[petsc-users] Interpolation between nodal and elemental field

[Matthew Knepley]

On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 10:27 AM K. Wu <wuktsinghua at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Good day!
>
> I am currently working on interploating the nodal field vector I obtained
> to its corresponding elemental field vector. I am doing it in a simple way
> by using structured mesh, the element value is just the average of its
> corresponding nodal values.
>
> Is it possible to generate a connectivity matrix to implement this
> function? I also need this matrix later on to do a reverse transformation.
>
> I am wondering is there a way in PETSc to generate this connectivity
> matrix between nodal and elemental mesh. Or is there any better way to
> accomplish this?
>
> Thanks for your kind help!
>

1. Are you using a PETSc DM, or your own mesh?

2. In order to define what you mean, you have to attach function spaces (or
something equivalent) to the
    two representations. Do you mean linear interpolation between vertices
and constants on cells?

  Thanks,

     Matt


> Best regards,
> Kai
>


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