Numerical investigations of shallow water waves via generalized equal width (GEW) equation

Abstract

In this article, a mathematical model representing solution of the nonlinear generalized equal width (GEW) equation has been considered. Here we aim to investigate solutions of GEW equation using a numerical scheme by using sextic B-spline Subdomain finite element method. At first Galerkin finite element method is proposed and a priori bound has been established. Then a semi-discrete and a Crank-Nicolson Galerkin finite element approximation have been studied respectively. In addition to that a powerful Fourier series analysis has been performed and indicated that our method is unconditionally stable. Finally, proficiency and practicality of the method have been demonstrated by illustrating it on two important problems of the GEW equation including propagation of single solitons and collision of double solitary waves. The performance of the numerical algorithm has been demonstrated for the motion of single soliton by computing L∞ and L2 norms and for the other problem computing three invariant quantities I1,I2 and I3. The presented numerical algorithm has been compared with other established schemes and it is observed that the presented scheme is shown to be effectual and valid.