Re: [Libmesh-users] continuation method

2008-02-21 Thread John Peterson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >>> I want to solve a pde equation involving a parameter to be incremented > >>> sucessively. After obtaining a solution I want to use it as a guess > >>> for > >>> the system to be solved next. How can I implement this? > > > >> I'm not an expert on Libmesh, bu

Re: [Libmesh-users] continuation method

2008-02-21 Thread Benjamin Kirk
>>> I'm not an expert on Libmesh, but I recall that PETSC allows one to >>> set the iinitial guess. If PETSc can be accessed through the libmesh >>> interface then it should be possible quite easily. >> >> Indeed it is -- this is in fact the default behavior in libMesh. Whatever >> is in the Syst

Re: [Libmesh-users] continuation method

2008-02-21 Thread pcorreia
>>> I want to solve a pde equation involving a parameter to be incremented >>> sucessively. After obtaining a solution I want to use it as a guess >>> for >>> the system to be solved next. How can I implement this? > >> I'm not an expert on Libmesh, but I recall that PETSC allows one to >> set t

Re: [Libmesh-users] continuation method

2008-02-21 Thread Roy Stogner
On Thu, 21 Feb 2008, Roy Stogner wrote: >> initial guess. You should be able to verify this by calling >> >> equation_systems.solve(); >> equation_systems.solve(); >> >> And seeing that the second solve converges in 0 iterations. > > Wait, doesn't that depend on your tolerance settings? If yo

Re: [Libmesh-users] continuation method

2008-02-21 Thread Roy Stogner
On Thu, 21 Feb 2008, Benjamin Kirk wrote: >>> I want to solve a pde equation involving a parameter to be incremented >>> sucessively. After obtaining a solution I want to use it as a guess for >>> the system to be solved next. How can I implement this? > >> I'm not an expert on Libmesh, but I

Re: [Libmesh-users] continuation method

2008-02-21 Thread Benjamin Kirk
>> I want to solve a pde equation involving a parameter to be incremented >> sucessively. After obtaining a solution I want to use it as a guess for >> the system to be solved next. How can I implement this? > I'm not an expert on Libmesh, but I recall that PETSC allows one to > set the iinitia

Re: [Libmesh-users] continuation method

2008-02-21 Thread Roy Stogner
On Thu, 21 Feb 2008, Nachiket Gokhale wrote: > I'm not an expert on Libmesh, but I recall that PETSC allows one to > set the iinitial guess. If PETSc can be accessed through the libmesh > interface then it should be possible quite easily. The behavior in libMesh should (in this case) be practica

Re: [Libmesh-users] continuation method

2008-02-21 Thread Nachiket Gokhale
I'm not an expert on Libmesh, but I recall that PETSC allows one to set the iinitial guess. If PETSc can be accessed through the libmesh interface then it should be possible quite easily. I'll wait for the experts to give an authoritative answer. :-) -Nachiket On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 1:52 PM, <

[Libmesh-users] continuation method

2008-02-21 Thread pcorreia
Hi, I want to solve a pde equation involving a parameter to be incremented sucessively. After obtaining a solution I want to use it as a guess for the system to be solved next. How can I implement this? Thanks Paulo - This