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outputs from mphgetu and mphmatrix

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Hello,

I'm looking at a time-dependent 1D 'Coefficient Form PDE' problem. I mesh the line with 4 element (5 nodes). So I have 5 degrees of freedom, the relevant system matrices are also 5x5. Also to keep things simple, my shape function is linear.

However, when I use mphgetu(model), I get 7 values, among which only the 1,3,4,5,7th value correspond to u on the nodes. I guess the 2nd and the 6th value has something to do with the boundary? How exactly are they calculated?

Another question: How to get the Lagrange multiplier from mphmatrix?

Many thanks!


1 Reply Last Post Apr 30, 2015, 10:02 a.m. EDT
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Posted: 10 years ago Apr 30, 2015, 10:02 a.m. EDT
Hello,

I'm having the same problems. Did you figure out the relationship between solution vector index and variable value ? I recon that the two extra values you have are the internal degrees of freedom, though I am not quite sure I understand what they are.

Also regarding the system matrices, do you know what linear system does comsol solve ? I thought (keeping the matrix names given by mphmatrix) it would be:

E*Udotdot + D*Udot + K*U == L

But that doesn't appear to be the case...

Anyhow, I hope you eventually got an answer to your questions and thanks for sharing.

Regards,
Guillaume

Hello, I'm having the same problems. Did you figure out the relationship between solution vector index and variable value ? I recon that the two extra values you have are the internal degrees of freedom, though I am not quite sure I understand what they are. Also regarding the system matrices, do you know what linear system does comsol solve ? I thought (keeping the matrix names given by mphmatrix) it would be: E*Udotdot + D*Udot + K*U == L But that doesn't appear to be the case... Anyhow, I hope you eventually got an answer to your questions and thanks for sharing. Regards, Guillaume

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