bvp
Solution of Two-Point Boundary Value Problems

bvp, FENICS scripts which use the finite element method to solve two point boundary value problems (BVP) over an interval in 1D.

Note that I have installed FENICS using Docker, and so to run this script I issue the commands:

1. cd $HOME/fenicsproject/bvp
2. fenicsproject run
3. python3 bvp_01.py
4. exit

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Reference:

1. Hans Petter Langtangen, Anders Logg,
   Solving PDEs in Python - The FEniCS Tutorial Volume 1.

Source Code:

bvp_01.py sets up and solves a two point boundary value problem.

• bvp_01.py the script.
• bvp_01.txt the output file.
• bvp_01_solution.png a plot of the solution.

bvp_02.py repeats the calculation done by bvp_01.py, but now prints out a table of the solution, estimates the L2 norm and H1 seminorms of the error, and computes the average value of the solution in two ways.

• bvp_02.py the script.
• bvp_02.txt the output file.

bvp_03.py solves the same BVP 4 times, on a sequence of refined meshes.

• bvp_03.py the script.
• bvp_03.txt the output file.
• bvp_03_04_mesh.xml a mesh.
• bvp_03_04_solution.png a plot of the corresponding solution.
• bvp_03_08_mesh.xml a mesh.
• bvp_03_08_solution.png a plot of the corresponding solution.
• bvp_03_16_mesh.xml a mesh.
• bvp_03_16_solution.png a plot of the corresponding solution.
• bvp_03_32_mesh.xml a mesh.
• bvp_03_32_solution.png a plot of the corresponding solution.

bvp_04.py solves the same problem as bvp_01.py, but sets the Dirichlet boundary conditions explicitly.

• bvp_04.py the script.
• bvp_04.txt the output file.
• bvp_04_solution.png a plot of the solution.

bvp_05.py solves the same problem as bvp_04.py, except that on the right endpoint a Neumann condition is applied.

• bvp_05.py the script.
• bvp_05.txt the output file.
• bvp_05_solution.png a plot of the solution.