Numerical solutions of a non-Fickian diffusion equation belonging to a hyperbolic type are presented in one space dimension.The Brownian particle modelled by this diffusion equation is subjected to a symmetric periodi...Numerical solutions of a non-Fickian diffusion equation belonging to a hyperbolic type are presented in one space dimension.The Brownian particle modelled by this diffusion equation is subjected to a symmetric periodic potential whose spatial shape can be varied by a single parameter.We consider a numerical method which consists of applying Laplace transform in time;we then obtain an elliptic diffusion equation which is discretized using a finite difference method.We analyze some aspects of the convergence of the method.Numerical results for particle density,flux and mean-square-displacement(covering both inertial and diffusive regimes)are presented.展开更多
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文摘Numerical solutions of a non-Fickian diffusion equation belonging to a hyperbolic type are presented in one space dimension.The Brownian particle modelled by this diffusion equation is subjected to a symmetric periodic potential whose spatial shape can be varied by a single parameter.We consider a numerical method which consists of applying Laplace transform in time;we then obtain an elliptic diffusion equation which is discretized using a finite difference method.We analyze some aspects of the convergence of the method.Numerical results for particle density,flux and mean-square-displacement(covering both inertial and diffusive regimes)are presented.
