Re: [deal.II] Output of Gauss point stress tensor

2020-09-29 Thread Muhammad Mashhood
Thanks a lot Prof. Wolfgang. Your guidance was very fruitful and right on 
point. Solved my problem! :)

On Thursday, August 6, 2020 at 1:53:48 AM UTC+2 Wolfgang Bangerth wrote:

>
> >  Thanks for the guidance. I tried 
> > replacing the " source/particles/particle_handler.cc 
> > <
> https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fdealii%2Fdealii%2Fpull%2F10589%2Ffiles%23diff-df7869b8ff6741c5bba620988f7bd995=02%7C01%7CWolfgang.Bangerth%40colostate.edu%7Cd00ea92f27a5466d8a5e08d8395d0f41%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637322419138637595=CQSVVYYrHp5wMfy3INtkJBdS%2BNjFzBqLAdPwVHI1r%2FU%3D=0>"
>  
>
> > file with the one present in 
> > "https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10589/files;. Also 
> > include/deal.II/particles/particle_accessor.h 
> > <
> https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fdealii%2Fdealii%2Fpull%2F10319%2Ffiles%23diff-ba98c140727c3e55b479f34172de381b=02%7C01%7CWolfgang.Bangerth%40colostate.edu%7Cd00ea92f27a5466d8a5e08d8395d0f41%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637322419138637595=Y9F5eICnrFT8jNpnmg03tO3gb%2BWO%2B8xEqt9%2F9fucTBQ%3D=0>
>  
>
> > and source/particles/particle_accessor.cc 
> > <
> https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fdealii%2Fdealii%2Fpull%2F10319%2Ffiles%23diff-0b2cb32ab20618cd2a77e2ddfda9eddd=02%7C01%7CWolfgang.Bangerth%40colostate.edu%7Cd00ea92f27a5466d8a5e08d8395d0f41%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637322419138647592=7ZHhT3M4M%2Bu2FaPwpR2qwSkJevjIip4d7%2BvaQrqmsG0%3D=0>
>  
>
> > from "https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10319/files;. Then compiled 
> again 
> > my deal.ii 9.2.0 but it gives error during compilation.
>
> Yes -- we put about 10 changes every day into deal.II. You can't just 
> replace 
> individual files in 9.2 with the current development sources :-)
>
>
> > Therefore as a second option, I have created a simplified code which 
> > represents my problem. Kindly receive the files attached. Looking 
> forward for 
> > your guiding response!
>
> The code in question looks like this:
>
> Particles::Particle new_particle;
> new_particle.set_location(location);
> new_particle.set_reference_location(
> mapping.transform_real_to_unit_cell(cell, location));
> new_particle.set_id(next_unused_particle_id);
>
> SymmetricTensor<2, dim> strain; strain = 0;
> new_particle.set_properties(make_array_view(strain));
>
> particle_handler.insert_particle(new_particle, cell);
>
> It is correct that set_properties() throws an exception here, because 
> there 
> really is no property pool associated with this particle. If you write it 
> like 
> this:
>
> auto inserted_particle
> = particle_handler.insert_particle(new_particle, cell);
> inserted_particle->set_properties(make_array_view(strain));
>
> then things will work if you also change the number of properties stored 
> by 
> the ParticleHandler object to dim*(dim+1)/2=6 (it is currently 'dim').
>
> Best
> W.
>
> -- 
> 
> Wolfgang Bangerth email: bang...@colostate.edu
> www: http://www.math.colostate.edu/~bangerth/
>
>

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Re: [deal.II] Output of Gauss point stress tensor

2020-08-05 Thread Wolfgang Bangerth



  Thanks for the guidance. I tried 
replacing the " source/particles/particle_handler.cc 
" 
file with the one present in 
"https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10589/files;. Also 
include/deal.II/particles/particle_accessor.h 
 
and source/particles/particle_accessor.cc 
 
from "https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10319/files;. Then compiled again 
my deal.ii 9.2.0 but it gives error during compilation.


