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<div>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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