A Hybrid Method for Solving Parabolic Partial Differential Equations

Abstract

The temperature distribution across an one-dimensional thermally conductive, uniform slab was found at discrete space points using continuous-time, discrete-space(CTDS) technique on the university of Cincinnate AD-4 hybrid computer facilities. In addition, a pure analog computer solution was also investigated, so that a comparison can be made between these two methods.The agreement between the analog and hybrid methods is satisfactorily good.