[Libmesh-devel] libMesh and XFEM?

2013-03-23 Thread Kirk, Benjamin (JSC-EG311)
Anyone out there doing anything with the extended finite element method? http://www.xfem.rwth-aachen.de/Background/Gallery/XFEM_Gallery.php I'm thinking adding core support in the DofMap and FiniteElement classes might be a very useful thing, but curious if anyone had done any work in his direc

Re: [Libmesh-devel] libMesh and XFEM?

2013-03-23 Thread David Knezevic
This sounds very cool. I haven't needed XFEM before personally, but I can imagine using it in the near future, e.g. for dealing properly with crack tips. Regarding (2): Are you thinking of adding a libMesh example that implements transport of a signed distance function using DG? Or are you th

Re: [Libmesh-devel] libMesh and XFEM?

2013-03-23 Thread Kirk, Benjamin (JSC-EG311)
On Mar 23, 2013, at 1:43 PM, David Knezevic wrote: > Regarding (2): Are you thinking of adding a libMesh example that implements > transport of a signed distance function using DG? Or are you thinking about > adding core functionality related to this, e.g. a new System subclass for > handling

Re: [Libmesh-devel] libMesh and XFEM?

2013-03-23 Thread Derek Gaston
On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Kirk, Benjamin (JSC-EG311) < benjamin.kir...@nasa.gov> wrote: > Anyone out there doing anything with the extended finite element method? > Yes. We actually have a fairly large push in this direction right now. We got a proposal funded for this year (and probabl

Re: [Libmesh-devel] libMesh and XFEM?

2013-03-23 Thread Kirk, Benjamin (JSC-EG311)
On Mar 23, 2013, at 5:51 PM, Derek Gaston wrote: > We've been doing this work in preparation for talking to you and Roy so we > would have our ducks in a row for intelligent conversation about what needs > to be added to libMesh. It appears as if that time has now come ;-) > > Let's put toget