Sandile Motsa

Dr. Sandile Motsa

Department of Mathematics, University of Eswatini, M201 Eswatini, Switzerland

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Academic Career Length

17Years (2010-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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24 September 2014 in PLOS ONE
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FAFaiz G. Awad
Faiz G. Awad
SMSandile Motsa
Sandile Motsa
MKMelusi Khumalo
Melusi Khumalo
In this study, the Spectral Relaxation Method (SRM) is used to solve the coupled highly nonlinear system of partial differential equations due to an unsteady flow over a stretching surface in an incompressible rotating viscous fluid in presence of binary chemical reaction and Arrhenius activation energy. The velocity, temperature and concentration distributions as well as the skin-friction, heat and mass transfer coefficients have been obtained and discussed for various physical parametric values. The numerical results obtained by (SRM) are then presented graphically and discussed to highlight the physical implications of the simulations.

1 January 2013 in Journal of Applied Mathematics
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Sandile Motsa
We propose a simple and efficient method for solving highly nonlinear systems of boundary layer flow problems with exponentially decaying profiles. The algorithm of the proposed method is based on an innovative idea of linearizing and decoupling the governing systems of equations and reducing them into a sequence of subsystems of differential equations which are solved using spectral collocation methods. The applicability of the proposed method, hereinafter referred to as the spectral local linearization method (SLLM), is tested on some well-known boundary layer flow equations. The numerical results presented in this investigation indicate that the proposed method, despite being easy to develop and numerically implement, is very robust in that it converges rapidly to yield accurate results and is more efficient in solving very large systems of nonlinear boundary value problems of the similarity variable boundary layer type. The accuracy and numerical stability of the SLLM can further be improved by using successive overrelaxation techniques.

1 January 2014 in The Scientific World Journal
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Sandile Motsa
VMV. M. Magagula
V. M. Magagula
PSP. Sibanda
P. Sibanda
This paper presents a new method for solving higher order nonlinear evolution partial differential equations (NPDEs). The method combines quasilinearisation, the Chebyshev spectral collocation method, and bivariate Lagrange interpolation. In this paper, we use the method to solve several nonlinear evolution equations, such as the modified KdV-Burgers equation, highly nonlinear modified KdV equation, Fisher's equation, Burgers-Fisher equation, Burgers-Huxley equation, and the Fitzhugh-Nagumo equation. The results are compared with known exact analytical solutions from literature to confirm accuracy, convergence, and effectiveness of the method. There is congruence between the numerical results and the exact solutions to a high order of accuracy. Tables were generated to present the order of accuracy of the method; convergence graphs to verify convergence of the method and error graphs are presented to show the excellent agreement between the results from this study and the known results from literature.

25 July 2015 in Numerical Algorithms
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RBRamandeep Behl
Ramandeep Behl
Alicia CorderoAlicia Cordero
Alicia Cordero
SMSandile Motsa
Sandile Motsa
Juan R. TorregrosaJuan R. Torregrosa
Juan R. Torregrosa
VKVinay Kanwar
Vinay Kanwar

29 December 2012 in Nonlinear Dynamics
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Sandile Motsa
PDPhumlani Dlamini
Phumlani Dlamini
MKMelusi Khumalo
Melusi Khumalo