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NAME
basis - finite element method (rheolef-7.2)
DESCRIPTION
The class constructor takes a string that characterizes the finite element method, e.g. 'P0', 'P1' or
'P2'. The letters characterize the finite element family and the number is the polynomial degree in this
family. The finite element also depends upon the reference element, e.g. triangle, square, tetrahedron,
etc. See reference_element(6) for more details. For instance, on the square reference element, the 'P1'
string designates the common Q1 four-nodes finite element.
AVAILABLE FINITE ELEMENTS
Pk
The classical Lagrange finite element family, where k is any polynomial degree greater or equal to
1.
Pkd
The discontinuous Galerkin finite element family, where k is any polynomial degree greater or equal
to 0. For convenience, P0d could also be written as P0.
bubble
The product of baycentric coordinates. Only simplicial elements are supported: edge(6), triangle(6)
and tetrahedron(6).
RTk
RTkd
The vector-valued Raviart-Thomas family, where k is any polynomial degree greater or equal to 0. The
RTkd piecewise discontinuous version is fully implemented for the triangle(6). Its RTk continuous
counterpart is still under development.
Bk
The Bernstein finite element family, where k is any polynomial degree greater or equal to 1. This
basis was initially introduced by Bernstein (Comm. Soc. Math. Kharkov, 2th series, 1912) and more
recently used in the context of finite elements. This feature is still under development.
Sk
The spectral finite element family, as proposed by Sherwin and Karniadakis (Oxford University Press,
2nd ed., 2005). Here, k is any polynomial degree greater or equal to 1. This feature is still under
development.
CONTINUOUS FEATURE
Some finite element families could support either continuous or discontinuous junction at inter-element
boundaries. For instance, the Pk Lagrange finite element family, with k >= 1, has a continuous
interelements junction: it defines a piecewise polynomial and globally continuous finite element
functional space(2). Conversely, the Pkd Lagrange finite element family, with k >= 0, has a discontinuous
interelements junction: it defines a piecewise polynomial and globally discontinuous finite element
functional space(2).
OPTIONS
The basis class supports some options associated to each finite element method. These options are
appended to the string bewteen square braces, and are separated by a coma, e.g. 'P5[feteke,bernstein]'.
See basis(1) for some examples.
LAGRANGE NODES OPTION
equispaced
Nodes are equispaced. This is the default.
fekete
Node are non-equispaced: for high-order polynomial degree, e.g. greater or equal to 3, their
placement is fully optimized, as proposed by Taylor, Wingate and Vincent, 2000, SIAM J. Numer. Anal.
With this choice, the interpolation error is dramatically decreased for high order polynomials. This
feature is still restricted to the triangle reference element and to polynomial degree lower or equal
to 19. Otherwise, it fall back to the following warburton node set.
warburton
Node are non-equispaced: for high-order polynomial degree, e.g. greater or equal to 3, their
placement is optimized thought an heuristic solution, as proposed by Warburton, 2006, J. Eng. Math.
With this choice, the interpolation error is dramatically decreased for high order polynomials. This
feature applies to any reference element and polynomial degree.
RAW POLYNOMIAL BASIS
The raw (or initial) polynomial basis is used for building the dual basis, associated to degrees of
freedom, via the Vandermonde matrix and its inverse. Changing the raw basis do not change the definition
of the FEM basis, but only the way it is constructed. There are three possible raw basis:
monomial
The monomial basis is the simplest choice. While it is suitable for low polynomial degree (less than
five), for higher polynomial degree, the Vandermonde matrix becomes ill-conditioned and its inverse
leads to errors in double precision.
dubiner
The Dubiner basis (see Dubiner, 1991 J. Sci. Comput.) leads to much better condition number. This is
the default.
bernstein
The Bernstein basis could also be an alternative raw basis.
INTERNALS: EVALUATE AND INTERPOLATE
The basis class defines member functions that evaluates all the polynomial basis functions of a finite
element and their derivatives at a point or a set of point.
The basis polynomial functions are evaluated by the evaluate member function. This member function is
called during the assembly process of the integrate(3) function.
The interpolation nodes used by the interpolate(3) function are available by the member function
hat_node. Conversely, the member function compute_dofs compute the degrees of freedom.
IMPLEMENTATION
This documentation has been generated from file fem/lib/basis.h
The basis class is simply an alias to the basis_basic class
typedef basis_basic<Float> basis;
The basis_basic class provides an interface to a data container:
template<class T>
class basis_basic : public smart_pointer_nocopy<basis_rep<T> >,
public persistent_table<basis_basic<T> > {
public:
// typedefs:
typedef basis_rep<T> rep;
typedef smart_pointer_nocopy<rep> base;
typedef typename rep::size_type size_type;
typedef typename rep::value_type value_type;
typedef typename rep::valued_type valued_type;
// allocators:
basis_basic (std::string name = "");
void reset (std::string& name);
void reset_family_index (size_type k);
// accessors:
bool is_initialized() const { return base::operator->() != 0; }
size_type degree() const;
size_type family_index() const;
std::string family_name() const;
std::string name() const;
size_type ndof (reference_element hat_K) const;
size_type nnod (reference_element hat_K) const;
bool is_continuous() const;
bool is_discontinuous() const;
bool is_nodal() const;
bool have_continuous_feature() const;
bool have_compact_support_inside_element() const;
bool is_hierarchical() const;
size_type size() const;
const basis_basic<T>& operator[] (size_type i_comp) const;
bool have_index_parameter() const;
const basis_option& option() const;
valued_type valued_tag() const;
const std::string& valued() const;
const piola_fem<T>& get_piola_fem() const;
};
AUTHOR
Pierre Saramito <Pierre.Saramito@imag.fr>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2000-2018 Pierre Saramito <Pierre.Saramito@imag.fr> GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.