On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 2:37 AM, Justin Chang <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> In SNES ex62, it seems to solve the Stokes equation using TH elements
> (i.e., using P2-P1 elements). However, this formulation is not locally
> conservative, and as a result many people use the P2-P1/P0 elements where
> the pressure space is enriched with a piece-wise constant to ensure mass
> conservation at the element level.
>
> Is such an element combination possible with the current implementation
> within DMPlex?
>

I have implemented P1_disc:


https://bitbucket.org/petsc/petsc/src/779682a0c231963f14b692ce9dcbb6520a47bf75/config/builder.py?at=master#cl-497

I believe its working correctly based on my tests for function
interpolation, but I have not tried anything hard with it.

 Thanks,

   Matt


> Thanks,
> Justin
>



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