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David,
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<div class="">What about solving G(x) = F(x) - b(x) = 0?</div>
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<div class="">Geoff</div>
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<div class="">On Aug 8, 2016, at 1:12 PM, Neiferd, David John <<a href="mailto:david.neiferd@wright.edu" class="">david.neiferd@wright.edu</a>> wrote:</div>
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Hello all,
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<div class="">I've been searching through the PETSc documentation to try to find how to solve a nonlinear system where the right hand side (b) varies as a function of the state variables (x). According to the PETSc documentation, SNES solves the equations
F(x) = b where b is a constant vector. What would I do to solve F(x) = b(x)? An example of this would be a nonlinear thermoelastic structure where as the structure deforms the direction of the loads generated by the thermal expansion changes as well. Any
insight into how to implement this is appreciated.</div>
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