
From its solution, we can obtain the temperature field as a function of time. This equation is also known as the Fourier-Biot equation and provides the basic tool for heat conduction analysis. Using these two equations, we can derive the general heat conduction equation: Fourier’s law states that the time rate of heat transfer through a material is proportional to the negative gradient in the temperature and the area at right angles to that gradient through which the heat flows.Ī change in internal energy per unit volume in the material, ΔQ, is proportional to the change in temperature, Δu. The heat equation is derived from Fourier’s law and conservation of energy. Once this temperature distribution is known, the conduction heat flux at any point in the material or on its surface may be computed from Fourier’s law. Detailed knowledge of the temperature field is very important in thermal conduction through materials. Which differ from the desired Dirichlet value near the boundary.The heat conduction equation is a partial differential equation that describes heat distribution (or the temperature field) in a given body over time. Integrators work together to balance the natural boundary conditionĪssociated with the DiffusionIntegrator and to penalize solutions Interior penalty used in the DG diffusion formulation. Where sigma and kappa are parameters controlling the symmetry and boundary marked in the dbc_marker array.Ī.AddBdrFaceIntegrator(new DGDiffusionIntegrator(matCoef, sigma, kappa), Add the n.Grad(u) boundary integral on the Dirichlet portion of the Add the desired value for the Dirichlet constraint on the boundaryī.AddBdrFaceIntegrator(new DGDirichletLFIntegrator(dbcCoef, matCoef, sigma, kappa), However, since DG basisįunctions have no degrees of freedom associated with the boundary,ĭirichlet boundary conditions must be handled differently. The same manner as in the continuous case. In the Discontinuous Galerkin (DG) formulation the Add Robin BCs n.(matCoef grad u) + rbcACoef u = rbcBCoef on the boundaryĪ.AddBoundaryIntegrator(new MassIntegrator(rbcACoef), rbc_marker) The same change to the right-hand-side as the Neumann boundaryĬondition as well as a new term in the bilinear form before a.Assemble(): // Add Robin BCs n.(matCoef Grad u) + rbcACoef u = rbcBCoef on the boundaryī.AddBoundaryIntegrator(new BoundaryLFIntegrator(rbcBCoef), rbc_marker) The implementation of a Robin boundary condition requires precisely For example, when solving for an $H^1$ field one should addĪ MassIntegrator with an appropriate scalar coefficient for To the BilinearForm object to account for the term involving Robin boundary conditions are applied in the same manner as Neumannīoundary conditions except that one must also add a boundary integral Which creates an implicit constraint on the solution called a This boundary integral is ignored, its value is implicitly set to zero Using integration by parts which introduces a boundary integral. The so called "Natural Boundary Conditions" arise whenever weakĭerivatives occur in a PDE (see below for more on weakĭerivatives). Prepare the linear system with enforcement of the essential boundaryĪ.FormLinearSystem(ess_tdof_list, u, b, A, X, B) Prepare a marker array from a set of attributesĪrray bdr_marker(pmesh.bdr_attributes.Max()) įespace.GetEssentialTrueDofs(dbc_marker, ess_tdof_list) Assume we start with an array containing boundary attribute numbers Integers containing zeros and ones with a length equal to the largestīoundary attribute index. \Gamma_D\cup\Gamma_N\cup\Gamma_R\cup\Gamma_0$. Typically mixed boundary conditions are imposed on disjoint portions MFEMĪllows the user to define boundary conditions on a subset of boundary SinceĮach boundary element can have only one attribute number the boundaryĪttributes split the boundary into a group of disjoint sets. Positive integer assigned to each boundary element of the mesh. MFEM supports boundary conditions of mixed type through the definition
