A compact fourth-order implicit-explicit Runge-Kutta type scheme for numerical solution of the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation

Abstract: This manuscript introduces a fourth-order Runge-Kutta based implicit-explicit scheme in time along with compact fourth-order finite difference scheme in space for the solution of one-dimensional Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation with periodic and Dirichlet boundary conditions, respectively. The proposed scheme takes full advantage of method of line (MOL) and partial fraction decomposition techniques, therefore it just need to solve two backward Euler-type linear systems at each time step to get the solution. Performance of the scheme is investigated by testing it on some test examples and by comparing numerical results with relevant known schemes. It is found that the proposed scheme is more accurate and reliable than existing schemes to solve Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation.