[Getdp] Solving Hyperbolic PDE's by Petrov-Galerkin formulation

[Christophe Geuzaine]

Gerber G  wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am interested in getdp. The problems that I work with are
> open-channel, and pipeline transients. These PDE's are of the
> hyperbolic type. Does getdp support Petrov-Galerkin finite elements?
> Put in another way, how easy is it to insert my own Petrov-Galerkin
> solver into the getdp framework?
> 

I've never played with such formulations myself, but IIRC François
Henrotte <fhenrott at esat.kuleuven.ac.be> has.

I guess he could tell you what you can/cannot do using the .pro language
(without modifying the source code, which is unfortunately not available
for download at the moment).

Christophe

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