fem2d_bvp_serene, an Octave code which applies the finite element method (FEM), with serendipity 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.
The MATLAB "gallery()" command can produce a copy of the Wathen matrix, which arises as a weighted sum of elementary mass matrices associated with a grid of serendipity elements.
The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license
fem2d_bvp_serene is available in a C version and a C++ version and a Fortran90 version and a MATLAB version and an Octave version.
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