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Posted: 1 decade ago 27 dic 2011, 02:53 GMT-5

Hi Yes in believe that I saw that mentionned in the latest release notes, try the unit lit in the main tab -- Good luck Ivar

Posted: 1 decade ago 27 dic 2011, 10:07 GMT-5

[QUOTE] Hi Yes in believe that I saw that mentionned in the latest release notes, try the unit lit in the main tab -- Good luck Ivar [/QUOTE] Thank you, Ivar! Dimensionless geometry is available when setting "None" option in the Unit system section. This is a feature, I sought earlier. Unfortunately, now I receive a message "The relative residual (0.31 (or other number)) is greater than the relative tolerance". I solve a simple task (Poisson's equation with Dirichlet boundary conditions for unit square). I understand, that I had not adjusted some convergence conditions. But I would like to know, if one can obtain a solution for a given mesh, not for a sequence of meshes, i.d. the solution that doesn't take into account convergence and precision??

Posted: 1 decade ago 27 dic 2011, 12:54 GMT-5

Hi If I remeber right that is a warning so probably you have a solution (I'm not behid my COMSOL WS these days ;) I would say that you must ensure first that your mesh resolves correctly the gradients (fluxes) of your dependent variable(s). FEM is like digital sampling, you need to have enough samplings (FEM mesh elements) to resolve correctly the slope or oscillations of your solution By the way there was an article discussing this Meshing and Poisson equation on square and round domains on one of the US conferences (perhaps 2008), check the Conferences article pages -- Good luck Ivar

Posted: 1 decade ago 27 dic 2011, 13:00 GMT-5

Thank you, Ivar! But my question remains: is it possible to find out an approximate solution for a fixed mesh (regardless convergence)? Regards.

Posted: 1 decade ago 27 dic 2011, 21:24 GMT-5

I’m not sure I understand your question. The convergence issue that you are facing is not that of “mesh convergence”. It is most probably the solver trying to reach the exact solution for your specific mesh and failing to converge. That can happen if the problem is nonlinear, or if you are using an iterative solver. Nagi Elabbasi Veryst Engineering

Posted: 1 decade ago 28 dic 2011, 01:06 GMT-5

[QUOTE] I’m not sure I understand your question. Nagi Elabbasi Veryst Engineering [/QUOTE] I mean, that I want to obtain an approximate solution for a fixed mesh, regardless convergence issues. When I write a package for solution of my problem, say, with the help of Matlab, I adjust mesh refinement by hand and obtain a solution for current mesh. Later I can construct next mesh and so on. Can I obtain solution in COMSOL for initial mesh or COMSOL solver builds only a sequence of solution for reaching required tolerance?

Posted: 1 decade ago 29 dic 2011, 10:56 GMT-5

COMSOL solves for a fixed mesh not a sequence of meshes. The tolerance in the solver is for the convergence of the fixed mesh solution.