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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks. I see the example in petsc (<a href="https://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/petsc-current/src/ts/tutorials/ex40.c.html">https://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/petsc-current/src/ts/tutorials/ex40.c.html</a>) modifies the solution vector in the PostEventFunction(),
but there is no straightforward way to modify the RHSFunction(). Can one call TSSetRHSFunction() inside PostEventFunction() and set it for another routine? Maybe one can just change a variable in the context which is also used in the original RHSFunction().
Even if I could, such a sudden change in the RHS can make the current solution oscillate heavily. Will the TS solver adapt the time step to accommodate for this drastic change?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Miguel<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Barry Smith <bsmith@petsc.dev><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, September 30, 2020 at 10:19 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>"Salazar De Troya, Miguel" <salazardetro1@llnl.gov>, "Abhyankar, Shrirang G" <shrirang.abhyankar@pnnl.gov>, Emil Constantinescu <emconsta@mcs.anl.gov><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Satish Balay via petsc-users <petsc-users@mcs.anl.gov><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [petsc-users] Adaptive time stepping for implicit solvers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> You might consider using the Event feature of TS to manage this. It detects when your "indicator function" changes sign and stops the integration right at that point allowing you to change your ODE or do what
ever you need. It allows managing discontinuous changes in the ODE without needing smoothing (that messes up the solution). <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> You would write an indicator function that depends on "solution of heat equation equal to a given parameter"<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">I am including Shri and Emil on this message because they understand the event handling the best (Shri wrote it).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">On Sep 30, 2020, at 11:58 AM, Salazar De Troya, Miguel via petsc-users <<a href="mailto:petsc-users@mcs.anl.gov">petsc-users@mcs.anl.gov</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">I have a heat equation with a right-hand side coefficient that changes sign when a certain condition is met (solution of heat equation equal to a given parameter). I am thinking of modeling the sign change with
a smoothed-out Heaviside approximation and let the solver adjust the time step to capture the sudden transition. Given that it is a heat equation, I am interested in using an implicit solver. Which ones in the TS suite also have adaptive capabilities?<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Thanks<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Miguel<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="ES" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas">Miguel A. Salazar de Troya</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas">Rm: 1085-5</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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