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Re: [ff3d-users] Basic Question on Fictitious Domain method
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Stephane Del Pino |
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Re: [ff3d-users] Basic Question on Fictitious Domain method |
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Tue, 5 Jan 2010 09:51:20 +0100 |
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Hello.
Le lundi 21 décembre 2009, Juzar Thingna a écrit :
> Hello Everyone,
> I'm quite new to the fictitious domain method of solving PDE. I wanted to
> know how is this method better than the Finite element method?
It is not better. FDM relies usually on finite element method.
> while doing
> some basic research one advantage I see is that the number of iterations
> for convergence in CG is quite small in complex geometries because of the
> pre-conditioner used.
This can be the case for some methods but in ff3d, FDM are used to avoid the
complexity of 3D mesh generation. It is not a performance issue.
> But I'm still not able to figure out how the
> geometry can make the matrix ill-conditioned?
You should have a look to finite element method analysis.
Best regards,
S.
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