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I have this Non-linear PDE $$ \frac{\partial C}{\partial t}=\left(\frac{\partial C}{\partial x}\right)^2+C\frac{\partial^2 C}{\partial x^2} $$

Where C is a function of (x,t) It comes from the diffusion equation where D is concentration depending, and has the linear form $D=k \cdot C$. The PDE made dimensionless for simplicity.

I have tried to find a solution with finite difference methods but without luck, The PDE can be linearized but this will make the numerical solution to inaccurate so no luck there either.

So how can I get a proper numerical solution?

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  • $\begingroup$ Are there boundary/initial conditions? What kind of problems did you run into when solving? $\endgroup$ – Dylan May 17 '19 at 13:43
  • $\begingroup$ In my particular case the BC's is C(0,t)=14 and C(xi,t)=2, the IC is C(x,0)=2. And the PDE is the diffusion equation if D linear dependent of C, so D=C*k where k is some constant and C is the concentration of some contaminant. $\endgroup$ – Peter Panduro Jørgensen May 17 '19 at 20:09
  • $\begingroup$ That doesn't make sense. If $k$ is just a constant, then $D_t = D_{xx} \implies kC_t = kC_{xx} $ which is just the same diffusion equation in $C$ $\endgroup$ – Dylan May 17 '19 at 20:32
  • $\begingroup$ The Diffusion equation with a concentration depending diffusion coefficient is $$ \frac{\partial C}{\partial t}=\frac{\partial }{\partial x} \left(D \frac{\partial C}{\partial x}\right) $$ The k disappears because it is made dimensionless $\endgroup$ – Peter Panduro Jørgensen May 18 '19 at 5:44
  • $\begingroup$ You should definitely specify that in the question. I was assuming $D$ was the unknown variable in the diffusion equation. $\endgroup$ – Dylan May 18 '19 at 9:53
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You can look at this article

The way you obtain the result that is shown in the article is to look for a scaling function : $$ C(t,r) = t^{-a s} F(r t^{-a} )$$

You obtain an equation and you impose that only the variable : $x=r t^{-a} $ remains, sinceyou want a separation of variables. You obtain a relation between $s$ and $n$ that are defined in the article : $a=1/(sn+2)$. And you finish the work.

Tell me if you want me to write the whole calculation.

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