ECE602 BME I Partial Differential Equations in Biomedical Engineering
Classification of PDEs Initial and Boundary Conditions Numerical solution of PDEs BME Examples
Classification of PDEs Classification according to order (the highest-order partial derivative present in the equation) linearity
Classification of PDEs Classification of linear second-order PDEs elliptic parabolic hyperbolic
Classification of PDEs Examples of linear second-order PDEs Laplace’s equation elliptic Heat equation parabolic Wave equation hyperbolic
Initial and Boundary conditions Diffusion of nutrient across a cell membrane C: the concentration of nutrient D: the diffusivity of nutrient in the membrane
Initial and Boundary conditions Diffusion of nutrient across a cell membrane C: the concentration of nutrient D: the diffusivity of nutrient in the membrane
Initial and Boundary conditions Dirichlet conditions (first kind): the values of the dependent variables are given at fixed values of the independent variables
Initial and Boundary conditions Nuemann conditions (second kind): the derivative of the dependent variables is given as a constant or as a function of the independent variable.
Initial and Boundary conditions Cauchy conditions: a problem that combines both Dirichlet and Neumann conditions
Initial and Boundary conditions Robins conditions: the derivative of the dependent variables is given as a function of the dependent variable itself.
Initial and Boundary conditions PDE can be classified into initial-value problem: at least one of the independent variables has an open region boundary-value problem: the region is closed for all independent variables, and conditions are specified at all boundaries.
Numerical Solutions of PDEs Finite Difference Central Difference Forward Difference Backward Difference