Question #111571 on DOLFIN changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/dolfin/+question/111571
Status: Answered => Open Patrick Riesen is still having a problem: Anders Logg wrote: > On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 01:03:25PM -0000, Patrick Riesen wrote: >> Question #111571 on DOLFIN changed: >> https://answers.launchpad.net/dolfin/+question/111571 >> >> Status: Answered => Open >> >> Patrick Riesen is still having a problem: >> Anders Logg wrote: >>> Question #111571 on DOLFIN changed: >>> https://answers.launchpad.net/dolfin/+question/111571 >>> >>> Status: Open => Answered >>> >>> Anders Logg proposed the following answer: >>> On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 11:05:17AM -0000, Patrick Riesen wrote: >>>> New question #111571 on DOLFIN: >>>> https://answers.launchpad.net/dolfin/+question/111571 >>>> >>>> hello dolfins >>>> >>>> after using mesh.move(...) in a (time-)step, i see that the vector of >>>> dofs of a function based on that mesh still correspond to the unmoved >>>> mesh, so in a next step, i need to update the function dofs to the new >>>> mesh cells. >>>> >>>> if i use tabulate_coordinates() and tabulate_dofs() and replace the old >>>> dofs with those evaluated at the new dof coordinates i should be fine, or >>>> is there something else i have to take into account? >>>> >>>> i'm not really sure what and what not is happening in dolfin concerning >>>> functions based on the mesh which is being moved. >>>> >>>> thank you for the support, >>>> regards, >>>> patrick >>> I suggest taking this into account in your discretization (instead of >>> interpolating values to the new mesh). There is nothing in DOLFIN that >>> handles this automatically. >>> >>> Think about your finite element basis functions as being time-dependent: >>> >>> phi_i = phi_i(x, t) >>> >>> Then take that into account when you set up your space-time finite >>> element discretization and note that the time derivative will hit >>> phi_i(x, t), which gives rise to an additional term, the "ALE" term >>> -grad(u)*w where w is the velocity of the mesh. >> yes, the (material) derivative takes the ALE form >> >> d(phi)/dt + u*grad(phi) - w*grad(phi), >> >> where u = spatial velocity and w = mesh velocity >> (and phi the trial function). >> >> that's what i have in my ufl form + implicit euler 1/dt*(phi - phi0) on >> the referential time derivative (1st term) in the ALE frame. >> >> is that what you mean? > > Yes, and my point is that extra term is there to compensate for the > fact that your degrees of freedom values at vertices that move (not > fixed points in space). So it looks to me you have already done what > you need. ok, i supposed it was nevertheless necessary, but i wasn't 100% sure. anders, thank you for the very quick answers, best regards, patrick > -- > Anders > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dolfin > Post to : dolfin@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dolfin > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- You received this question notification because you are a member of DOLFIN Team, which is an answer contact for DOLFIN. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dolfin Post to : dolfin@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dolfin More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp