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Figure 9.4 Schematic of a ID domain finite element discretization with 4 linear elements and 5 nodal points.

Lemma. Let A be an integral domain finitely generated over afield k. Let P be a nonzero prime ideal. The fraction field of A/P has lower transcendence degree than the fraction field of A. 

D. Jiao, A. A. Ergin, B. Shanker, E. Michielssen, and J.-M. Jin, A fast higher-order time-domain finite element boundary integral method for 3-D electromagnetic scattering analysis, IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol. 50, pp. 1192—1202, Sep. 2002. doi 10.1109/TAP.2002.801375... 

J. Fang, Time Domain Finite Difference Computationfor Maxwell s Equations, Ph.D. thesis, California Univ., Berkeley, 1989. 

Noether s Normalization Lemma. Let R be an integral domain, finitely generated over a field k. If R has transcendence degree n over k, then there exist elements x, ..., xn E R, algebraically independent over k, such that R is integrally dependent on the subring k[xi,..., xn] generated by the x s. 

Dual domain finite element analysis (DD/FEA) is a method that enables analysis on the solid model. It uses a surface mesh on the solid geometry... 

Figure 7.62 Flow in a center-gated plate. If normal FEA were performed using a surface mesh, the flow would run along top surface only (c) and not match the physical reality (a) and (b). Dual domain finite element analysis uses a connector element to synchronize flows on opposite surfaces (d).

In an earlier section we mentioned the dramatic effect of dual domain finite element analysis on the CAE industry. In this section we elaborate on this. 

A TOFD or B-Scan image is a discrete image defined as a function/of two variables on a finite and discrete domain D of dimensions MxN. 

In most engineering problems the boundary of the problem domain includes curved sections. The discretization of domains with curved boundaries using meshes that consist of elements with straight sides inevitably involves some error. This type of discretization error can obviously be reduced by mesh refinements. However, in general, it cannot be entirely eliminated unless finite elements which themselves have curved sides are used. 

The discretization of a problem domain into a finite element mesh consisting of randomly sized triangular elements is shown in Figure 2,1. In the coarse mesh shown there are relatively large gaps between the actual domain boundary and the boundary of the mesh and hence the overall discretization error is expected to be large. 

The main consequence of the discretization of a problem domain into finite elements is that within each element, unknown functions can be approximated using interpolation procedures. 

The finite element solution of differential equations requires function integration over element domains. Evaluation of integrals over elemental domains by analytical methods can be tedious and impractical and is not attempted in... 

As already discussed, variations of a field unknown within a finite element is approximated by the shape functions. Therefore finite element discretization provides a nat ural method for the construction of piecewise approximations for the unknown functions in problems formulated in a global domain. This is readily ascertained considering the mathematical model represented by Equation (2.40). After the discretization of Q into a mesh of finite elements weighted residual statement of Equ tion (2.40), within the space of a finite element T3<, is written as... 

As an illustrative example we consider the Galerkin finite element solution of the following differential equation in domain Q, as shown in Figure 2.20. 

The domain Q is discretized into a mesh of five unequal size linear finite elements, as is shown in Figure 2.21. 

Following the discretization of the solution domain Q (i.e. line AB) into two-node Lagrange elements, and representation of T as T = Ni(x)Ti) in terms of shape functions A, (.v), i = 1,2 within the space of a finite element Q, the elemental Galerkin-weighted residual statement of the differential equation is written as... 

Using a known solution at the inlet. To provide an example for tins option, let us consider the finite element scheme described in Section 2.1. Assuming a fully developed flow at the inlet to the domain shown in Figure 3.3, v, (dvy/dy) = 0 and by the incompressibility condition (dvx/dx) - 0, x derivatives of all stress components are also zero. Therefore at the inlet the components of the equation of motion (3.25) are reduced to... 

In the finite element solution of the energy equation it is sometimes necessary to impose heat transfer across a section of the domain wall as a boundary condition in the process model. This type of convection (Robins) boundary condition is given as... 

Descriptions given in Section 4 of this chapter about the imposition of boundary conditions are mainly in the context of finite element models that use elements. In models that use Hermite elements derivatives of field variable should also be included in the set of required boundai conditions. In these problems it is necessary to ensure tluit appropriate normality and tangen-tiality conditions along the boundaries of the domain are satisfied (Petera and Pittman, 1994). 

A domain that can be safely assumed to represent the entire flow field is selected and discretized into a fixed mesh of finite elements. The part of this domain that is filled by fluid is called the current mesh. Nodes within the current mesh... 

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