A numerical study of two-dimensional coupled systems and higher order partial differential equations

Abstract

In this paper, a new approach and methodology is developed by incorporating differential quadrature technique with Bernstein polynomials. In differential quadrature method, approximations are done in a way that the derivatives of the function are replaced by a linear sum of functional values at the grid points of the given domain. In Bernstein differential quadrature method (BDQM), Bernstein polynomials are employed for spatial discretization so that a system of ordinary differential equations (ODE’s) is obtained which is solved by SSPRK-43 method. The stability of the method is also studied. The accuracy of the present method is checked by performing numerical experiments on two-dimensional coupled Burgers’ and Brusselator systems and fourth-order extended Fisher Kolmogorov (EFK) equation. Implementation of the method is very easy, efficient and capable of reducing the size of computational efforts.