% [u,err,xi,x,t] = nonl_explicit_upwind(t_0,t_f,M,N) % % solves burger's equation u_t + u u_x = 0 [0,2*pi] with step % function initial data. xi(t) is the location of the shock at % time t. % % This scheme doesn't respect the conservation law and does not converge % to a weak solution. function [u,u_exact,xi,x,t] = nonl_explicit_upwind(t_0,t_f,M,N) % define the mesh in space dx = 2*pi/N; x = 0:dx:2*pi; x = x'; % define the mesh in time dt = (t_f-t_0)/M; t = t_0:dt:t_f; % choose the wave number of the initial data and give its decay rate u = zeros(N+1,M+1); u(:,1) = 6/5*(x<=pi/2) + 2/5*(x>pi/2); xi(1) = find_thresh(x,u(:,1),(2/5+6/5)/2); u_exact(:,1) = u(:,1); % I want to do the stable forward-time, forward space scheme: % % u_new(j) = u_old(j) - dt/dx*u_old(j)*(u_old(j)-u_old(j-1)) for j=1:M for k=2:N+1 u(k,j+1) = u(k,j)-dt/dx*u(k,j)*(u(k,j)-u(k-1,j)); end % I code in the exact values at the left endpoint. u(1,j+1)=6/5; xi(j+1) = find_thresh(x,u(:,j+1),(2/5+6/5)/2); X = x-5/4*t(j+1); u_exact(:,j+1) = 6/5*(X<=pi/2) + 2/5*(X>pi/2); end