A Fast Implicit Finite Difference Method for Fractional Advection-Dispersion Equations with Fractional Derivative Boundary Conditions

Fractional advection-dispersion equations, as generalizations of classical integer-order advection-dispersion equations, are used to model the transport of passive tracers carried by fluid flow in a porous medium. In this paper, we develop an implicit finite difference method for fractional advectio...

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Main Authors: Taohua Liu, Muzhou Hou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-01-01
Series:Advances in Mathematical Physics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8716752
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Summary:Fractional advection-dispersion equations, as generalizations of classical integer-order advection-dispersion equations, are used to model the transport of passive tracers carried by fluid flow in a porous medium. In this paper, we develop an implicit finite difference method for fractional advection-dispersion equations with fractional derivative boundary conditions. First-order consistency, solvability, unconditional stability, and first-order convergence of the method are proven. Then, we present a fast iterative method for the implicit finite difference scheme, which only requires storage of O(K) and computational cost of O(Klog⁡K). Traditionally, the Gaussian elimination method requires storage of O(K2) and computational cost of O(K3). Finally, the accuracy and efficiency of the method are checked with a numerical example.
ISSN:1687-9120
1687-9139