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Dirichlet Boundary Condition

The Dirichlet boundary condition specifies the values that a solution to a differential equation needs to take on along the boundary of the domain. It is named after Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet. Examples of Dirichlet boundary conditions include specifying the position or temperature of a boundary. Other boundary conditions include the Neumann and Cauchy boundary conditions.

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Dirichlet Boundary Condition

The Dirichlet boundary condition specifies the values that a solution to a differential equation needs to take on along the boundary of the domain. It is named after Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet. Examples of Dirichlet boundary conditions include specifying the position or temperature of a boundary. Other boundary conditions include the Neumann and Cauchy boundary conditions.

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Dirichlet boundary condition

In mathematics, the Dirichlet (or first-type) boundary • In mechanical engineering and civil engineering
condition is a type of boundary condition, named af- (beam theory), where one end of a beam is held at a
ter Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (1805–1859).[1] When fixed position in space.
imposed on an ordinary or a partial differential equation,
it specifies the values that a solution needs to take on along • In thermodynamics, where a surface is held at a fixed
the boundary of the domain. temperature.

The question of finding solutions to such equations is • In electrostatics, where a node of a circuit is held at
known as the Dirichlet problem. In applied sciences, a a fixed voltage.
Dirichlet boundary condition may also be referred to as a
fixed boundary condition. • In fluid dynamics, the no-slip condition for viscous
fluids states that at a solid boundary, the fluid will
have zero velocity relative to the boundary.
1 Examples
2 Other boundary conditions
1.1 ODE
Many other boundary conditions are possible, including
For an ordinary differential equation, for instance,
the Cauchy boundary condition and the mixed boundary
condition. The latter is a combination of the Dirichlet and
Neumann conditions.
y ′′ + y = 0
the Dirichlet boundary conditions on the interval [a, b]
take the form 3 See also
• Neumann boundary condition
y(a) = α, y(b) = β,
• Mixed boundary condition
where α and β are given numbers.
• Robin boundary condition

1.2 PDE • Cauchy boundary condition

• Different types of boundary conditions in fluid dy-


For a partial differential equation, for example, namics

∇2 y + y = 0,
4 References
where ∇ denotes the Laplace operator, the Dirichlet
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boundary conditions on a domain Ω ⊂ Rn take the form [1] Cheng, A. and D. T. Cheng (2005). Heritage and early
history of the boundary element method, Engineering
Analysis with Boundary Elements, 29, 268–302.
y(x) = f (x) ∀x ∈ ∂Ω,

where f is a known function defined on the boundary ∂Ω


.

1.3 Applications
For example, the following would be considered Dirichlet
boundary conditions:

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