[petsc-users] Suggestions for code with dof >> 1 ?

[Christophe Ortiz]

On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 11:14 PM, Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:

>
> On Oct 7, 2013, at 2:49 PM, Christophe Ortiz <christophe.ortiz at ciemat.es>
> wrote:
>
> > Thanks. I got it.
> >
> > For the moment I have some general questions.
> >
> > - I see that in this example all terms--diffusion and reactions--are put
> into RHSFunction. There is no IFunction. Is there a reason for that ?  In
> which cases one should use IFunction or RHSFunction ? In ts/.../ex25.c,
> diffusion terms are defined in IFunction and reaction terms in RHSFunction.
> Why not here ?
>
>    RHS function is for non-stiff parts of the problem. IFunction for stiff
> parts.
>
>    There reason they are not separated in ex10.c is because I don't know
> for this problem what is what, so I just put them all in RHSFunction. But
> use a fully implicit solver.
>

I understand.


> >
> > - If only RHSFunction is used, how is it possible to define boundary
> conditions ? For instance, a Dirichlet boundary condition, u(i=0)=3. In
> ts/.../ex2.c, only RHSFunction is used and the boundary conditions are
> defined through u_t,
>
>    If, for example u is zero on the boundary for all time then you can
> just set u(t=0) to 0 on the boundary and u_t = 0 on the boundary and the
> boundary values of u will remain zero.  If you want to do something like u
> = f(t) on the boundary you can put that into the IFunction.
>

I see. So I could put either everything in the IFunction, or everything in
RHS but the two boundaries that cannot be defined in RHS (u=f(t)), in
IFunction. Correct ?


> >
> > - In this type of problem, which TS scheme is recommended ? TSARKIMEX ?
>
>    Beats me.
>
> >
> > - The option TSARKIMEXSetFullyImplicit is used. Why ? Does it help ?
>
>     I just wanted to use a fully implicit solver; since I just used
> RHSFunction by default TSARKIMEX would treat it as explicit which I didn't
> want.
>

It makes sense.

Thanks a lot. All this is clear now. I'll probably come back to you soon
with more specific questions about ordering and matrices.

Christophe


>
>    Barry
>
> >
> > Christophe
> >
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> >
> > On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 3:23 PM, Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
> >
> >   I have put it into the next branch. So just download petsc from the
> bitbucket site with git and then do git checkout next
> >
> >    The code won't work with the current PETSc release.
> >
> > On Oct 7, 2013, at 8:16 AM, Christophe Ortiz <christophe.ortiz at ciemat.es>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Barry,
> > >
> > > Thanks for the reply.
> > >
> > > I had a look at the example ex10.c. But I see it does not fully
> corresponds to what one can see in the branch. For instance, in the example
> that is found in the tutorials, there is no RHS defined, no Jacobian, just
> the IFunction.
> > >
> > > Could you please send me the latest version of ex10.c ? Many thanks in
> advance.
> > >
> > > Christophe
> > >
> > > CIEMAT
> > > Laboratorio Nacional de Fusión por Confinamiento Magnético
> > > Unidad de Materiales
> > > Edificio 2 - Planta 0 - Despacho 28m
> > > Avenida Complutense 40,
> > > 28040 Madrid, Spain
> > > Tel: +34 91496 2582
> > > Fax: +34 91346 6442
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >   Chris,
> > >
> > >     Take a look in the petsc branch barry/wirth-fusion-materials
> https://bitbucket.org/petsc/petsc/branch/barry%2Fwirth-fusion-materials
> > > in the file
> src/ts/examples/tutorials/advection-diffusion-reaction/ex10.c   feel free
> to ask any questions.
> > >
> > >     Barry
> > >
> > > On Oct 7, 2013, at 3:03 AM, Christophe Ortiz <
> christophe.ortiz at ciemat.es> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi all
> > > >
> > > > I need some suggestions to design a code with PETSc.
> > > >
> > > > I want to solve a 1D problem composed of several diffusion equations
> and a lot of ODEs (thousands).
> > > >
> > > > - After discretization, the diffusion equations have terms in i-1, i
> and i+1.
> > > >
> > > > - The diffusion equations have additional terms due to couping with
> all the ODEs. These terms are non-linear.
> > > >
> > > > - The terms of the ODEs are local (only depend on node i) but are
> non-linear.
> > > >
> > > > Any advice to design the code ?
> > > >
> > > > How should I distribute the terms between IFunction and RHSFunction ?
> > > >
> > > > Any special attention to DMDA ? Should I declare just one DMDA with
> dof >>1 ?
> > > >
> > > > Many thanks in advance !
> > > > Christophe
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
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