Yes -- we put about 10 changes every day into deal.II. You can't just replace 
individual files in 9.2 with the current development sources :-)



Therefore as a second option, I have created a simplified code which 
represents my problem. Kindly receive the files attached. Looking forward for 
your guiding response!


The code in question looks like this:

  Particles::Particle new_particle;
  new_particle.set_location(location);
  new_particle.set_reference_location(
  mapping.transform_real_to_unit_cell(cell, location));
  new_particle.set_id(next_unused_particle_id);

  SymmetricTensor<2, dim> strain; strain = 0;
  new_particle.set_properties(make_array_view(strain));

  particle_handler.insert_particle(new_particle, cell);

It is correct that set_properties() throws an exception here, because there 
really is no property pool associated with this particle. If you write it like 
this:


  auto inserted_particle
= particle_handler.insert_particle(new_particle, cell);
  inserted_particle->set_properties(make_array_view(strain));

then things will work if you also change the number of properties stored by 
the ParticleHandler object to dim*(dim+1)/2=6 (it is currently 'dim').


Best
 W.

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Re: [deal.II] Output of Gauss point stress tensor

2020-08-05 Thread Muhammad Mashhood
Dear Prof. Wolfgang,
 Thanks for the guidance. I tried 
replacing the " source/particles/particle_handler.cc 
"
 
file with the one present in 
"https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10589/files;. Also 
include/deal.II/particles/particle_accessor.h 

 
and source/particles/particle_accessor.cc 

 
from "https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10319/files;. Then compiled 
again my deal.ii 9.2.0 but it gives error during compilation.

Therefore as a second option, I have created a simplified code which 
represents my problem. Kindly receive the files attached. Looking forward 
for your guiding response!
Thank you very much for ongoing cooperation.

Best regards,
Muhammad Mashhood 

On Friday, July 31, 2020 at 5:31:13 PM UTC+2 Wolfgang Bangerth wrote:

> On 7/30/20 5:26 PM, Muhammad Mashhood wrote:
> > 
> > _But it gives the following error on running:_
> > 
> > /An error occurred in line <298> of file 
> >  in 
> function
> > void dealii::Particles::Particle spacedim>::set_properties(const 
> > dealii::ArrayView&) [with int dim = 3; int spacedim = 3]
> > The violated condition was:
> > property_pool != nullptr
> > Additional information:
> > [...]
>
> > I explored the mailing list and found someone from the community already 
> had 
> > similar problem of assigning the properties to the particles where it 
> was 
> > suggested to use following way of assigning the properties:
>
> I believe that this is a bug that I fixed a while back:
> https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10589
> https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/10590
> Unfortunately, this happened after the 9.2 release. Are you in a position 
> to 
> work with the current development sources?
>
> If this doesn't solve the problem, can you come up with a simplified piece 
> of 
> code that illustrates the issue?
>
> Best
> W.
>
> -- 
> 
> Wolfgang Bangerth email: bang...@colostate.edu
> www: http://www.math.colostate.edu/~bangerth/
>
>

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3d_block.msh
Description: Mesh model
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// For particles handling and data output
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using namespace dealii;

int main ()
{


/
// Varible declaration and initializations //
/
const int dim = 3;

Triangulation triangulation;
MappingQ mapping(1);
Particles::ParticleHandler particle_handler(triangulation, mapping, /*n_properties=*/dim);
types::particle_index   next_unused_particle_id;

const unsigned int fe_degree = 1;

FESystem  fe(FE_Q(QGaussLobatto<1>(fe_degree+1)), dim);
const QGauss  quadrature_formula(fe_degree + 1);




// Reading mesh file //
//

GridIn gridin;
gridin.attach_triangulation(triangulation);
std::ifstream f("3d_block.msh");
gridin.read_msh(f);

std::cout << "Number of active cells after make_grid():   "
<< triangulation.n_active_cells()
<< std::endl;

//
// Distribution of dofs to the dof handler //
/

DoFHandlerdof_handler(triangulation);
dof_handler.distribute_dofs(fe);



/
// creating particles and assigning values for quadrature point locations and data //
/

next_unused_particle_id = 1;

FEValues fe_values (fe, quadrature_formula,
 update_values | update_gradients |
 

Re: [deal.II] Output of Gauss point stress tensor

2020-07-31 Thread Wolfgang Bangerth

On 7/30/20 5:26 PM, Muhammad Mashhood wrote:


_But it gives the following error on running:_

/An error occurred in line <298> of file 
 in function
     void dealii::Particles::Particle::set_properties(const 
dealii::ArrayView&) [with int dim = 3; int spacedim = 3]

The violated condition was:
     property_pool != nullptr
Additional information:
[...]


