Title

Fick's Second Law - Finite Difference

Solution
By: Murray Fredlund
SoilVision Systems Ltd.
2109 McKinnon Ave. S, Saskatoon, Sask., S7J 1N3
Voice: (306) 477-3324
Fax: (306) 955-4575
Email: info@soilvision.com

Features:
Handles varying boundary conditions
Both finite difference and closed form solutions presented
1-Dimensional

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Help
The following help is provided to aid in the successful operation of the spreadsheet.

Only change cell values marked yellow

Changing non-yellow cells could disrupt normal calculation process
Procedure
Go to FDFICK2 sheet
Enter values for yellow cells
Goto Tools...Options...Calculation... on pulldown menus
Set Calculation to Manual
Select Iteration
Set Maximum Iterations to 100
Set Maximum Change to 0
Press the OK button
Press F9 to complete calculations
Set On/Off switch to zero
Press F9 to initialize calculations
Set On/Off switch to 1.0
Press F9 to start iteration
View results

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Finite Difference Solution to Fick's Second Law

22-Apr-99
by Murray Fredlund

only change yellow cells

Solution to problem using Finite Difference
Values are in concentration On/Off 1

Height Increment 0.002 m

Max Time Inc. 100,000,000 s 1,157.4 days 3.17 yrs
Calc Time Inc. 9,600 s 0.1 days 0.00 yrs
Act. Time Inc. Err:523 s Err:523 days Err:523 yrs

D* 2.00E-10 m^2/s

Beta 0.48 < 0.5 Safe

Max Time 1,728,000 s 20.0 days 0.05 yrs
Current Time Err:523 s Err:523 days Err:523 yrs
Counter Err:523
Max Iterations 1
Iteration Err:523
Update Values (1/0) Err:523

Distance Boundary t t+dt Function erfc() Closed Frm

(m) Conditions Value Solution
0.000 1 1 1 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
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0.002 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.000
0.004 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.006 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.008 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 0.631
0.010 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.012 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 0.010
0.014 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.016 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 0.46

0.020

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0.018 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523

0.020 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 0.020
0.022 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.024 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 0.315
0.026 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.028 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 0.030
0.030 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.032 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 0.2
0.034 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.036 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.040
0.038 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.040 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 0.12
0.042 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.044 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.046 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 0.050
0.048 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 0.065
0.050 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.052 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.054 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 0.060
0.056 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 0.035
0.058 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.060 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.062 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 0.070
0.064 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 0.015
0.066 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.068 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.070 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.080
0.072 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 0.0078
0.074 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.076 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.078 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.080 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 0.005 0.090 Concentratio

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Times to Record Steps

Years 20 40 60 80 90 100
Seconds 6.31E+08 1.26E+09 1.89E+09 2.52E+09 2.84E+09 3.16E+09
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 0 5 10 15 20
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.000 0.000
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.010 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 0.010
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523

0.020 0.020

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Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523

0.020 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 0.020
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.030 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 0.030
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.040 0.040
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.050 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 0.050
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.060 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 0.060
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.070 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 0.070
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.080 0.080
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.090 Concentration Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 0.090 Concentr

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