Compact ADI method for solving parabolic differential equations

Abstract

Abstract A compact alternating direction implicit (ADI) method has been developed for solving two‐dimensional parabolic differential equations. In this study, the second‐order derivatives with respect to space are discretized using the high‐order compact finite differences. The Peaceman‐Rachford ADI method is then used for developing a new ADI scheme. It is shown by the discrete Fourier analysis that this new ADI scheme is unconditionally stable. The method can be generalized to the three‐dimensional case and an unconditionally stable compact Douglas ADI scheme is obtained. The method is illustrated by numerical examples. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 18: 129–142, 2002; DOI 10.1002/num.1037