I explored the mailing list and found someone from the community already had 
similar problem of assigning the properties to the particles where it was 
suggested to use following way of assigning the properties:


I believe that this is a bug that I fixed a while back:
https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10589
https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/10590
Unfortunately, this happened after the 9.2 release. Are you in a position to 
work with the current development sources?


If this doesn't solve the problem, can you come up with a simplified piece of 
code that illustrates the issue?


Best
 W.

--

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   www: http://www.math.colostate.edu/~bangerth/

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Re: [deal.II] Output of Gauss point stress tensor

2020-07-30 Thread Muhammad Mashhood
Dear Prof. Wolfganag,
   Thank you for the suggestion. I ran 
debugger with the ".prm" file and was successful to backtrace the error and 
resolved it. After this, using the step-19 particles tutorial refered by 
you, so far I am also successful in creating and exporting out the 
particles in ".vtu" file to visualize their ids and location (which is 
quadrature points location in my case).

As a next step, After creating particle on quadrature point, I am now 
trying to assign it the quadrature point value which is "*SymmetricTensor<2, 
dim>*" in my case. *I am using following simplified function similar to the 
one in particles tutorial file of step-19:*



































*template void  Problem::create_particles(){  
next_unused_particle_id = 1;FEValues fe_values (fe, 
quadrature_formula, update_values | 
update_gradients | 
update_quadrature_points);for (const auto  : 
dof_handler.active_cell_iterators())  {
PointHistory *local_quadrature_points_history
   = reinterpret_cast 
*>(cell->user_pointer());  Assert 
(local_quadrature_points_history >=   
   _point_history.front(),
  ExcInternalError());   
Assert (local_quadrature_points_history <
   _point_history.back(),
  ExcInternalError());
   fe_values.reinit(cell);for (const unsigned int 
q_point :fe_values.quadrature_point_indices())
  {const Point location =
fe_values.quadrature_point(q_point);
Particles::Particle new_particle;
new_particle.set_location(location);
new_particle.set_reference_location(
  mapping.transform_real_to_unit_cell(cell, 
location));
new_particle.set_id(next_unused_particle_id);
SymmetricTensor<2, dim> total_strain = 
local_quadrature_points_history[q_point].old_strain;*









*
new_particle.set_properties(make_array_view(total_strain));
particle_handler.insert_particle(new_particle, 
cell);++next_unused_particle_id;  
}  }particle_handler.update_cached_numbers();}*

*But it gives the following error on running:*










*An error occurred in line <298> of file 
 in 
functionvoid dealii::Particles::Particle::set_properties(const dealii::ArrayView&) [with int 
dim = 3; int spacedim = 3]The violated condition was: property_pool != 
nullptrAdditional information: This exception -- which is used in many 
places in the library -- usually indicates that some condition which the 
author of the code thought must be satisfied at a certain point in an 
algorithm, is not fulfilled. An example would be that the first part of an 
algorithm sorts elements of an array in ascending order, and a second part 
of the algorithm later encounters an element that is not larger than the 
previous one.There is usually not very much you can do if you encounter 
such an exception since it indicates an error in deal.II, not in your own 
program. Try to come up with the smallest possible program that still 
demonstrates the error and contact the deal.II mailing lists with it to 
obtain help.*I tried to fix it by initializing and setting the property 
pool to the new_particle in my current function :

*Particles::PropertyPool propertypool(6); // six entries present in the 
symmetric tensor of second order*
*new_particle.set_property_pool(propertypool);*

