fe_newton.c File Reference

#include "adh.h"

Functions
int	fe_newton (SMODEL_SUPER *sm)
	The Newton solver using FE method and central finite difference approximation for Jacobian (aka a Secant method). The function takes in a SMODEL_SUPER and solves the nonlinear problem, for time dependent problems this effectively marches the solution forward one step. More...

Detailed Description

This file collections functions responsible for the Netwon solve.

Function Documentation

fe_newton()

int fe_newton

(

SMODEL_SUPER *

sm

)

The Newton solver using FE method and central finite difference approximation for Jacobian (aka a Secant method). The function takes in a SMODEL_SUPER and solves the nonlinear problem, for time dependent problems this effectively marches the solution forward one step.

Author

Charlie Berger, Ph.D.

Gaurav Savant, Ph.D.

Gary Brown

Corey Trahan, Ph.D.

Mark Loveland, Ph.D.

Bug:

none

Warning

none

Copyright

AdH

Returns

TRUE for a good calculation and FALSE for a bad calculation

Parameters

[in,out]	sm	(SMODEL_SUPER *) - a pointer to an AdH super model
[in]	isuperModel	(int) - the supermodel index

Note