Search All of the Math Forum:
Views expressed in these public forums are not endorsed by
Drexel University or The Math Forum.
|
|
|
|
Re: pde toolbox
Posted:
Mar 11, 2013 3:12 PM
|
|
Hi Bill,
That was very helpful. Thank you very much.
Sai
"Bill Greene" wrote in message <khfgev$sgb$1@newscl01ah.mathworks.com>...
> Hi,
>
> "Sashankh Rao" wrote in message <khdu9o$j3c$1@newscl01ah.mathworks.com>...
> > Using the Matlab pde toolbox I obtain a solution to the Poisson equation for a given geometry using dirichlet boundary conditions. First, I want to determine the gradient at all the boundary nodes. Is this possible using the toolbox? Second, I want to use these gradient values as an input boundary condition for the same boundary to solve a different equation (same geometry). Is this possible to do using the toolbox? Thanks.
>
> Yes, this is definitely possible. I'll try to point you in the right direction.
>
> The function pdegrad can be used to calculate the gradient of the solution at the
> element centroids.
> http://www.mathworks.com/help/pde/ug/pdegrad.html?searchHighlight=pdegrad
> Then the function pdeprtni can be used to interpolate these centroid values back
> to the nodes.
> http://www.mathworks.com/help/pde/ug/pdeprtni.html
>
> Using these gradient values in the boundary conditions will require you to write your
> own boundary condition function, referred to as a "boundary file" in the PDE
> Toolbox documentation.
> http://www.mathworks.com/help/pde/ug/pdebound.html
>
> This documentation page has some examples of how to write such a function.
> http://www.mathworks.com/help/pde/ug/boundary-conditions-for-scalar-pde.html
>
> Bill
|
|
|
|