*But still it stops with the following error:*







*An error occurred in line <531> of file 
 in 
functiondealii::ArrayView::value_type& 
dealii::ArrayView::operator[](std::size_t) 
const [with ElementType = double; MemorySpaceType = 
dealii::MemorySpace::Host; dealii::ArrayView::value_type = double; std::size_t = long unsigned int]The 
violated condition was: static_cast::type)>:: type>(i) < 
static_cast::type)>:: 
type>(n_elements)Additional information: Index 3 is not in the 
half-open range [0,3).*
I explored the mailing list and found someone from the community already 
had similar problem of assigning the properties to the particles where it 
was suggested to use following way of assigning the properties:



*for( auto iter=particleHandler.begin(); iter!=particleHandler.end(); 
++iter, ++part ) *





* iter->set_properties 
(make_array_view(interpolatedParticleQuantities.begin()+ part*ncomponents, 
interpolatedParticleQuantities.begin()+ 

Re: [deal.II] Output of Gauss point stress tensor

2020-07-29 Thread Wolfgang Bangerth

On 7/28/20 11:05 AM, Muhammad Mashhood wrote:


/.~/working_dir/step-42$ /step-42 p1_chinese.prm
Segmentation fault (core dumped)/

I tried to comment out the line "  , particle_handler(triangulation, mapping, 
/*n_properties=*/dim) " and by doing so the code starts running normally.


I have tried to run it in the debug mode but over there the program exits with 
following error:


/(gdb) r
Starting program: ~/working_dir/step-42/step-42
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".
*** Call this program as <./step-42 input.prm>


You need to run the executable with
  r p1_chinese.prm
to make sure it loads the appropriate input file, or you will not see the 
segmentation fault in the debugger.




[Inferior 1 (process 5082) exited with code 01]/

Can there be a possible problem in using the " 
/particle_handler(triangulation, mapping, /*n_properties=*/dim) /" ? Thank you!


I don't know. Can you get a backtrace in the debugger?

It's something that ought to work. If you can't figure out what is happening, 
send me the exact .cc file you're trying to run and I'll take a look!


Best
 W.

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Re: [deal.II] Output of Gauss point stress tensor

2020-07-28 Thread Muhammad Mashhood
Dear Prof. Wolfgang,
  Thank you very much for the 
suggestions. To have a quick solution, I am opting the first suggestion 
i.e. to make particles on quadrature points and assigning them the tensor 
quantities. And if I gain some reasonable results specific to my project 
then I might also want to add it as a permanent feature in my code by 
spending more time to implement the second suggested solution of elegant 
way. So I have updated my version from 9.1.1 to 9.2.0 and started writing 
the code for particles. 

My original code is similar as step-42 but first I am using step-42 to 
fulfill at least the task of creating particles on quadrature point 
locations. 

I have declared the concerned variables:



*Particles::ParticleHandler particle_handler;
types::particle_index   next_unused_particle_id;*
*MappingQ mapping;*

and then added the following syntax during construction of  class (
*PlasticityContactProblem::PlasticityContactProblem*) (after line 833):



*, mapping(1), particle_handler(triangulation, mapping, 
/*n_properties=*/dim), next_unused_particle_id(0)*

When I run the step-42 then it returns following error:


*.~/working_dir/step-42$ /step-42 p1_chinese.prmSegmentation fault (core 
dumped)*

I tried to comment out the line "  , particle_handler(triangulation, 
mapping, /*n_properties=*/dim) " and by doing so the code starts running 
normally. 

I have tried to run it in the debug mode but over there the program exits 
with following error:






*(gdb) rStarting program: ~/working_dir/step-42/step-42 [Thread debugging 
using libthread_db enabled]Using host libthread_db library 
"/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".*** Call this program as 
<./step-42 input.prm>[Inferior 1 (process 5082) exited with code 01]*

Can there be a possible problem in using the " *particle_handler(triangulation, 
mapping, /*n_properties=*/dim) *" ? Thank you!
On Friday, July 17, 2020 at 1:35:53 AM UTC+2 Wolfgang Bangerth wrote:

