A nonstandard finite difference scheme for contaminant transport with kinetic langmuir sorption

Liping Liu, Dominic P. Clemence, Ronald E. Mickens

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Abstract

This study focuses on a contaminant transport model with Langmuir sorption under nonequilibrium conditions. The numerical instabilities of the standard finite difference schemes including the upwind method are investigated. By using the nonstandard finite difference method, a better finite difference model is constructed. The numerical simulation on a specific system configuration proves the advantages of the new finite difference model.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)767-785
Number of pages19
JournalNumerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations
Volume27
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2011

Keywords

  • contaminant transport model
  • finite difference schemes
  • nonstandard finite difference scheme
  • numerical instability

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