dolfin team mailing list archive

[Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 02:11:06PM -0000, Luis M. de la Cruz wrote:
> New question #158693 on DOLFIN:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/dolfin/+question/158693
>
> Hello every one,
> I'm fan of Finite Volume Method (FVM) because its conservative properties, and its easiness.
> However I'm very impressed with FEniCS, it provides a very powerful set of tools , so I'm starting
> to solve very complicated fluid dynamics problems.
>
> Now I wonder if it is possible to do something like "conservative" version of Finite Element Method (FEM)
> with the tools of FEniCS?. In fact, many people says that FVM is a particular version of FEM, you just have
> to use test functions equal to one. What do you think?.
>
> Best regards,

DG (discontinuous Galerkin) is fully supported in FEniCS (and are
closely related to FVM). Do a Google search for conservative DG and
you might find what you need.

--
Anders