[Getdp] Second order element peculiarity
Jim Davis
jd4 at prism.gatech.edu
Fri Aug 25 13:50:30 CEST 2006
David,
Thanks very much for your reply. That did indeed fix my problem, although I must admit
that I do not understand the nature of the hierarchical basis functions. I have a freshly
printed copy of Christophe's dissertation from which I hope to learn more.
Thanks again,
Jim
David Colignon wrote:
> Hi,
>
> the condition on the coefficients associated to the second order basis
> functions must be homegeneous ( 0 value ) otherwise the imposed
> condition considers a boundary condition other than constant ( with
> second degree variation ). This is due to the fact that the second order
> elements are built with hierarchical basis functions.
>
> So with
> { Name ElectricScalarPotential_d2 ; Type Assign ;
> Case {
> { Region Ground; Value 0. ; }
> { Region electrode ; Value 0. ; }
> }
> }
>
> in con_cyl.pro it works very well
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dave
>
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