On Wed, 17 Feb 2016, John Peterson wrote: > On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 4:20 PM, Shayan Hoshyari <s.hoshy...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Thanks for your answer. Is it possible to have cubic subparametric >> elements? >> > > Not with Lagrange elements. > > You can e.g. use a Hermite (cubic) basis with first-order (QUAD4, HEX8) > elements, but there are currently no cubic 'geometric interpolation' > functions in libmesh.
Hermite is cubic, but also C1. If you wanted a Lagrange cubic basis but are willing to settle for something isomorphic to it then you need Hierarchic, Bernstein or Sza-Bab. --- Roy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=272487151&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Libmesh-users mailing list Libmesh-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libmesh-users
