To solve an advection-diffusion equation in MATLAB, you can use the Partial Differential Equation Toolbox (PDE Toolbox) or implement a finite difference method. Here is an example implementation using the finite difference method:
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The solution is obtained by discretizing the advection-diffusion equation using the finite difference method, which approximates the spatial and temporal derivatives using the forward or central difference formulae. The solution is stored in a 2D array u where each column represents the solution at a particular time step, and each row represents the solution at a particular spatial point. The boundary conditions at x=0 and x=L are implemented using first-order approximation by setting u(1,n) = u(2,n) and u(N,n) = u(N-1,n). Finally, the solution is plotted using surf function.
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