Your equation in nonlinear..........try solving it with sweep.

On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Ranjit Chacko <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've got an equation of the following form:
>
> localTerm = -6.0**self*.phi**5 + 8.0**self*.phi**3 - 2.0**self*.phi**self*
> .tau
> (TransientTerm() == DiffusionTerm(coeff=0.5 * *self*.a) +
> DiffusionTerm(coeff=(0.25 * self.b, 1.0)) + localTerm)
>
> I get very different behavior depending on which solver and how many
> iterations I choose. Are there any rules of thumb about how to choose a
> solver and are there any good references about these methods I should look
> up?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Ranjit
>
>


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Ajay Rawat
Kalpakkam, IGCAR

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