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numerical integration - Solving wave equation with singular initial conditions



I am trying to compute the solution to the wave equation using NDSolveValue and singular initial displacement (continuous, but not differentiable in a point). I need to propagate as accurately as possible the singularity of the initial condition through time. However the singularity is "smoothened" during the integration, see below.


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The red curve is my initial condition in displacement. The purple one is the output at a different time of the computation. As you can see, the purple curve is perfectly smooth, while it shouldn't.


Here you can see a piece of the script I use to get these solutions :


(*initialisation of parameters and initial conditions*)
Sigma0 = 0.002; g0 = 0.001; L = 1; ρ = 1; Ei = 1; c =Sqrt[Ei/ρ]; epsi = 10^-7.;
qu[x_] :=
Piecewise[{{(-1 Sigma0/Ei) x, 0 <= x <= L/2}, {(-1 Sigma0/Ei) L/2,
L/2 <= x <= L}}];
qv[x_] :=

Piecewise[{{0, 0 <= x <= L/2}, {(c Sigma0/Ei), L/2 <= x <= L}}];

(*Building of a periodic Solution according to the wave equation
in Dirichlet-Neumann Boundary condition*)

u0[x_] := qu[x];
v0[x_] := qv[x];
uif = NDSolveValue[{D[u[x, t], {t, 2}] - D[u[x, t], {x, 2}] == 0,
u[x, 0] == u0[x], (D[u[x, t], t] /. t -> 0) ==
v0[x], (D[u[x, t], x] /. x -> L) == 0, u[0, t] == 0},

u, {x, 0, L}, {t, -10, 10}];
tc = t /. FindRoot[uif[L, t] - g0, {t, 0.1}];

(*Plot of the solution at a time tc in purple and the initial condition*)
Show[Plot[uif[x, 0], {x, 0, L}, PlotPoints -> 200, PlotStyle -> Red],
Plot[uif[x, tc], {x, 0, L}, PlotPoints -> 200, PlotStyle -> Purple],
PlotRange -> {{0, L}, All}, AxesLabel -> {"Time", "Displacement"}]

I get those warnings during all the computation :




NDSolveValue::mxsst: Using maximum number of grid points 10000 allowed by the MaxPoints or MinStepSize options for independent variable x.


NDSolveValue::eerr: Warning: scaled local spatial error estimate of 185.53982144076966 at t = 20. in the direction of independent variable x is much greater than the prescribed error tolerance. Grid spacing with 25 points may be too large to achieve the desired accuracy or precision. A singularity may have formed or a smaller grid spacing can be specified using the MaxStepSize or MinPoints method options.


NDSolveValue::ndstf: At t == -2.61883, system appears to be stiff. Methods Automatic, BDF, or StiffnessSwitching may be more appropriate.





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