Numerical approximation of the generalized regularized long wave equation using Petrov-Galerkin finite element method
This work provides an incremental numerical scheme for solving the GRLW equation, which is relevant for researchers in computational physics and applied mathematics.
The paper develops a Petrov-Galerkin finite element method using cubic shape functions and quadratic B-spline weight functions for the generalized regularized long wave equation, demonstrating unconditional stability and accuracy through error norms and invariant conservation, with results comparable to existing methods.
The generalized regularized long wave (GRLW) equation has been developed to model a variety of physical phenomena such as ion-acoustic and magnetohydrodynamic waves in plasma, nonlinear transverse waves in shallow water and phonon packets in nonlinear crystals. This paper aims to develop and analyze a powerful numerical scheme for the nonlinear generalized regularized long wave (GRLW) equation by Petrov--Galerkin method in which the element shape functions are cubic and weight functions are quadratic B-splines. The suggested method is performed to three test problems involving propagation of the single solitary wave, interaction of two solitary waves and evolution of solitons with the Maxwellian initial condition. The variational formulation and semi-discrete Galerkin scheme of the equation are firstly constituted. We estimate accuracy of such a spatial approximation. Then Fourier stability analysis of the linearized scheme shows that it is unconditionally stable. To verify practicality and robustness of the new scheme error norms $L_{2}$, $L_{\infty }$ and three invariants $I_{1},I_{2}$ and $I_{3}$ are calculated. The obtained numerical results are compared with other published results and shown to be precise and effective.