I understand the C0 element is piecewise linear across elements. However, I did 
not experience the same issue in my own C++ code while I use C0 element with 
the Petrov Galerkin stabilization terms. Actually, I am very confused at this 
point. How could I get rid of it while using C0 element?

Thanks
D.

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Subject: Re: [deal.II] discontinous contour over elements

On 1/14/20 10:04 PM, David Eaton wrote:
>
> Thank you for your suggestions. I am going to take a look at Lethe and compare
> with my implementation. In stabilized formulation, I used quadrilateral
> element, instead of P2 P1 Taylor-Hood element. The used element is only C0
> element. I also did not expect such a discontinuity between elements. Although
> I use P2 P1 Taylor-Hood element without stabilization terms, the discontinuity
> is still there. Probably I made mistakes somewhere  in setup. I also suspect
> that my solution is not converged. After taking a small relative tolerance
> 1e-8, the discontinuity still appears.

David, you did not understand what we were saying: If you use C0 elements
(think, piecewise linear) and you take derivatives to compute the vorticity,
then you automatically get a discontinuous function. That has nothing to do
with stabilization, solver tolerances, etc. It's just a consequence of the
fact that C0 elements and their shape functions have kinks and consequently
their derivatives are discontinuous.

Best
  W.

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