Conditional stability of Larkin methods with non-uniform grids

Abstract

Stability analysis based on the von Neumann method showed that the Larkin methods for two-dimensional heat conduction with non- uniform grids are conditionally stable while they are known to be unconditionally stable with uniform grids. The stability criteria consisting of the dimensionless time step ?t, the space intervals ?x, ?y, and the ratios of neighboring space intervals ?, ? were derived from the stability analysis. A subsequent numerical experiment demonstrated that solutions derived by the Larkin methods with non-uniform grids lose stability and accuracy when the criteria are not satisfied.