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Limits on a Dependent Variable
Posted 2011年5月11日 GMT+2 17:441 Reply
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Hi,
I have a relatively simple question that I couldn't find an answer for in the forums. I am using the General Form PDE mode to solve for a dependent variable, u. From the physics of the problem, I know that the value of u cannot exceed a certain value, say u_max. However, due to numerics, I obtain values larger than this maximum value which is unrealistic. Furthermore, those values cause roots of negative numbers etc that lead to further numerical instabilities in the solver. While I can use expressions such as (u_max+(u-u_max)*(u
Regards,
-Alper
I have a relatively simple question that I couldn't find an answer for in the forums. I am using the General Form PDE mode to solve for a dependent variable, u. From the physics of the problem, I know that the value of u cannot exceed a certain value, say u_max. However, due to numerics, I obtain values larger than this maximum value which is unrealistic. Furthermore, those values cause roots of negative numbers etc that lead to further numerical instabilities in the solver. While I can use expressions such as (u_max+(u-u_max)*(u
Regards,
-Alper
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Last Post 2011年5月11日 GMT+2 18:10
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1 decade ago
Hi
you have an interesting remark there.
I know about the limits you can impose on variables in the optimisation module, but not for the general PDE solver.
I agree that this could be useful, from the external physicist / engineer point of view (we might know that for a given case i.e. complex or negative solutions are non-physical, COMSOL not , today),
Now I'm not sure it's that trivial from the math / computational point of view
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Good luck
Ivar
you have an interesting remark there.
I know about the limits you can impose on variables in the optimisation module, but not for the general PDE solver.
I agree that this could be useful, from the external physicist / engineer point of view (we might know that for a given case i.e. complex or negative solutions are non-physical, COMSOL not , today),
Now I'm not sure it's that trivial from the math / computational point of view
--
Good luck
Ivar