A novel Cell-Centered nodal integral method for the Convection-Diffusion equation

Abstract

The nodal integral methods (NIMs) are coarse mesh methods for solving partial differential equations (PDEs) efficiently and accurately. Here, a new variant of the NIM is proposed for the solution of the two-dimensional convection–diffusion equation. The earlier versions of the NIM for fluid flow problems used surface-averaged variables. In contrast, the current scheme is developed in terms of cell-centered values using different treatments of cell interface conditions. The advantage of this scheme is that coupling with other physics is straightforward. Another distinctive feature of the current approach is that the temporal derivative is explicitly addressed, resulting in a system of differential–algebraic equations (DAEs) of index-1. The system of DAEs is then solved using Backward Difference Formula, which provides higher accuracy in time compared to traditional NIM. A few problems with the known analytical solution are solved to demonstrate the efficacy of the current simplified approach.