burgers_pde

burgers_pde, a MATLAB code which solves the Burgers equation, written in conservative form, and including viscosity.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Reference:

• Daniel Zwillinger,
  Handbook of Differential Equations,
  Academic Press, 1997,
  ISBN: 0127843965,
  LC: QA371.Z88.

Source Code:

• burgers_pde.m, uses a parabolic method on BCV, the Burgers Conservative Viscous equation.
• expansion_wave.m, a possible choice for the initial condition.
• gaussian_wave.m, a possible choice for the initial condition.
• shock_wave.m, a possible choice for the initial condition.
• spike_wave.m, a possible choice for the initial condition.

Test:

• burgers_pde_test.m calls all the tests.
• burgers_pde_test.sh runs all the tests.
• burgers_pde_test.txt the output file.

Plots:

• burgers_initial.png, the initial condition.
• burgers_final.png, the final solution.
• burgers_conservation.png, the conservation plot.