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pk285@
Boundary
Value
Problems
Finite Element
Method
Function Spaces
Weak Forms
P.S. Koutsourelakis
pk285@cornell.edu
369 Hollister Hall
September 3 2008
Example
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Boundary
Value
Problems
Finite Element
Method
Function Spaces
Weak Forms
b(x)
F
A
u(x)
L
Boundary Value Problem (BVP)
d 2 u(x)
+ b(x) = 0 x (0, L)
(1)
dx 2
with boundary conditions: u(0) = 0, E A du
dx |x=l = F
EA
d 2 u(x)
+ b(x) = 0 x (0, L)
dx 2
(2)
d 2 u(x)
+ b(x) = 0 x (0, L)
dx 2
(3)
Function Spaces
Weak Forms
d 2 u(x)
+ b(x) = 0 x (0, L)
dx 2
(4)
Finite Element
Method
Function Spaces
Weak Forms
L
N
and let
(5)
d 2 u(x)
+ b(x)
dx 2
= 0 x (0, L)
(discretization)
= 0 xi , i = 1, 2, . . . , N
Function Spaces
Weak Forms
Function Spaces
Lecture 02
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Boundary
Value
Problems
Finite Element
Method
Function Spaces
Weak Forms
(6)
Function Spaces
Lecture 02
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Method
Function Spaces
Weak Forms
d 2 u(x)
+ b(x) = 0
dx 2
x (0, L)
EA
du
dx |x=l
(8)
=F
Function Spaces
Lecture 02
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Value
Problems
Finite Element
Method
Function Spaces
Weak Forms
EA
d 2 u(x)
+ b(x) = 0
dx 2
x (0, L)
EA
du
dx |x=l
(9)
=F
Function Spaces
Weak Forms
Weak Forms
Lecture 02
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Value
Problems
Finite Element
Method
Function Spaces
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EA
d 2 u(x)
+ b(x) = 0
dx 2
x (0, L)
EA
du
dx |x=l
(10)
=F
d 2 u(x)
+ b(x)
dx 2
du
dx |x=l
(11)
F because
Weak Forms
Lecture 02
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Value
Problems
Finite Element
Method
Function Spaces
d 2 u(x)
+ b(x)
dx 2
R(L) = F EA
(Bubnov)-Galerkin approach
Weak Forms
du
|x=l
dx
Weak Forms
Lecture 02
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Value
Problems
Finite Element
Method
Function Spaces
Weak Forms
d 2 u(x)
+ b(x)
dx 2
R(L) = F EA
du
|x=l
dx
(12)
Note that the residual is not zero in the STRONG sense i.e.
R(x) = 0 x but the condition is enforced WEAKLY as above.
Weak Forms
Lecture 02
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Finite Element
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Function Spaces
Weak Forms
STRONG form:
2
EA d dxu(x)
+ b(x) = 0
2
u(0) = u0
F = EA du
dx |x=l
WEAK form:
RL
RL
dv
0 EA du
dx dx dx = 0 A b(x)v (x)dx + v (L)F
uS
v V
v V
Weak Forms
Lecture 02
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Boundary
Value
Problems
Finite Element
Method
Function Spaces
Weak Forms
WEAK form:
RL
RL
dv
0 EA du
dx dx dx = 0 A b(x)v (x)dx + v (L) F
uS
v V
v V