Re: [deal.II] Re: Help with time stepping methods

2016-11-21 Thread Bruno Turcksin
Vaibhav, 2016-11-10 5:21 GMT-05:00 Vaibhav Palkar : > Looking at the error message I get, the non convergence is probably not due > to the Newton iterations. I am using an iterative solver(Iterative Inverse > class of dealii) for computing the ((M-tau*J)^-1)*M*y term (the term dealii > probably re

Re: [deal.II] Re: Help with time stepping methods

2016-11-10 Thread Vaibhav Palkar
Hello Bruno, Apologies for the delayed response. On Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at 6:06:16 PM UTC+5:30, Bruno Turcksin wrote: > Have you tried to increase the number of Newton iterations? The Newton > solver is pretty basic (it doesn't do any line search) so it might be > the reason it doesn't

Re: [deal.II] Re: Help with time stepping methods

2016-11-01 Thread Bruno Turcksin
Vaibhav, 2016-11-01 4:24 GMT-04:00 Vaibhav Palkar : > To quickly restate, I'm solving a reaction-diffusion problem using a > framework much like Step-52. My equations are stiff and hence I'm using > implicit methods for solving the resulting ODEs. Unfortunately, it seems > that even implicit metho

Re: [deal.II] Re: Help with time stepping methods

2016-11-01 Thread Vaibhav Palkar
Hello All, Reviving an old thread as I wasn't able able to resolve my problem. To quickly restate, I'm solving a reaction-diffusion problem using a framework much like Step-52. My equations are stiff and hence I'm using implicit methods for solving the resulting ODEs. Unfortunately, it seems

Re: [deal.II] Re: Help with time stepping methods

2016-09-16 Thread Bruno Turcksin
I have created a pull request here: https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/3123 Thanks again Bruno 2016-09-16 10:01 GMT-04:00 Bruno Turcksin : > 2016-09-16 9:22 GMT-04:00 Vaibhav Palkar : >> >> The error being exactly zero is indeed intriguing. I'm still looking out for >> the reason why that is

Re: [deal.II] Re: Help with time stepping methods

2016-09-16 Thread Bruno Turcksin
2016-09-16 9:22 GMT-04:00 Vaibhav Palkar : > > The error being exactly zero is indeed intriguing. I'm still looking out for > the reason why that is happening. I didn't understand what you meant by a > "ramp in time". Could you please elaborate? Since you are using a low order method in time, I am

Re: [deal.II] Re: Help with time stepping methods

2016-09-16 Thread Vaibhav Palkar
On Friday, September 16, 2016 at 1:38:57 AM UTC+5:30, Bruno Turcksin wrote: > I don't see anything wrong. The output says that your error is zero, > are you doing a simple ramp in time? It's very strange that the error > is exactly zero. What happens if you just use the default parameters? > D

Re: [deal.II] Re: Help with time stepping methods

2016-09-15 Thread Bruno Turcksin
2016-09-15 15:38 GMT-04:00 Vaibhav Palkar : > On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 11:15 PM, Bruno Turcksin > wrote: >> >> I would need to see your code to understand why this happens. That >> part of the library is pretty simple, we just check that the error is >> less than coarsen_tol and if it is, delta_t_g

Re: [deal.II] Re: Help with time stepping methods

2016-09-15 Thread Vaibhav Palkar
Dear Bruno, On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 11:15 PM, Bruno Turcksin wrote: > > I would need to see your code to understand why this happens. That > part of the library is pretty simple, we just check that the error is > less than coarsen_tol and if it is, delta_t_guess is multiplied by > coarsen_param.

Re: [deal.II] Re: Help with time stepping methods

2016-09-15 Thread Bruno Turcksin
Vaibhav, 2016-09-15 12:29 GMT-04:00 Vaibhav Palkar : > I'm indeed resetting my time step using get_status().delta_t_guess for the > next step. The step has not reached max_delta, coarsen_param is set to 1.2. > Any other reasons this can happen? I would need to see your code to understand why this

[deal.II] Re: Help with time stepping methods

2016-09-15 Thread Vaibhav Palkar
Dear Bruno, On Thursday, September 15, 2016 at 5:37:28 PM UTC+5:30, Bruno Turcksin wrote:: > > 1. What is wrong with the embedded method? Does the problem lie in my >> understanding? >> > It's hard to say what is wrong from here. Is coarsen_param greater than > one? Have you reached max_delta?

[deal.II] Re: Help with time stepping methods

2016-09-15 Thread Bruno Turcksin
Vaibhav On Thursday, September 15, 2016 at 5:52:41 AM UTC-4, Vaibhav Palkar wrote: > 1. What is wrong with the embedded method? Does the problem lie in my > understanding? > It's hard to say what is wrong from here. Is coarsen_param greater than one? Have you reached max_delta? Finally, just t