FEM2D_PROJECT_FUNCTION
Piecewise Linear Finite Element Approximation


FEM2D_PROJECT_FUNCTION is a MATLAB program which projects a function W(X,Y), given as a formula, into a given finite element space of piecewise linear triangular elements.

The result is that the function W(x,y) is approximated by a finite element function U(x,y) formed using piecewise linear triangular elements.

The computational region is a rectangle, which is divided up into a mesh of triangles using a grid of NX by NY points. For node K at grid point (I,J) in the interior, the associated basis function Vk(x,y) is used to pose the equation:

        Integral U(x,y) Vk(x,y) dx = Integral W(x,y) Vk(x,y) dx
      
while, for node K at grid point (I,J) on the boundary, the associated degree of freedom is determined by the boundary condition
        U(x,y) = W(x,y),
      

The conditions define a linear system for the coefficients Uk in the finite element expansion of U(x,y):

        U(x,y) = sum ( 1 <= K <= M*N ) Uk * Vk(x,y)
      

The program computes these coefficients, compares U and W pointwise at the nodes, and computes the L2 norms of U, W and U-W.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Languages:

FEM2D_PROJECT_FUNCTION is available in a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version.

Related Data and Programs:

FEM2D, a data directory which contains examples of 2D FEM files, text files that describe a 2D finite element geometry and associated nodal values;

FEM2D_PACK, a MATLAB library which is useful for 2D finite element calculations.

FEM2D_PROJECT, a MATLAB program which projects a function F(X,Y), given as a data, into a given finite element space of piecewise linear triangular elements.

FEM2D_SAMPLE, a MATLAB library which evaluates a finite element function defined on an order 3 or order 6 triangulation.

Reference:

  1. Hans Rudolf Schwarz,
    Finite Element Methods,
    Academic Press, 1988,
    ISBN: 0126330107,
    LC: TA347.F5.S3313.
  2. Gilbert Strang, George Fix,
    An Analysis of the Finite Element Method,
    Cambridge, 1973,
    ISBN: 096140888X,
    LC: TA335.S77.
  3. Olgierd Zienkiewicz,
    The Finite Element Method,
    Sixth Edition,
    Butterworth-Heinemann, 2005,
    ISBN: 0750663200,
    LC: TA640.2.Z54

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Examples and Tests:

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Last revised on 02 June 2009.