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2.4.9 Beam-Warming scheme

Figure 16: Stencil and example for Beam-Warming scheme.
\includegraphics[width=8.0cm]{images/pde1d_stencil_mm0.ps} \includegraphics[width=8.0cm]{images/pde1d_solve_linadv_spikes_beam-warming_i200n500dt04.ps}
Figure 16: Beam-Warming scheme is \bgroup\color{DEFcolor}$O \! \left( \Delta x^2 , \Delta t^2 \right)$\egroup with flux
\begin{displaymath}
\textstyle
f_{i+\frac{1}{2}}^n = \frac{1}{2} \left[ 3 f \!...
...lta x}
\left[ \rho_{i}^n -
\rho_{i-1}^n
\right]
\enspace .
\end{displaymath} (117)
The result is smooth with considerable overshoot (that does not much grow with time anymore). This second order scheme might be useful for more regular initial conditions.