A high order accurate hybrid technique for numerical solution of modified equal width equation

Abstract

In this present study, a high-order accurate hybrid technique is developed to establish the approximate solution of Modified Equal Width (MEW) equation which is used to define solitary waves. The spatial integration is based on combining the cubic B-spline and a fourth-order compact finite-difference (FOCFD) scheme , while the temporal integration is carried out by using fourth-order Runge–Kutta (RK4) scheme. In present technique, the new approximation for the spatial second derivative is constructed by the FOCFD scheme in which the spatial second derivatives of unknowns can be written in terms of the unknowns themselves and their first derivatives. Hence, the spatial second derivative reaches the accuracy of order four, while it is represented by the accuracy of order two in the standard cubic B-spline. The stability of the suggested technique is discussed by using the concept of eigenvalue. Three test problems are examined to verify the efficiency and applicability of the suggested technique. The computed results are compared with the other numerical results in previous works. The comparisons reveal that the suggested hybrid technique provides better results with high accuracy and minimum computational effort.