Documentos de Académico
Documentos de Profesional
Documentos de Cultura
• Introduction
•• Why
Why Finite
Finite Elements
Elements
•• Domains
Domains ofof Applications
Applications
•• Applications
Applications in
in Geophysics
Geophysics
•• Brief
Brief history
history
•• Examples
Examples
•• Review
Review of
of Matrix
Matrix Algebra
Algebra
Finite elements …
A general discretization
procedure of continuum
problems posed by
mathematically defined
statements
• Electromagnetics
• Geomechanics
• Biomechanics
• ...
• Crustal deformation
• Geodynamics
• Mantle Convection
• Electromagnetics
... where the x1, x2, ... , xn are the unknowns ...
in matrix form
Ax= b
Ax= b where
⎧ b1 ⎫
⎪b ⎪ A is a nxn (square) matrix,
⎪ ⎪
b = {bi } = ⎨ 2 ⎬ and x and b are column
vectors of dimension n
⎪#⎪
⎪⎩bn ⎪⎭
A = aij [ ] [ ]
A T = a ji A= AT
( AB) T = BT A T aij = a ji
Identity matrix
⎡1 0 " 0⎤
⎢0 1 " 0⎥
I= ⎢ ⎥
⎢" " " "⎥
⎢ ⎥
⎣0 0 " 1⎦
⎡a b ⎤
det ⎢ ⎥ = ad − bc
⎣c d ⎦
or
Matrix Inversion
x = A -1b
The main task in solving a linear system of equations is
finding the inverse of the coefficient matrix A.
x T = Ax > 0
... positive definite matrices are non-singular
Let
[
A(t ) = aij (t ) ]
Then the differentiation of this matrix w.r.t. time is
d ⎡ daij (t ) ⎤
A(t ) = ⎢ ⎥
dt ⎣ dt ⎦
Likewise integration is defined by
… and a blackboard
Back ...
Back ...