Numerical study of different methods applied to the one-dimensional transient heat equation

Abstract

This article aims to compare the results obtained by applying three numerical methods: Explicit Euler, Crank-Nicolson,and Multi-stage (R11), in the one-dimensional heat diffusion transient equation with different initial and boundary conditions. The discretization process was performed using the finite difference method. In order to guarantee the convergence of the methods used, consistency and stability were verified by Lax theorem. The results are presented in graphs and tables that contain the data of the analytical solution and the numerical solutions. It was observed that the results obtained by R11 method generated solutions with minor errors.