Maxi, adding to Wolfgang's answer: if you only want to visualize all time steps (or the z-dependency) at once, you can use DataOutStack[1] for this.
Best, Daniel [1] https://www.dealii.org/8.5.0/doxygen/deal.II/classDataOutStack.html Am Dienstag, 22. August 2017 18:01:38 UTC+2 schrieb Wolfgang Bangerth: > > On 08/22/2017 09:30 AM, 'Maxi Miller' via deal.II User Group wrote: > > I think my question was badly formulated. When solving the equation > > above, I get 2d-slices for every step, which are then assembled to a > > 3d-model in z-direction. Is something similar possible with dealII, or > > do I have to use external programs for that? > > You can do either. You can either treat 'z' as a time-like variable and > do time-stepping in this direction (solving a sequence of 2d problems in > the process) or use a single problem in the same vein as people do when > they use space-time finite elements. If you search for "space-time > finite element methods", you will find a lot of literature -- in > essence, you end up with a problem that is diffusive in one direction > but an advection problem in the time/z direction; as always for > advection problems, you will have to choose an appropriate formulation > to make things stable. > > Both methods are of course implementable in deal.II. > > Best > W. > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Wolfgang Bangerth email: [email protected] > <javascript:> > www: http://www.math.colostate.edu/~bangerth/ > -- The deal.II project is located at http://www.dealii.org/ For mailing list/forum options, see https://groups.google.com/d/forum/dealii?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "deal.II User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
