A finite volume scheme preserving the invariant region property for a class of semilinear parabolic equations on distorted meshes

Abstract

In this article, we present a finite volume scheme preserving invariant‐region‐property (IRP) for a class of semilinear parabolic equations with anisotropic diffusion coefficient on distorted meshes. The diffusion term is discretized by the finite volume scheme preserving the discrete maximum principle, and the time derivative is discretized by the backward Euler scheme. For the nonlinear system, a specially designed iteration is proposed to preserve the IRP. The IRPs are proved for both, the finite volume scheme and the nonlinear iteration. Numerical examples are presented to verify the accuracy and IRP of our scheme.