Dear Tetsuo,

The bilaplacian is a fourth order derivative term and the weak formulation contains second order derivative terms of the unknown and the test function. So this is normal that you obtain zero for a P1 Lagrange finite element. In fact, you have to use a C1-conformal finite element to use the bilapalcian brick. For instance Argyris or HCT elements.

Best regards,

Yves



On 12/12/2020 06:52, Tetsuo Koyama wrote:
Hello, GetFEM project.

I have a problem using the add_bilaplacian_brick method of the Model object. My wish is to get the following stiffness matrix in the attached script file, but I got an empty stiffness matrix.

Trace 2 in getfem_fourth_order.cc, line 88: Stiffness matrix assembly of a bilaplacian term
Computed matrix is...
matrix(2, 2)
( )
( )

Expected matrix is...
matrix(2, 2)
( (r0, 100) (r1, -100) )
( (r0, -100) (r1, 100) )

I'm sorry, but could you please review my script to see if there is any problem?
I used the developing version in the git repository.


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