fem2d_heat, a FORTRAN90 code which applies the finite element method to solve a form of the time-dependent heat equation over an arbitrary triangulated region.
The computational region is initially unknown by the code. The user specifies it by preparing a file containing the coordinates of the nodes, and a file containing the indices of nodes that make up triangles that form a triangulation of the region.
Normally, the user does not type in this information by hand, but has a code fill in the nodes, and perhaps another code that constructs the triangulation. However, in the simplest case, the user might construct a very crude triangulation by hand, and have TRIANGULATION_REFINE refine it to something more reasonable.
For the following ridiculously small example:
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| \ | \
6 7 8 9
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1-2--3--4-5
the node file would be:
0.0 0.0
1.0 0.0
2.0 0.0
3.0 0.0
4.0 0.0
0.0 1.0
1.0 1.0
2.0 1.0
3.0 1.0
0.0 2.0
1.0 2.0
2.0 2.0
and the triangle file would be
1 3 10 2 7 6
3 5 12 4 9 8
12 10 3 11 7 8
The code is set up to handle the time dependent heat equation with a right hand side function, and nonhomogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions. The state variable U(T,X,Y) is then constrained by:
Ut - ( Uxx + Uyy ) + K(x,y,t) * U = F(x,y,t) in the region
U = G(x,y,t) on the boundary
U = H(x,y,t) at initial time TINIT.
To specify the right hand side function F(x,y,t), the linear coefficient K(x,y,t), the boundary condition function G(x,y,t), and the initial condition H(x,y,t), the user has to supply a file containing four subroutines,
To run the code, the user compiles the user routines, links them with FEM2D_HEAT, and runs the executable.
The code writes out a file containing an Encapsulated PostScript image of the nodes and elements, with numbers. If there are too many nodes, the plot may be too cluttered to read. For lower values, however, it is a valuable map of what is going on in the geometry.
The code is also able to write out a file containing the solution value at every node. This file may be used to create contour plots of the solution.
The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license
fem2d_heat is available in a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version.
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