fem2d_bvp_quadratic


fem2d_bvp_quadratic, a C code which applies the finite element method, with piecewise quadratic elements, to a 2D boundary value problem over a rectangle.

The boundary value problem (BVP) that is to be solved has the form:

        - d/dx ( a(x,y) * du/dx ) - d/dy ( a(x,y) * du/dy ) + c(x,y) * u(x,y) = f(x,y)
      
This equation holds in the interior of some rectangle R. The functions a(x,y), c(x,y), and f(x,y) are given.

Zero boundary conditions are imposed on the boundary of R.

To compute a finite element approximation, the X and Y extents of R are gridded with NX and NY equally spaced values, respectively, where NX and NY are odd. This defines NX*NY nodes, and divides R into ((NX-1)/2)*((NY-1)/2) rectangular elements. At the K-th node, (X(I),Y(J)), a piecewise quadratic basis function PHI(K)(X,Y) is defined. The solution will be represented as a linear combination of these basis functions. An integral form of the BVP is written, in which the differential equation is multiplied by each basis function, and integration by parts is used to simplify the integrand.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license

Languages:

fem2d_bvp_quadratic is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version.

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Last revised on 26 June 2019.