FEM1D is a Python program which applies the finite element method (FEM) to a 1D linear two point boundary value problem (BVP), using piecewise linear basis functions.
The BVP to be solved is:
-u'' = x * ( x + 3 ) * exp ( x ) over the interval 0 < x < 1
u(0) = 0.0
u(1) = 0.0
The exact solution is:
u(x) = x * ( 1 - x ) * exp ( x )
A version of the finite element method is used. Six equally spaced nodes are defined, from 0.0 to 1.0, dividing the interval into 5 elements. At node I, we associate a "hat" function, or piecewise linear basis function, PSI(I)(X), which has the value 1 at that node, is 0 at all other nodes.
We look for an approximate solution to our problem of the form
UH(X) = sum ( 1 <= I <= 6 ) C(I) * PSI(I,X)
so that now the problem becomes the determination of the unknown
coefficients C.
We take the original BVP, multiply by test function PSI(J,X), integrate over the region, and apply integration by parts, to obtain a linear system of the form
A * C = F
We modify the first and last rows of the linear system to enforce the
boundary conditions, then solve to determine the values of C.
The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.
FEM1D is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version and a Python version.
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FEM1D solves -u''=x*(1-x)*exp(x).
FEM1D_MODEL solves -u'' + u = x. It differs from FEM1D in using a more intuitive approach to assembling the system matrix.
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