0} a_n(t) T_{n}(x).
$$

T(x) is for Chebyshev polynomials.

I can easily create through MMT or FFT the spectral expansion for u(0,x), including the boundaries, to initiate the time-stepping via the first equation as,

$$
\sum^{N-1}_{n=0} \frac{da_n(t)}{dt} T_n(x)=\sum^{N-1}_{n=0} a^{(2)}_n(t) T_n(x).
$$

which implies in

$$
a_n(t+ \delta t)=k a_n(t)+a^{(2)}_n \delta t.
$$

But the point is.. how do i use the boundary conditions in the time-step? I can't find it in the bibliography.

I think that the usual thing to do would be use the boundary conditions as

$$
\sum^{N-1}_{n=0} a_n(t+\delta t) T_n(-1)=\sum^{N-1}_{n=0} a_n(t+\delta t)=\alpha,
$$

$$
\sum^{N-1}_{n=0} a_n(t+\delta t) T_n(1)=\sum^{N-1}_{n=0} a_n(t+\delta t)=\beta,
$$

but I'm not sure how to implement it in the time-stepping... Any suggestions? I would love to know a book that deals with it!

PS: I had problems using the caption in the LaTeX, the idex runs for n instead of N and t_N should be T_n! I don't know why it became like this.

 

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Summary:: I need some help to implement a boundary condition to a 1D heat equation when dealing with it using spectral expansion.

Hi everyone!

I am studying spectral methods to solve PDEs having in mind to solve a heat equation in 2D, but now i am struggling with the time evolution with boundary conditions even in 1D. For example,

$$
u_t=k u_{xx},
$$
$$
u(t,-1)=\alpha,
$$
$$
u(t,1)=\beta,
$$
$$
u(0,x)=f(x),
$$
$$
u(t,x)=\sum^{N-1}_{n=0} a_n(t) T_{n}(x).
$$

T(x) is for Chebyshev polynomials.

I can easily create through MMT or FFT the spectral expansion for u(0,x), including the boundaries, to initiate the time-stepping via the first equation as,

$$
\sum^{N-1}_{n=0} \frac{da_n(t)}{dt} T_n(x)=\sum^{N-1}_{n=0} a^{(2)}_n(t) T_n(x).
$$

which implies in

$$
a_n(t+ \delta t)=k a_n(t)+a^{(2)}_n \delta t.
$$

But the point is.. how do i use the boundary conditions in the time-step? I can't find it in the bibliography.

I think that the usual thing to do would be use the boundary conditions as

$$
\sum^{N-1}_{n=0} a_n(t+\delta t) T_n(-1)=\sum^{N-1}_{n=0} a_n(t+\delta t)=\alpha,
$$

$$
\sum^{N-1}_{n=0} a_n(t+\delta t) T_n(1)=\sum^{N-1}_{n=0} a_n(t+\delta t)=\beta,
$$

but I'm not sure how to implement it in the time-stepping... Any suggestions? I would love to know a book that deals with it!

PS: I had problems using the caption in the LaTeX, the idex runs for n instead of N and t_N should be T_n! I don't know why it became like this.

Just a thought, but typically you'd want to make the spatial BCs homogenous, such as adding a linear solution to your guess. Know what I'm talking about?