I think using higher order scalar variables is more or less equivalent to using more than one first-order scalar.
It can be a convenient way of grouping together scalar variables which are logically related in some way. -- John On Feb 26, 2013, at 8:53 AM, Manav Bhatia <bhatiama...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to understand the SCALAR variable/fe types. > > The FE class of SCALAR seems to return 0 for the shape functions in all > cases. At the same time, the project solution method/class uses > n_components of a SCALAR variable, which in turn is the order of the scalar > variable. > > So, if scalar variable can have higher orders with constant (0.0) shape > function, in which situations can n_components be useful as opposed to > adding multiple scalar variables to a system? > > Any comments would be apprecited. > > Thanks, > Manav > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_feb > _______________________________________________ > Libmesh-users mailing list > Libmesh-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libmesh-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_feb _______________________________________________ Libmesh-users mailing list Libmesh-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libmesh-users
