Non-homogeneous boundary value problems for some KdV-type equations on a finite interval: A numerical approach

Abstract

This paper addresses the approximation of solutions to some non-homogeneous boundary value problems associated with the nonlinear Korteweg-de Vries equation (KdV) and a system of two coupled KdV-type equations derived by Gear and Grimshaw posed on a bounded interval. An efficient Galerkin scheme that combines a finite element strategy for space discretization with a second-order implicit scheme for time-stepping is employed to approximate time dynamics of model equations studied. Several numerical experiments, including boundary controllability problems for nonlinear KdV and GG equations, are presented for different final states to show the performance of the numerical strategies proposed. The numerical results with nonlinear models agree with previous analytic theory and show the persistence of the behavior not uniform in time of the control functions computed already observed by Rosier [22] in the case of the linear KdV equation.