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Pde Tool

This document provides an outline and overview of using the MATLAB PDE Toolbox. It discusses boundary value problems (BVPs) and the three main steps to use the PDE Toolbox: 1) define the PDE problem by drawing the geometry and specifying boundary conditions and PDE coefficients, 2) solve the discrete PDE problem, and 3) visualize the results. It also provides a worked example of solving the PDE -Δu=f in a domain Ω with boundary condition u=0 on ∂Ω.

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Pde Tool

This document provides an outline and overview of using the MATLAB PDE Toolbox. It discusses boundary value problems (BVPs) and the three main steps to use the PDE Toolbox: 1) define the PDE problem by drawing the geometry and specifying boundary conditions and PDE coefficients, 2) solve the discrete PDE problem, and 3) visualize the results. It also provides a worked example of solving the PDE -Δu=f in a domain Ω with boundary condition u=0 on ∂Ω.

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Outline

1- Quick Introduction to MATLAB



2- PDE Toolbox

3- BVP

4- 3 Steps to use PDE Toolbox

5- Worked Example
MATLAB Help (Help/MATLAB Help/Getting
Startted/Manipulating Matrices)
Read getstart.pdf file
A Matlab tutorial from the University of New Hampshire
Matlab Primer (for an earlier version of Matlab)
A Matlab tutorial from the University of New Hampshire
MATLAB Online Reference Documentation provides direct hypertext links to specific MATLAB
function descriptions (from the Math Dept, University of Florida).
Matlab Help Desk (including manuals).
Mathworks, Inc., producers of Matlab.
Mathtools.net: a technical computing portal for scientific and engineering needs.
PDE Toolbox
The Partial Differential Equation Toolbox is a
Matlab based collection of tools for solving Partial
Differential Equations (PDEs) on a two-
dimensional surface using the Finite Element
Method (FEM).
The 2-D surface can be drawn using four different
types of solid objects: rectangles, ellipses, circles,
and polygons.
A brief overview of the major steps of a PDE
Toolbox GUI (pdetool) session:
Start PDE toolbox
Start MATLAB






Start PDE Toolbox
type: >> pdetool
Boundary Value Problem (BVP)
Find

PDE in

Under the BC (Boundary Condition)

BC on

u

Example of BVP
Find

in

with the BC (Boundary Condition)

on

u

u f
0 u
(1,1)

3 Steps
I- Define PDE problem

u f

II- Solve the PDE problem


III- Visualize the results
Setup and Setting
Example
Solve


u f
0 u

I- Define a PDE problem
1 Draw mode: you create the geometry
( set of rectangle, circle, ellipse, and polygon)

2- Boundary mode: specify the boundary
conditions
(different types of BC on different boundary segments)

3- PDE mode: specify the type of PDE and the coeff
(Elliptic, Parabolic, Hyperbolic)

II- Solve a PDE problem


1 Mesh mode: generate and plot meshes
( generate, refine, control parameters, show labels)



2- Solve mode: solve the discrete problem
(Elliptic, Parabolic, Hyperbolic)
III- Visualize the results
1 Plot mode: wide range of visualization
possibilities
( color, vector field plots, surface, mesh, contour)
( time-dependent: animated movie)

Solve A PDE problem

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