hello fipy experts,

i'm trying to deal with a nonlinear 1d convection term, but assume i am doing 
something wrong in term description & eqn setup (rather than in particulars of 
<>ConvectionTerm, etc.,?). here, physicalField.py raises a ValueError exception 
at the start of the sweep call. 

from the example cases, however, i'm not sure whether this type of term is 
possible in fipy. (thanks in advance Daniel, but i must not be grasping some 
feature of your example compared to this case - i think it is exactly this 
case?!).

(note: i am using a recent svn version, not the official release).

the attached file has the full fipy script (and traceback msg) for a toy 
problem(!), here is the gist:

u = CellVariable(name="u", mesh=m, value=0, hasOld=1)

speed = 1.0

linear = False

if linear:

coeff = (speed,)

print '...this will run thru the sweeps'

else:

coeff = (u,)

print '...this will fail, expect: "array dimensions are not compatible for 
copy"'

..

convection = PowerLawConvectionTerm(coeff=coeff,diffusionTerm=diffusion)

eqn = transient + convection - diffusion

..

resid = eqn.sweep(var = u, dt = dt,

boundaryConditions=BC,

solver = LinearLUSolver())

#traceback starts from sweep call.

can anyone point out the error(s) in my ways? 

thanks much in advance,



dean

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