> On 7/16/20 9:15 AM, Muhammad Mashhood wrote:
> > So far it would be enough if I have the Gauss point values only at the 
> points 
> > rather than having complete field. I like to access these point values 
> of 
> > stress and strain tensors in .vtk file or .pvtu file through ParaView 
> (same as 
> > I am accessing the results currently).
> > I would be grateful if you or any other user has experience in this 
> regard or 
> > know about relevant deal.ii tutorial dealing with same feature.
>
> deal.II has functionality to output data on individual points if that data 
> is 
> associated with particles. I don't know how much work you want to invest 
> in 
> getting this to work for you, but here are two options:
>
> * Easy: Create a ParticleHandler object, loop over all of your quadrature 
> points, and for each quadrature point you create a particle. You can then 
> associate "properties" with each particle, and use Particles::DataOut to 
> output these properties in the same way as you would use DataOut for field 
> data. You can probably figure out how this works by looking at the draft 
> step-19 tutorial program:
> https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10301
>
> * More work, but more elegant: You could write a class, let's say 
> QuadraturePointData::DataOut or something similar, to which you could 
> describe 
> the information of location + values without the detour of particles. I'm 
> sure 
> we'd be happy to walk you through the process of doing so if you wanted to 
> go 
> for that, and it would be a very nice addition to deal.II if you wanted to 
> get 
> it merged.
>
> Best
> W.
>
> -- 
> 
> Wolfgang Bangerth email: bang...@colostate.edu
> www: http://www.math.colostate.edu/~bangerth/
>
>

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Re: [deal.II] Output of Gauss point stress tensor

2020-07-16 Thread Wolfgang Bangerth

On 7/16/20 9:15 AM, Muhammad Mashhood wrote:
So far it would be enough if I have the Gauss point values only at the points 
rather than having complete field. I like to access these point values of 
stress and strain tensors in .vtk file or .pvtu file through ParaView (same as 
I am accessing the results currently).
I would be grateful if you or any other user has experience in this regard or 
know about relevant deal.ii tutorial dealing with same feature.


deal.II has functionality to output data on individual points if that data is 
associated with particles. I don't know how much work you want to invest in 
getting this to work for you, but here are two options:


* Easy: Create a ParticleHandler object, loop over all of your quadrature 
points, and for each quadrature point you create a particle. You can then 
associate "properties" with each particle, and use Particles::DataOut to 
output these properties in the same way as you would use DataOut for field 
data. You can probably figure out how this works by looking at the draft 
step-19 tutorial program:

  https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/10301

* More work, but more elegant: You could write a class, let's say 
QuadraturePointData::DataOut or something similar, to which you could describe 
the information of location + values without the detour of particles. I'm sure 
we'd be happy to walk you through the process of doing so if you wanted to go 
for that, and it would be a very nice addition to deal.II if you wanted to get 
it merged.


Best
 W.

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Re: [deal.II] Output of Gauss point stress tensor

2020-07-15 Thread Wolfgang Bangerth

On 7/15/20 11:05 AM, Muhammad Mashhood wrote:


My question is that along with this, can I also export the stress and strain 
tensors data of quadrature points i.e. 
"local_history_strain_values_at_qpoints[i][j]" directly to the output file 
(.pvtu or .vtu etc.) i.e. without mapping or averaging etc. on the node. In 
this way I want to directly visualize the quadrature point values of stress 
and strain in Paraview.


The question is more a philosophical one than one of how you can achieve this. 
Typically, when we output information in finite element contexts, we output 
them as "fields", i.e., functions of space. This allows us to show them as 
surfaces, with color gradients, etc. The strategy you have found of taking 
values defined in (quadrature) points and converting them to fields is a way 
to make that happen.


If you want to output the stress/strain information, you have two options:

* You actually do show them as values defined only at individual points,
  rather than as fields. In this scheme, the stress/strain really only exists
  at the quadrature points, but not anywhere in between. You can't create
  surface plots, you can't create isocontour plots, etc.
* You create a field that somehow approximates these point values. There are
  different ways of doing that, and the approach you are currently using is
  one way for this.

So the question is mostly: What's your goal with this? Do you want to show 
these quantities as fields, or as data to be visualized at individual points?


Best
 W.


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