[Getdp] Second order element peculiarity

[Jim Davis]

David,

Thanks very much for your reply.  That did indeed fix my problem, although I must admit
that I do not understand the nature of the hierarchical basis functions.  I have a freshly
printed copy of Christophe's dissertation from which I hope to learn more.

Thanks again,

Jim



David Colignon wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> the condition on the coefficients associated to the second order basis 
> functions must be homegeneous ( 0 value ) otherwise the imposed 
> condition considers a boundary condition other than constant ( with 
> second degree variation ). This is due to the fact that the second order 
> elements are built with hierarchical basis functions.
> 
> So with
> { Name ElectricScalarPotential_d2 ; Type Assign ;
>    Case {
>      { Region Ground; Value 0. ; }
>      { Region electrode ; Value 0. ; }
>    }
>  }
> 
> in con_cyl.pro it works very well
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Dave
> 

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