fem2d_scalar_display

fem2d_scalar_display, a MATLAB code which reads datafiles describing a set of nodes, their triangulation, and the value of a scalar quantity at each node, and creates a graphics file of the corresponding surface plot.

The program reads three data files:

• prefix_nodes.txt, a node file, containing X, Y coordinates of points;
• prefix_elements.txt, an element file, containing a list of sets of three points making up each triangular element; (if this file does not exist, the program will generate the element data automatically).
• prefix_values.txt, a values file, containing the values of a scalar function U(X,Y) evaluated at each node.

Usage:

fem2d_scalar_display ( 'prefix' )

Licensing:

The information on this web page is distributed under the MIT license.

Languages:

fem2d_scalar_display is available in a MATLAB version and an Octave version. .

Related Data and Programs:

fem2d_scalar_display_test

dist_plot, a MATLAB code which makes contour plots of the distance function, as defined and used in Persson and Strang's distmesh code;

fem2d_mesh_display, a MATLAB code which reads the FEM model of a 2D mesh, consisting of polygonal elements of any uniform order, and displays an image of the elements and nodes, with optional numbering.

fem2d_scalar_display_brief, a MATLAB code which reads information about nodes, elements and nodal values for a 2D finite element method (FEM) and creates a surface plot of U(X,Y), in 5 lines of code.

fem2d_scalar_display_gpl, a MATLAB code which reads information about nodes, elements and nodal values for a 2D finite element method (FEM) and creates a GPL file describing a surface plot of U(X,Y), which can be displayed by gnuplot.

fenics_to_fem, examples which illustrate how a mesh or scalar function computed by the FENICS program can be written to FEM files, which can then be used to create images, or as input to meshing programs or other analysis tools.

triangulation_order3_contour, a MATLAB code which can display a contour plot of scalar data defined on a triangulation of order 3.

Source Code:

• fem2d_scalar_display.m, the source code;