MFEM v4.7.0
Finite element discretization library
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mfem::RK4Solver Class Reference

The classical explicit forth-order Runge-Kutta method, RK4. More...

#include <ode.hpp>

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Public Member Functions

void Init (TimeDependentOperator &f_) override
 Associate a TimeDependentOperator with the ODE solver.
 
void Step (Vector &x, real_t &t, real_t &dt) override
 Perform a time step from time t [in] to time t [out] based on the requested step size dt [in].
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from mfem::ODESolver
 ODESolver ()
 
virtual void Run (Vector &x, real_t &t, real_t &dt, real_t tf)
 Perform time integration from time t [in] to time tf [in].
 
virtual int GetMaxStateSize ()
 Function for getting and setting the state vectors.
 
virtual int GetStateSize ()
 
virtual const VectorGetStateVector (int i)
 
virtual void GetStateVector (int i, Vector &state)
 
virtual void SetStateVector (int i, Vector &state)
 
virtual ~ODESolver ()
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Protected Attributes inherited from mfem::ODESolver
TimeDependentOperatorf
 Pointer to the associated TimeDependentOperator.
 
MemoryType mem_type
 

Detailed Description

The classical explicit forth-order Runge-Kutta method, RK4.

Definition at line 163 of file ode.hpp.

Member Function Documentation

◆ Init()

void mfem::RK4Solver::Init ( TimeDependentOperator & f_)
overridevirtual

Associate a TimeDependentOperator with the ODE solver.

This method has to be called:

Reimplemented from mfem::ODESolver.

Definition at line 100 of file ode.cpp.

◆ Step()

void mfem::RK4Solver::Step ( Vector & x,
real_t & t,
real_t & dt )
overridevirtual

Perform a time step from time t [in] to time t [out] based on the requested step size dt [in].

Parameters
[in,out]xApproximate solution.
[in,out]tTime associated with the approximate solution x.
[in,out]dtTime step size.

The following rules describe the common behavior of the method:

  • The input x [in] is the approximate solution for the input time t [in].
  • The input dt [in] is the desired time step size, defining the desired target time: t [target] = t [in] + dt [in].
  • The output x [out] is the approximate solution for the output time t [out].
  • The output dt [out] is the last time step taken by the method which may be smaller or larger than the input dt [in] value, e.g. because of time step control.
  • The method may perform more than one time step internally; in this case dt [out] is the last internal time step size.
  • The output value of t [out] may be smaller or larger than t [target], however, it is not smaller than t [in] + dt [out], if at least one internal time step was performed.
  • The value x [out] may be obtained by interpolation using internally stored data.
  • In some cases, the contents of x [in] may not be used, e.g. when x [out] from a previous Step() call was obtained by interpolation.
  • In consecutive calls to this method, the output t [out] of one Step() call has to be the same as the input t [in] to the next Step() call.
  • If the previous rule has to be broken, e.g. to restart a time stepping sequence, then the ODE solver must be re-initialized by calling Init() between the two Step() calls.

Implements mfem::ODESolver.

Definition at line 109 of file ode.cpp.


The documentation for this class was generated from the following files: