Example 15 - Biharmonic Equation



This example solves the Biharmonic equation on a square or cube, using a Galerkin formulation with C1 elements approximating the H^2_0 function space. The initial mesh contains two TRI6, one QUAD9 or one HEX27 An input file named "ex15.in" is provided which allows the user to set several parameters for the solution so that the problem can be re-run without a re-compile. The solution technique employed is to have a refinement loop with a linear solve inside followed by a refinement of the grid and projection of the solution to the new grid In the final loop iteration, there is no additional refinement after the solve. In the input file "ex15.in", the variable "max_r_steps" controls the number of refinement steps, and "max_r_level" controls the maximum element refinement level.

LibMesh include files.
        #include "mesh.h"
        #include "equation_systems.h"
        #include "linear_implicit_system.h"
        #include "gmv_io.h"
        #include "fe.h"
        #include "quadrature.h"
        #include "dense_matrix.h"
        #include "dense_vector.h"
        #include "sparse_matrix.h"
        #include "mesh_generation.h"
        #include "mesh_modification.h"
        #include "mesh_refinement.h"
        #include "error_vector.h"
        #include "fourth_error_estimators.h"
        #include "getpot.h"
        #include "exact_solution.h"
        #include "dof_map.h"
        #include "numeric_vector.h"
        #include "elem.h"
        #include "tensor_value.h"
        
Function prototype. This is the function that will assemble the linear system for our Biharmonic problem. Note that the function will take the \p EquationSystems object and the name of the system we are assembling as input. From the \p EquationSystems object we have acess to the \p Mesh and other objects we might need.
        void assemble_biharmonic(EquationSystems& es,
                              const std::string& system_name);
        
        
Prototypes for calculation of the exact solution. Necessary for setting boundary conditions.
        Number exact_2D_solution(const Point& p,
        		         const Parameters&,   // parameters, not needed
        		         const std::string&,  // sys_name, not needed
        		         const std::string&); // unk_name, not needed);
        
        Number exact_3D_solution(const Point& p,
          const Parameters&, const std::string&, const std::string&);
        
Prototypes for calculation of the gradient of the exact solution. Necessary for setting boundary conditions in H^2_0 and testing H^1 convergence of the solution
        Gradient exact_2D_derivative(const Point& p,
          const Parameters&, const std::string&, const std::string&);
        
        Gradient exact_3D_derivative(const Point& p,
          const Parameters&, const std::string&, const std::string&);
        
        Tensor exact_2D_hessian(const Point& p,
          const Parameters&, const std::string&, const std::string&);
        
        Tensor exact_3D_hessian(const Point& p,
          const Parameters&, const std::string&, const std::string&);
        
        Number forcing_function_2D(const Point& p);
        
        Number forcing_function_3D(const Point& p);
        
Pointers to dimension-independent functions
        Number (*exact_solution)(const Point& p,
          const Parameters&, const std::string&, const std::string&);
        Gradient (*exact_derivative)(const Point& p,
          const Parameters&, const std::string&, const std::string&);
        Tensor (*exact_hessian)(const Point& p,
          const Parameters&, const std::string&, const std::string&);
        Number (*forcing_function)(const Point& p);
        
        
        
        int main(int argc, char** argv)
        {
Initialize libMesh.
          libMesh::init (argc, argv);
        
        
        #ifndef ENABLE_AMR
          std::cerr << "ERROR: This example requires libMesh to be\n"
                    << "compiled with AMR support!"
                    << std::endl;
          return 0;
        #else
        
        #ifndef ENABLE_SECOND_DERIVATIVES
          std::cerr << "ERROR: This example requires the library to be "
        	    << "compiled with second derivatives support!"
        	    << std::endl;
          return 0;
        #else
        
          {
            
Parse the input file
            GetPot input_file("ex15.in");
        
Read in parameters from the input file
            const unsigned int max_r_level = input_file("max_r_level", 10);
            const unsigned int max_r_steps = input_file("max_r_steps", 4);
            const std::string approx_type  = input_file("approx_type",
        						"HERMITE");
            const unsigned int uniform_refine =
        		    input_file("uniform_refine", 0);
            const Real refine_percentage =
        		    input_file("refine_percentage", 0.5);
            const Real coarsen_percentage =
        		    input_file("coarsen_percentage", 0.5);
            const unsigned int dim =
        		    input_file("dimension", 2);
            const unsigned int max_linear_iterations =
        		    input_file("max_linear_iterations", 10000);
        
We have only defined 2 and 3 dimensional problems
            assert (dim == 2 || dim == 3);
        
Currently only the Hermite cubics give a 3D C^1 basis
            assert (dim == 2 || approx_type == "HERMITE");
        
Create a dim-dimensional mesh.
            Mesh mesh (dim);
            
Output file for plotting the error
            std::string output_file = "";
        
            if (dim == 2)
              output_file += "2D_";
            else if (dim == 3)
              output_file += "3D_";
        
            if (approx_type == "HERMITE")
              output_file += "hermite_";
            else if (approx_type == "SECOND")
              output_file += "reducedclough_";
            else
              output_file += "clough_";
        
            if (uniform_refine == 0)
              output_file += "adaptive";
            else
              output_file += "uniform";
        
            std::string gmv_file = output_file;
            gmv_file += ".gmv";
            output_file += ".m";
        
            std::ofstream out (output_file.c_str());
            out << "% dofs     L2-error     H1-error      H2-error\n"
        	<< "e = [\n";
            
Set up the dimension-dependent coarse mesh and solution We build more than one cell so as to avoid bugs on fewer than 4 processors in 2D or 8 in 3D.
            if (dim == 2)
              {
                MeshTools::Generation::build_square(mesh, 2, 2);
                exact_solution = &exact_2D_solution;
                exact_derivative = &exact_2D_derivative;
                exact_hessian = &exact_2D_hessian;
                forcing_function = &forcing_function_2D;
              }
            else if (dim == 3)
              {
                MeshTools::Generation::build_cube(mesh, 2, 2, 2);
                exact_solution = &exact_3D_solution;
                exact_derivative = &exact_3D_derivative;
                exact_hessian = &exact_3D_hessian;
                forcing_function = &forcing_function_3D;
              }
        
Convert the mesh to second order: necessary for computing with Clough-Tocher elements, useful for getting slightly less broken gmv output with Hermite elements
            mesh.all_second_order();
        
Convert it to triangles if necessary
            if (approx_type != "HERMITE")
              MeshTools::Modification::all_tri(mesh);
        
Mesh Refinement object
            MeshRefinement mesh_refinement(mesh);
            mesh_refinement.refine_fraction() = refine_percentage;
            mesh_refinement.coarsen_fraction() = coarsen_percentage;
            mesh_refinement.max_h_level() = max_r_level;
        
Create an equation systems object.
            EquationSystems equation_systems (mesh);
        
Declare the system and its variables.
            {
Creates a system named "Biharmonic"
              LinearImplicitSystem& system =
        	equation_systems.add_system<LinearImplicitSystem> ("Biharmonic");
        
Adds the variable "u" to "Biharmonic". "u" will be approximated using Hermite tensor product squares or (possibly reduced) cubic Clough-Tocher triangles
              if (approx_type == "HERMITE")
                system.add_variable("u", THIRD, HERMITE);
              else if (approx_type == "SECOND")
                system.add_variable("u", SECOND, CLOUGH);
              else if (approx_type == "CLOUGH")
                system.add_variable("u", THIRD, CLOUGH);
              else
                error();
        
Give the system a pointer to the matrix assembly function.
              system.attach_assemble_function
        		      (assemble_biharmonic);
              
Initialize the data structures for the equation system.
              equation_systems.init();
        
Set linear solver max iterations
              equation_systems.parameters.set<unsigned int>
        		      ("linear solver maximum iterations") =
                              max_linear_iterations;
        
Linear solver tolerance.
              equation_systems.parameters.set<Real>
        		      ("linear solver tolerance") = TOLERANCE *
                                                            TOLERANCE * TOLERANCE;
              
Prints information about the system to the screen.
              equation_systems.print_info();
            }
        
Construct ExactSolution object and attach function to compute exact solution
            ExactSolution exact_sol(equation_systems);
            exact_sol.attach_exact_value(exact_solution);
            exact_sol.attach_exact_deriv(exact_derivative);
            exact_sol.attach_exact_hessian(exact_hessian);
        
Construct zero solution object, useful for computing solution norms Attaching "zero_solution" functions is unnecessary
            ExactSolution zero_sol(equation_systems);
        
Convenient reference to the system
            LinearImplicitSystem& system = 
              equation_systems.get_system<LinearImplicitSystem>("Biharmonic");
        
A refinement loop.
            for (unsigned int r_step=0; r_step<max_r_steps; r_step++)
              {
                mesh.print_info();
                equation_systems.print_info();
        
        	std::cout << "Beginning Solve " << r_step << std::endl;
        	
Solve the system "Biharmonic", just like example 2.
                system.solve();
        
        	std::cout << "Linear solver converged at step: "
        		  << system.n_linear_iterations()
        		  << ", final residual: "
        		  << system.final_linear_residual()
        		  << std::endl;
        
Compute the error.
                exact_sol.compute_error("Biharmonic", "u");
Compute the norm.
                zero_sol.compute_error("Biharmonic", "u");
        
Print out the error values
                std::cout << "L2-Norm is: "
        		  << zero_sol.l2_error("Biharmonic", "u")
        		  << std::endl;
        	std::cout << "H1-Norm is: "
        		  << zero_sol.h1_error("Biharmonic", "u")
        		  << std::endl;
        	std::cout << "H2-Norm is: "
        		  << zero_sol.h2_error("Biharmonic", "u")
        		  << std::endl
        		  << std::endl;
        	std::cout << "L2-Error is: "
        		  << exact_sol.l2_error("Biharmonic", "u")
        		  << std::endl;
        	std::cout << "H1-Error is: "
        		  << exact_sol.h1_error("Biharmonic", "u")
        		  << std::endl;
        	std::cout << "H2-Error is: "
        		  << exact_sol.h2_error("Biharmonic", "u")
        		  << std::endl
        		  << std::endl;
        
Print to output file
                out << equation_systems.n_active_dofs() << " "
        	    << exact_sol.l2_error("Biharmonic", "u") << " "
        	    << exact_sol.h1_error("Biharmonic", "u") << " "
        	    << exact_sol.h2_error("Biharmonic", "u") << std::endl;
        
Possibly refine the mesh
                if (r_step+1 != max_r_steps)
        	  {
        	    std::cout << "  Refining the mesh..." << std::endl;
        
        	    if (uniform_refine == 0)
        	      {
        		ErrorVector error;
        		LaplacianErrorEstimator error_estimator;
        
        		error_estimator.estimate_error(system, error);
                        mesh_refinement.flag_elements_by_elem_fraction (error);
        
        		std::cerr << "Mean Error: " << error.mean() <<
        				std::endl;
        		std::cerr << "Error Variance: " << error.variance() <<
        				std::endl;
        
        		mesh_refinement.refine_and_coarsen_elements();
                      }
        	    else
        	      {
                        mesh_refinement.uniformly_refine(1);
                      }
        		
This call reinitializes the \p EquationSystems object for the newly refined mesh. One of the steps in the reinitialization is projecting the \p solution, \p old_solution, etc... vectors from the old mesh to the current one.
                    equation_systems.reinit ();
        	  }
              }	    
            
Write out the solution After solving the system write the solution to a GMV-formatted plot file.
            GMVIO (mesh).write_equation_systems (gmv_file,
            					 equation_systems);
Close up the output file.
            out << "];\n"
        	<< "hold on\n"
        	<< "loglog(e(:,1), e(:,2), 'bo-');\n"
        	<< "loglog(e(:,1), e(:,3), 'ro-');\n"
        	<< "loglog(e(:,1), e(:,4), 'go-');\n"
        	<< "xlabel('log(dofs)');\n"
        	<< "ylabel('log(error)');\n"
        	<< "title('C1 " << approx_type << " elements');\n"
        	<< "legend('L2-error', 'H1-error', 'H2-error');\n";
          }
          
All done.
          return libMesh::close ();
        #endif // #ifndef ENABLE_SECOND_DERIVATIVES
        #endif // #ifndef ENABLE_AMR
        }
        
        
        
        Number exact_2D_solution(const Point& p,
        		         const Parameters&,  // parameters, not needed
        		         const std::string&, // sys_name, not needed
        		         const std::string&) // unk_name, not needed
        {
x and y coordinates in space
          const Real x = p(0);
          const Real y = p(1);
        
analytic solution value
          return 256.*(x-x*x)*(x-x*x)*(y-y*y)*(y-y*y);
        }
        
        
We now define the gradient of the exact solution
        Gradient exact_2D_derivative(const Point& p,
        			     const Parameters&,  // parameters, not needed
        			     const std::string&, // sys_name, not needed
        			     const std::string&) // unk_name, not needed
        {
x and y coordinates in space
          const Real x = p(0);
          const Real y = p(1);
        
First derivatives to be returned.
          Gradient gradu;
        
          gradu(0) = 256.*2.*(x-x*x)*(1-2*x)*(y-y*y)*(y-y*y);
          gradu(1) = 256.*2.*(x-x*x)*(x-x*x)*(y-y*y)*(1-2*y);
        
          return gradu;
        }
        
        
We now define the hessian of the exact solution
        Tensor exact_2D_hessian(const Point& p,
        			const Parameters&,  // parameters, not needed
        			const std::string&, // sys_name, not needed
        			const std::string&) // unk_name, not needed
        {
Second derivatives to be returned.
          Tensor hessu;
          
x and y coordinates in space
          const Real x = p(0);
          const Real y = p(1);
        
          hessu(0,0) = 256.*2.*(1-6.*x+6.*x*x)*(y-y*y)*(y-y*y);
          hessu(0,1) = 256.*4.*(x-x*x)*(1.-2.*x)*(y-y*y)*(1.-2.*y);
          hessu(1,1) = 256.*2.*(x-x*x)*(x-x*x)*(1.-6.*y+6.*y*y);
        
Hessians are always symmetric
          hessu(1,0) = hessu(0,1);
          return hessu;
        }
        
        
        
        Number forcing_function_2D(const Point& p)
        {
x and y coordinates in space
          const Real x = p(0);
          const Real y = p(1);
        
Equals laplacian(laplacian(u))
          return 256. * 8. * (3.*((y-y*y)*(y-y*y)+(x-x*x)*(x-x*x))
                 + (1.-6.*x+6.*x*x)*(1.-6.*y+6.*y*y));
        }
        
        
        
        Number exact_3D_solution(const Point& p,
        		         const Parameters&,  // parameters, not needed
        		         const std::string&, // sys_name, not needed
        		         const std::string&) // unk_name, not needed
        {
xyz coordinates in space
          const Real x = p(0);
          const Real y = p(1);
          const Real z = p(2);
          
analytic solution value
          return 4096.*(x-x*x)*(x-x*x)*(y-y*y)*(y-y*y)*(z-z*z)*(z-z*z);
        }
        
        
        Gradient exact_3D_derivative(const Point& p,
        			     const Parameters&,  // parameters, not needed
        			     const std::string&, // sys_name, not needed
        			     const std::string&) // unk_name, not needed
        {
First derivatives to be returned.
          Gradient gradu;
          
xyz coordinates in space
          const Real x = p(0);
          const Real y = p(1);
          const Real z = p(2);
        
          gradu(0) = 4096.*2.*(x-x*x)*(1.-2.*x)*(y-y*y)*(y-y*y)*(z-z*z)*(z-z*z);
          gradu(1) = 4096.*2.*(x-x*x)*(x-x*x)*(y-y*y)*(1.-2.*y)*(z-z*z)*(z-z*z);
          gradu(2) = 4096.*2.*(x-x*x)*(x-x*x)*(y-y*y)*(y-y*y)*(z-z*z)*(1.-2.*z);
        
          return gradu;
        }
        
        
We now define the hessian of the exact solution
        Tensor exact_3D_hessian(const Point& p,
        			const Parameters&,  // parameters, not needed
        			const std::string&, // sys_name, not needed
        			const std::string&) // unk_name, not needed
        {
Second derivatives to be returned.
          Tensor hessu;
          
xyz coordinates in space
          const Real x = p(0);
          const Real y = p(1);
          const Real z = p(2);
        
          hessu(0,0) = 4096.*(2.-12.*x+12.*x*x)*(y-y*y)*(y-y*y)*(z-z*z)*(z-z*z);
          hessu(0,1) = 4096.*4.*(x-x*x)*(1.-2.*x)*(y-y*y)*(1.-2.*y)*(z-z*z)*(z-z*z);
          hessu(0,2) = 4096.*4.*(x-x*x)*(1.-2.*x)*(y-y*y)*(y-y*y)*(z-z*z)*(1.-2.*z);
          hessu(1,1) = 4096.*(x-x*x)*(x-x*x)*(2.-12.*y+12.*y*y)*(z-z*z)*(z-z*z);
          hessu(1,2) = 4096.*4.*(x-x*x)*(x-x*x)*(y-y*y)*(1.-2.*y)*(z-z*z)*(1.-2.*z);
          hessu(2,2) = 4096.*(x-x*x)*(x-x*x)*(y-y*y)*(y-y*y)*(2.-12.*z+12.*z*z);
        
Hessians are always symmetric
          hessu(1,0) = hessu(0,1);
          hessu(2,0) = hessu(0,2);
          hessu(2,1) = hessu(1,2);
        
          return hessu;
        }
        
        
        
        Number forcing_function_3D(const Point& p)
        {
xyz coordinates in space
          const Real x = p(0);
          const Real y = p(1);
          const Real z = p(2);
        
Equals laplacian(laplacian(u))
          return 4096. * 8. * (3.*((y-y*y)*(y-y*y)*(x-x*x)*(x-x*x) +
                                   (z-z*z)*(z-z*z)*(x-x*x)*(x-x*x) +
                                   (z-z*z)*(z-z*z)*(y-y*y)*(y-y*y)) +
                 (1.-6.*x+6.*x*x)*(1.-6.*y+6.*y*y)*(z-z*z)*(z-z*z) +
                 (1.-6.*x+6.*x*x)*(1.-6.*z+6.*z*z)*(y-y*y)*(y-y*y) +
                 (1.-6.*y+6.*y*y)*(1.-6.*z+6.*z*z)*(x-x*x)*(x-x*x));
        }
        
        
        
We now define the matrix assembly function for the Biharmonic system. We need to first compute element matrices and right-hand sides, and then take into account the boundary conditions, which will be handled via a penalty method.
        void assemble_biharmonic(EquationSystems& es,
                              const std::string& system_name)
        {
        #ifdef ENABLE_AMR
        #ifdef ENABLE_SECOND_DERIVATIVES
        
It is a good idea to make sure we are assembling the proper system.
          assert (system_name == "Biharmonic");
        
Declare a performance log. Give it a descriptive string to identify what part of the code we are logging, since there may be many PerfLogs in an application.
          PerfLog perf_log ("Matrix Assembly",false);
          
Get a constant reference to the mesh object.
          const Mesh& mesh = es.get_mesh();
        
The dimension that we are running
          const unsigned int dim = mesh.mesh_dimension();
        
Get a reference to the LinearImplicitSystem we are solving
          LinearImplicitSystem& system = es.get_system<LinearImplicitSystem>("Biharmonic");
          
A reference to the \p DofMap object for this system. The \p DofMap object handles the index translation from node and element numbers to degree of freedom numbers. We will talk more about the \p DofMap in future examples.
          const DofMap& dof_map = system.get_dof_map();
        
Get a constant reference to the Finite Element type for the first (and only) variable in the system.
          FEType fe_type = dof_map.variable_type(0);
        
Build a Finite Element object of the specified type. Since the \p FEBase::build() member dynamically creates memory we will store the object as an \p AutoPtr. This can be thought of as a pointer that will clean up after itself.
          AutoPtr<FEBase> fe (FEBase::build(dim, fe_type));
          
Quadrature rule for numerical integration. With 2D triangles, the Clough quadrature rule puts a Gaussian quadrature rule on each of the 3 subelements
          AutoPtr<QBase> qrule(fe_type.default_quadrature_rule(dim));
        
Tell the finite element object to use our quadrature rule.
          fe->attach_quadrature_rule (qrule.get());
        
Declare a special finite element object for boundary integration.
          AutoPtr<FEBase> fe_face (FEBase::build(dim, fe_type));
        	      
Boundary integration requires another quadraure rule, with dimensionality one less than the dimensionality of the element. In 1D, the Clough and Gauss quadrature rules are identical.
          AutoPtr<QBase> qface(fe_type.default_quadrature_rule(dim-1));
        
Tell the finte element object to use our quadrature rule.
          fe_face->attach_quadrature_rule (qface.get());
        
Here we define some references to cell-specific data that will be used to assemble the linear system. We begin with the element Jacobian * quadrature weight at each integration point.
          const std::vector<Real>& JxW = fe->get_JxW();
        
The physical XY locations of the quadrature points on the element. These might be useful for evaluating spatially varying material properties at the quadrature points.
          const std::vector<Point>& q_point = fe->get_xyz();
        
The element shape functions evaluated at the quadrature points.
          const std::vector<std::vector<Real> >& phi = fe->get_phi();
        
The element shape function second derivatives evaluated at the quadrature points. Note that for the simple biharmonic, shape function first derivatives are unnecessary.
          const std::vector<std::vector<RealTensor> >& d2phi = fe->get_d2phi();
        
For efficiency we will compute shape function laplacians n times, not n^2
          std::vector<Real> shape_laplacian;
        
Define data structures to contain the element matrix and right-hand-side vector contribution. Following basic finite element terminology we will denote these "Ke" and "Fe". More detail is in example 3.
          DenseMatrix<Number> Ke;
          DenseVector<Number> Fe;
        
This vector will hold the degree of freedom indices for the element. These define where in the global system the element degrees of freedom get mapped.
          std::vector<unsigned int> dof_indices;
        
Now we will loop over all the elements in the mesh. We will compute the element matrix and right-hand-side contribution. See example 3 for a discussion of the element iterators.

          MeshBase::const_element_iterator       el     = mesh.active_local_elements_begin();
          const MeshBase::const_element_iterator end_el = mesh.active_local_elements_end(); 
          
          for ( ; el != end_el; ++el)
            {
Start logging the shape function initialization. This is done through a simple function call with the name of the event to log.
              perf_log.start_event("elem init");      
        
Store a pointer to the element we are currently working on. This allows for nicer syntax later.
              const Elem* elem = *el;
        
Get the degree of freedom indices for the current element. These define where in the global matrix and right-hand-side this element will contribute to.
              dof_map.dof_indices (elem, dof_indices);
        
Compute the element-specific data for the current element. This involves computing the location of the quadrature points (q_point) and the shape functions (phi, dphi) for the current element.
              fe->reinit (elem);
        
Zero the element matrix and right-hand side before summing them.
              Ke.resize (dof_indices.size(),
        		 dof_indices.size());
        
              Fe.resize (dof_indices.size());
        
Make sure there is enough room in this cache
              shape_laplacian.resize(dof_indices.size());
        
Stop logging the shape function initialization. If you forget to stop logging an event the PerfLog object will probably catch the error and abort.
              perf_log.stop_event("elem init");      
        
Now we will build the element matrix. This involves a double loop to integrate laplacians of the test funcions (i) against laplacians of the trial functions (j).

This step is why we need the Clough-Tocher elements - these C1 differentiable elements have square-integrable second derivatives.

Now start logging the element matrix computation
              perf_log.start_event ("Ke");
        
              for (unsigned int qp=0; qp<qrule->n_points(); qp++)
                {
        	  for (unsigned int i=0; i<phi.size(); i++)
                    {
                      shape_laplacian[i] = d2phi[i][qp](0,0)+d2phi[i][qp](1,1);
                      if (dim == 3)
                         shape_laplacian[i] += d2phi[i][qp](2,2);
                    }
        	  for (unsigned int i=0; i<phi.size(); i++)
        	    for (unsigned int j=0; j<phi.size(); j++)
        	      Ke(i,j) += JxW[qp]*
                                 shape_laplacian[i]*shape_laplacian[j];
                }
        
Stop logging the matrix computation
              perf_log.stop_event ("Ke");
        
        
At this point the interior element integration has been completed. However, we have not yet addressed boundary conditions. For this example we will only consider simple Dirichlet boundary conditions imposed via the penalty method. Note that this is a fourth-order problem: Dirichlet boundary conditions include *both* boundary values and boundary normal fluxes.
              {
Start logging the boundary condition computation
                perf_log.start_event ("BCs");
        
The penalty values, for solution boundary trace and flux.
                const Real penalty = 1e10;
        	const Real penalty2 = 1e10;
        
The following loops over the sides of the element. If the element has no neighbor on a side then that side MUST live on a boundary of the domain.
                for (unsigned int s=0; s<elem->n_sides(); s++)
        	  if (elem->neighbor(s) == NULL)
        	    {
The value of the shape functions at the quadrature points.
                      const std::vector<std::vector<Real> >&  phi_face =
        			      fe_face->get_phi();
        
The value of the shape function derivatives at the quadrature points.
                      const std::vector<std::vector<RealGradient> >& dphi_face =
        			      fe_face->get_dphi();
        
The Jacobian * Quadrature Weight at the quadrature points on the face.
                      const std::vector<Real>& JxW_face = fe_face->get_JxW();
                                                                                       
The XYZ locations (in physical space) of the quadrature points on the face. This is where we will interpolate the boundary value function.
                      const std::vector<Point>& qface_point = fe_face->get_xyz();
        
        	      const std::vector<Point>& face_normals =
        			      fe_face->get_normals();
        
Compute the shape function values on the element face.
                      fe_face->reinit(elem, s);
                                                                                        
Loop over the face quagrature points for integration.
                      for (unsigned int qp=0; qp<qface->n_points(); qp++)
                        {
The boundary value.
                          Number value = exact_solution(qface_point[qp],
        					        es.parameters, "null",
        					        "void");
        		  Gradient flux = exact_2D_derivative(qface_point[qp],
                                                              es.parameters,
        						      "null", "void");
        
Matrix contribution of the L2 projection. Note that the basis function values are integrated against test function values while basis fluxes are integrated against test function fluxes.
                          for (unsigned int i=0; i<phi_face.size(); i++)
                            for (unsigned int j=0; j<phi_face.size(); j++)
        		      Ke(i,j) += JxW_face[qp] *
        				 (penalty * phi_face[i][qp] *
        				  phi_face[j][qp] + penalty2
        				  * (dphi_face[i][qp] *
        				  face_normals[qp]) *
        				  (dphi_face[j][qp] *
        				   face_normals[qp]));
        
Right-hand-side contribution of the L2 projection.
                          for (unsigned int i=0; i<phi_face.size(); i++)
                            Fe(i) += JxW_face[qp] *
        				    (penalty * value * phi_face[i][qp]
        				     + penalty2 * 
        				     (flux * face_normals[qp])
        				    * (dphi_face[i][qp]
        				       * face_normals[qp]));
        
                        }
        	    } 
        	
Stop logging the boundary condition computation
                perf_log.stop_event ("BCs");
              } 
        
              for (unsigned int qp=0; qp<qrule->n_points(); qp++)
        	for (unsigned int i=0; i<phi.size(); i++)
        	  Fe(i) += JxW[qp]*phi[i][qp]*forcing_function(q_point[qp]);
        
The element matrix and right-hand-side are now built for this element. Add them to the global matrix and right-hand-side vector. The \p PetscMatrix::add_matrix() and \p PetscVector::add_vector() members do this for us. Start logging the insertion of the local (element) matrix and vector into the global matrix and vector
              perf_log.start_event ("matrix insertion");
        
              dof_map.constrain_element_matrix_and_vector(Ke, Fe, dof_indices);
              system.matrix->add_matrix (Ke, dof_indices);
              system.rhs->add_vector    (Fe, dof_indices);
        
Stop logging the insertion of the local (element) matrix and vector into the global matrix and vector
              perf_log.stop_event ("matrix insertion");
            }
        
That's it. We don't need to do anything else to the PerfLog. When it goes out of scope (at this function return) it will print its log to the screen. Pretty easy, huh?

        #else
        
        #endif // #ifdef ENABLE_SECOND_DERIVATIVES
        #endif // #ifdef ENABLE_AMR
        }



The program without comments:

 
  
  #include "mesh.h"
  #include "equation_systems.h"
  #include "linear_implicit_system.h"
  #include "gmv_io.h"
  #include "fe.h"
  #include "quadrature.h"
  #include "dense_matrix.h"
  #include "dense_vector.h"
  #include "sparse_matrix.h"
  #include "mesh_generation.h"
  #include "mesh_modification.h"
  #include "mesh_refinement.h"
  #include "error_vector.h"
  #include "fourth_error_estimators.h"
  #include "getpot.h"
  #include "exact_solution.h"
  #include "dof_map.h"
  #include "numeric_vector.h"
  #include "elem.h"
  #include "tensor_value.h"
  
  void assemble_biharmonic(EquationSystems& es,
                        const std::string& system_name);
  
  
  Number exact_2D_solution(const Point& p,
  		         const Parameters&,   // parameters, not needed
  		         const std::string&,  // sys_name, not needed
  		         const std::string&); // unk_name, not needed);
  
  Number exact_3D_solution(const Point& p,
    const Parameters&, const std::string&, const std::string&);
  
  Gradient exact_2D_derivative(const Point& p,
    const Parameters&, const std::string&, const std::string&);
  
  Gradient exact_3D_derivative(const Point& p,
    const Parameters&, const std::string&, const std::string&);
  
  Tensor exact_2D_hessian(const Point& p,
    const Parameters&, const std::string&, const std::string&);
  
  Tensor exact_3D_hessian(const Point& p,
    const Parameters&, const std::string&, const std::string&);
  
  Number forcing_function_2D(const Point& p);
  
  Number forcing_function_3D(const Point& p);
  
  Number (*exact_solution)(const Point& p,
    const Parameters&, const std::string&, const std::string&);
  Gradient (*exact_derivative)(const Point& p,
    const Parameters&, const std::string&, const std::string&);
  Tensor (*exact_hessian)(const Point& p,
    const Parameters&, const std::string&, const std::string&);
  Number (*forcing_function)(const Point& p);
  
  
  
  int main(int argc, char** argv)
  {
    libMesh::init (argc, argv);
  
  
  #ifndef ENABLE_AMR
    std::cerr << "ERROR: This example requires libMesh to be\n"
              << "compiled with AMR support!"
              << std::endl;
    return 0;
  #else
  
  #ifndef ENABLE_SECOND_DERIVATIVES
    std::cerr << "ERROR: This example requires the library to be "
  	    << "compiled with second derivatives support!"
  	    << std::endl;
    return 0;
  #else
  
    {
      
      GetPot input_file("ex15.in");
  
      const unsigned int max_r_level = input_file("max_r_level", 10);
      const unsigned int max_r_steps = input_file("max_r_steps", 4);
      const std::string approx_type  = input_file("approx_type",
  						"HERMITE");
      const unsigned int uniform_refine =
  		    input_file("uniform_refine", 0);
      const Real refine_percentage =
  		    input_file("refine_percentage", 0.5);
      const Real coarsen_percentage =
  		    input_file("coarsen_percentage", 0.5);
      const unsigned int dim =
  		    input_file("dimension", 2);
      const unsigned int max_linear_iterations =
  		    input_file("max_linear_iterations", 10000);
  
      assert (dim == 2 || dim == 3);
  
      assert (dim == 2 || approx_type == "HERMITE");
  
      Mesh mesh (dim);
      
      std::string output_file = "";
  
      if (dim == 2)
        output_file += "2D_";
      else if (dim == 3)
        output_file += "3D_";
  
      if (approx_type == "HERMITE")
        output_file += "hermite_";
      else if (approx_type == "SECOND")
        output_file += "reducedclough_";
      else
        output_file += "clough_";
  
      if (uniform_refine == 0)
        output_file += "adaptive";
      else
        output_file += "uniform";
  
      std::string gmv_file = output_file;
      gmv_file += ".gmv";
      output_file += ".m";
  
      std::ofstream out (output_file.c_str());
      out << "% dofs     L2-error     H1-error      H2-error\n"
  	<< "e = [\n";
      
      if (dim == 2)
        {
          MeshTools::Generation::build_square(mesh, 2, 2);
          exact_solution = &exact_2D_solution;
          exact_derivative = &exact_2D_derivative;
          exact_hessian = &exact_2D_hessian;
          forcing_function = &forcing_function_2D;
        }
      else if (dim == 3)
        {
          MeshTools::Generation::build_cube(mesh, 2, 2, 2);
          exact_solution = &exact_3D_solution;
          exact_derivative = &exact_3D_derivative;
          exact_hessian = &exact_3D_hessian;
          forcing_function = &forcing_function_3D;
        }
  
      mesh.all_second_order();
  
      if (approx_type != "HERMITE")
        MeshTools::Modification::all_tri(mesh);
  
      MeshRefinement mesh_refinement(mesh);
      mesh_refinement.refine_fraction() = refine_percentage;
      mesh_refinement.coarsen_fraction() = coarsen_percentage;
      mesh_refinement.max_h_level() = max_r_level;
  
      EquationSystems equation_systems (mesh);
  
      {
        LinearImplicitSystem& system =
  	equation_systems.add_system<LinearImplicitSystem> ("Biharmonic");
  
        if (approx_type == "HERMITE")
          system.add_variable("u", THIRD, HERMITE);
        else if (approx_type == "SECOND")
          system.add_variable("u", SECOND, CLOUGH);
        else if (approx_type == "CLOUGH")
          system.add_variable("u", THIRD, CLOUGH);
        else
          error();
  
        system.attach_assemble_function
  		      (assemble_biharmonic);
        
        equation_systems.init();
  
        equation_systems.parameters.set<unsigned int>
  		      ("linear solver maximum iterations") =
                        max_linear_iterations;
  
        equation_systems.parameters.set<Real>
  		      ("linear solver tolerance") = TOLERANCE *
                                                      TOLERANCE * TOLERANCE;
        
        equation_systems.print_info();
      }
  
      ExactSolution exact_sol(equation_systems);
      exact_sol.attach_exact_value(exact_solution);
      exact_sol.attach_exact_deriv(exact_derivative);
      exact_sol.attach_exact_hessian(exact_hessian);
  
      ExactSolution zero_sol(equation_systems);
  
      LinearImplicitSystem& system = 
        equation_systems.get_system<LinearImplicitSystem>("Biharmonic");
  
      for (unsigned int r_step=0; r_step<max_r_steps; r_step++)
        {
          mesh.print_info();
          equation_systems.print_info();
  
  	std::cout << "Beginning Solve " << r_step << std::endl;
  	
  	system.solve();
  
  	std::cout << "Linear solver converged at step: "
  		  << system.n_linear_iterations()
  		  << ", final residual: "
  		  << system.final_linear_residual()
  		  << std::endl;
  
  	exact_sol.compute_error("Biharmonic", "u");
  	zero_sol.compute_error("Biharmonic", "u");
  
  	std::cout << "L2-Norm is: "
  		  << zero_sol.l2_error("Biharmonic", "u")
  		  << std::endl;
  	std::cout << "H1-Norm is: "
  		  << zero_sol.h1_error("Biharmonic", "u")
  		  << std::endl;
  	std::cout << "H2-Norm is: "
  		  << zero_sol.h2_error("Biharmonic", "u")
  		  << std::endl
  		  << std::endl;
  	std::cout << "L2-Error is: "
  		  << exact_sol.l2_error("Biharmonic", "u")
  		  << std::endl;
  	std::cout << "H1-Error is: "
  		  << exact_sol.h1_error("Biharmonic", "u")
  		  << std::endl;
  	std::cout << "H2-Error is: "
  		  << exact_sol.h2_error("Biharmonic", "u")
  		  << std::endl
  		  << std::endl;
  
  	out << equation_systems.n_active_dofs() << " "
  	    << exact_sol.l2_error("Biharmonic", "u") << " "
  	    << exact_sol.h1_error("Biharmonic", "u") << " "
  	    << exact_sol.h2_error("Biharmonic", "u") << std::endl;
  
  	if (r_step+1 != max_r_steps)
  	  {
  	    std::cout << "  Refining the mesh..." << std::endl;
  
  	    if (uniform_refine == 0)
  	      {
  		ErrorVector error;
  		LaplacianErrorEstimator error_estimator;
  
  		error_estimator.estimate_error(system, error);
                  mesh_refinement.flag_elements_by_elem_fraction (error);
  
  		std::cerr << "Mean Error: " << error.mean() <<
  				std::endl;
  		std::cerr << "Error Variance: " << error.variance() <<
  				std::endl;
  
  		mesh_refinement.refine_and_coarsen_elements();
                }
  	    else
  	      {
                  mesh_refinement.uniformly_refine(1);
                }
  		
  	    equation_systems.reinit ();
  	  }
        }	    
      
      GMVIO (mesh).write_equation_systems (gmv_file,
      					 equation_systems);
      out << "];\n"
  	<< "hold on\n"
  	<< "loglog(e(:,1), e(:,2), 'bo-');\n"
  	<< "loglog(e(:,1), e(:,3), 'ro-');\n"
  	<< "loglog(e(:,1), e(:,4), 'go-');\n"
  	<< "xlabel('log(dofs)');\n"
  	<< "ylabel('log(error)');\n"
  	<< "title('C1 " << approx_type << " elements');\n"
  	<< "legend('L2-error', 'H1-error', 'H2-error');\n";
    }
    
    return libMesh::close ();
  #endif // #ifndef ENABLE_SECOND_DERIVATIVES
  #endif // #ifndef ENABLE_AMR
  }
  
  
  
  Number exact_2D_solution(const Point& p,
  		         const Parameters&,  // parameters, not needed
  		         const std::string&, // sys_name, not needed
  		         const std::string&) // unk_name, not needed
  {
    const Real x = p(0);
    const Real y = p(1);
  
    return 256.*(x-x*x)*(x-x*x)*(y-y*y)*(y-y*y);
  }
  
  
  Gradient exact_2D_derivative(const Point& p,
  			     const Parameters&,  // parameters, not needed
  			     const std::string&, // sys_name, not needed
  			     const std::string&) // unk_name, not needed
  {
    const Real x = p(0);
    const Real y = p(1);
  
    Gradient gradu;
  
    gradu(0) = 256.*2.*(x-x*x)*(1-2*x)*(y-y*y)*(y-y*y);
    gradu(1) = 256.*2.*(x-x*x)*(x-x*x)*(y-y*y)*(1-2*y);
  
    return gradu;
  }
  
  
  Tensor exact_2D_hessian(const Point& p,
  			const Parameters&,  // parameters, not needed
  			const std::string&, // sys_name, not needed
  			const std::string&) // unk_name, not needed
  {
    Tensor hessu;
    
    const Real x = p(0);
    const Real y = p(1);
  
    hessu(0,0) = 256.*2.*(1-6.*x+6.*x*x)*(y-y*y)*(y-y*y);
    hessu(0,1) = 256.*4.*(x-x*x)*(1.-2.*x)*(y-y*y)*(1.-2.*y);
    hessu(1,1) = 256.*2.*(x-x*x)*(x-x*x)*(1.-6.*y+6.*y*y);
  
    hessu(1,0) = hessu(0,1);
    return hessu;
  }
  
  
  
  Number forcing_function_2D(const Point& p)
  {
    const Real x = p(0);
    const Real y = p(1);
  
    return 256. * 8. * (3.*((y-y*y)*(y-y*y)+(x-x*x)*(x-x*x))
           + (1.-6.*x+6.*x*x)*(1.-6.*y+6.*y*y));
  }
  
  
  
  Number exact_3D_solution(const Point& p,
  		         const Parameters&,  // parameters, not needed
  		         const std::string&, // sys_name, not needed
  		         const std::string&) // unk_name, not needed
  {
    const Real x = p(0);
    const Real y = p(1);
    const Real z = p(2);
    
    return 4096.*(x-x*x)*(x-x*x)*(y-y*y)*(y-y*y)*(z-z*z)*(z-z*z);
  }
  
  
  Gradient exact_3D_derivative(const Point& p,
  			     const Parameters&,  // parameters, not needed
  			     const std::string&, // sys_name, not needed
  			     const std::string&) // unk_name, not needed
  {
    Gradient gradu;
    
    const Real x = p(0);
    const Real y = p(1);
    const Real z = p(2);
  
    gradu(0) = 4096.*2.*(x-x*x)*(1.-2.*x)*(y-y*y)*(y-y*y)*(z-z*z)*(z-z*z);
    gradu(1) = 4096.*2.*(x-x*x)*(x-x*x)*(y-y*y)*(1.-2.*y)*(z-z*z)*(z-z*z);
    gradu(2) = 4096.*2.*(x-x*x)*(x-x*x)*(y-y*y)*(y-y*y)*(z-z*z)*(1.-2.*z);
  
    return gradu;
  }
  
  
  Tensor exact_3D_hessian(const Point& p,
  			const Parameters&,  // parameters, not needed
  			const std::string&, // sys_name, not needed
  			const std::string&) // unk_name, not needed
  {
    Tensor hessu;
    
    const Real x = p(0);
    const Real y = p(1);
    const Real z = p(2);
  
    hessu(0,0) = 4096.*(2.-12.*x+12.*x*x)*(y-y*y)*(y-y*y)*(z-z*z)*(z-z*z);
    hessu(0,1) = 4096.*4.*(x-x*x)*(1.-2.*x)*(y-y*y)*(1.-2.*y)*(z-z*z)*(z-z*z);
    hessu(0,2) = 4096.*4.*(x-x*x)*(1.-2.*x)*(y-y*y)*(y-y*y)*(z-z*z)*(1.-2.*z);
    hessu(1,1) = 4096.*(x-x*x)*(x-x*x)*(2.-12.*y+12.*y*y)*(z-z*z)*(z-z*z);
    hessu(1,2) = 4096.*4.*(x-x*x)*(x-x*x)*(y-y*y)*(1.-2.*y)*(z-z*z)*(1.-2.*z);
    hessu(2,2) = 4096.*(x-x*x)*(x-x*x)*(y-y*y)*(y-y*y)*(2.-12.*z+12.*z*z);
  
    hessu(1,0) = hessu(0,1);
    hessu(2,0) = hessu(0,2);
    hessu(2,1) = hessu(1,2);
  
    return hessu;
  }
  
  
  
  Number forcing_function_3D(const Point& p)
  {
    const Real x = p(0);
    const Real y = p(1);
    const Real z = p(2);
  
    return 4096. * 8. * (3.*((y-y*y)*(y-y*y)*(x-x*x)*(x-x*x) +
                             (z-z*z)*(z-z*z)*(x-x*x)*(x-x*x) +
                             (z-z*z)*(z-z*z)*(y-y*y)*(y-y*y)) +
           (1.-6.*x+6.*x*x)*(1.-6.*y+6.*y*y)*(z-z*z)*(z-z*z) +
           (1.-6.*x+6.*x*x)*(1.-6.*z+6.*z*z)*(y-y*y)*(y-y*y) +
           (1.-6.*y+6.*y*y)*(1.-6.*z+6.*z*z)*(x-x*x)*(x-x*x));
  }
  
  
  
  void assemble_biharmonic(EquationSystems& es,
                        const std::string& system_name)
  {
  #ifdef ENABLE_AMR
  #ifdef ENABLE_SECOND_DERIVATIVES
  
    assert (system_name == "Biharmonic");
  
    PerfLog perf_log ("Matrix Assembly",false);
    
    const Mesh& mesh = es.get_mesh();
  
    const unsigned int dim = mesh.mesh_dimension();
  
    LinearImplicitSystem& system = es.get_system<LinearImplicitSystem>("Biharmonic");
    
    const DofMap& dof_map = system.get_dof_map();
  
    FEType fe_type = dof_map.variable_type(0);
  
    AutoPtr<FEBase> fe (FEBase::build(dim, fe_type));
    
    AutoPtr<QBase> qrule(fe_type.default_quadrature_rule(dim));
  
    fe->attach_quadrature_rule (qrule.get());
  
    AutoPtr<FEBase> fe_face (FEBase::build(dim, fe_type));
  	      
    AutoPtr<QBase> qface(fe_type.default_quadrature_rule(dim-1));
  
    fe_face->attach_quadrature_rule (qface.get());
  
    const std::vector<Real>& JxW = fe->get_JxW();
  
    const std::vector<Point>& q_point = fe->get_xyz();
  
    const std::vector<std::vector<Real> >& phi = fe->get_phi();
  
    const std::vector<std::vector<RealTensor> >& d2phi = fe->get_d2phi();
  
    std::vector<Real> shape_laplacian;
  
    DenseMatrix<Number> Ke;
    DenseVector<Number> Fe;
  
    std::vector<unsigned int> dof_indices;
  
  
    MeshBase::const_element_iterator       el     = mesh.active_local_elements_begin();
    const MeshBase::const_element_iterator end_el = mesh.active_local_elements_end(); 
    
    for ( ; el != end_el; ++el)
      {
        perf_log.start_event("elem init");      
  
        const Elem* elem = *el;
  
        dof_map.dof_indices (elem, dof_indices);
  
        fe->reinit (elem);
  
        Ke.resize (dof_indices.size(),
  		 dof_indices.size());
  
        Fe.resize (dof_indices.size());
  
        shape_laplacian.resize(dof_indices.size());
  
        perf_log.stop_event("elem init");      
  
        perf_log.start_event ("Ke");
  
        for (unsigned int qp=0; qp<qrule->n_points(); qp++)
          {
  	  for (unsigned int i=0; i<phi.size(); i++)
              {
                shape_laplacian[i] = d2phi[i][qp](0,0)+d2phi[i][qp](1,1);
                if (dim == 3)
                   shape_laplacian[i] += d2phi[i][qp](2,2);
              }
  	  for (unsigned int i=0; i<phi.size(); i++)
  	    for (unsigned int j=0; j<phi.size(); j++)
  	      Ke(i,j) += JxW[qp]*
                           shape_laplacian[i]*shape_laplacian[j];
          }
  
        perf_log.stop_event ("Ke");
  
  
        {
  	perf_log.start_event ("BCs");
  
  	const Real penalty = 1e10;
  	const Real penalty2 = 1e10;
  
  	for (unsigned int s=0; s<elem->n_sides(); s++)
  	  if (elem->neighbor(s) == NULL)
  	    {
  	      const std::vector<std::vector<Real> >&  phi_face =
  			      fe_face->get_phi();
  
                const std::vector<std::vector<RealGradient> >& dphi_face =
  			      fe_face->get_dphi();
  
                const std::vector<Real>& JxW_face = fe_face->get_JxW();
                                                                                 
                const std::vector<Point>& qface_point = fe_face->get_xyz();
  
  	      const std::vector<Point>& face_normals =
  			      fe_face->get_normals();
  
                fe_face->reinit(elem, s);
                                                                                  
                for (unsigned int qp=0; qp<qface->n_points(); qp++)
                  {
  		  Number value = exact_solution(qface_point[qp],
  					        es.parameters, "null",
  					        "void");
  		  Gradient flux = exact_2D_derivative(qface_point[qp],
                                                        es.parameters,
  						      "null", "void");
  
                    for (unsigned int i=0; i<phi_face.size(); i++)
                      for (unsigned int j=0; j<phi_face.size(); j++)
  		      Ke(i,j) += JxW_face[qp] *
  				 (penalty * phi_face[i][qp] *
  				  phi_face[j][qp] + penalty2
  				  * (dphi_face[i][qp] *
  				  face_normals[qp]) *
  				  (dphi_face[j][qp] *
  				   face_normals[qp]));
  
                    for (unsigned int i=0; i<phi_face.size(); i++)
                      Fe(i) += JxW_face[qp] *
  				    (penalty * value * phi_face[i][qp]
  				     + penalty2 * 
  				     (flux * face_normals[qp])
  				    * (dphi_face[i][qp]
  				       * face_normals[qp]));
  
                  }
  	    } 
  	
  	perf_log.stop_event ("BCs");
        } 
  
        for (unsigned int qp=0; qp<qrule->n_points(); qp++)
  	for (unsigned int i=0; i<phi.size(); i++)
  	  Fe(i) += JxW[qp]*phi[i][qp]*forcing_function(q_point[qp]);
  
        perf_log.start_event ("matrix insertion");
  
        dof_map.constrain_element_matrix_and_vector(Ke, Fe, dof_indices);
        system.matrix->add_matrix (Ke, dof_indices);
        system.rhs->add_vector    (Fe, dof_indices);
  
        perf_log.stop_event ("matrix insertion");
      }
  
  
  #else
  
  #endif // #ifdef ENABLE_SECOND_DERIVATIVES
  #endif // #ifdef ENABLE_AMR
  }



The console output of the program:

***************************************************************
* Running Example  ./ex15-devel
***************************************************************
 
 EquationSystems
  n_systems()=1
   System "Biharmonic"
    Type "LinearImplicit"
    Variables="u" 
    Finite Element Types="HERMITE" 
    Approximation Orders="THIRD" 
    n_dofs()=36
    n_local_dofs()=36
    n_constrained_dofs()=0
    n_vectors()=1

 Mesh Information:
  mesh_dimension()=2
  spatial_dimension()=3
  n_nodes()=25
  n_elem()=4
   n_local_elem()=4
   n_active_elem()=4
  n_subdomains()=1
  n_processors()=1
  processor_id()=0

 EquationSystems
  n_systems()=1
   System "Biharmonic"
    Type "LinearImplicit"
    Variables="u" 
    Finite Element Types="HERMITE" 
    Approximation Orders="THIRD" 
    n_dofs()=36
    n_local_dofs()=36
    n_constrained_dofs()=0
    n_vectors()=1

Beginning Solve 0
Linear solver converged at step: 31, final residual: 6.00383e-19
L2-Norm is: 0.384025
H1-Norm is: 1.98976
H2-Norm is: 14.3417

L2-Error is: 0.0335358
H1-Error is: 0.267039
H2-Error is: 3.51162

  Refining the mesh...
 Mesh Information:
  mesh_dimension()=2
  spatial_dimension()=3
  n_nodes()=81
  n_elem()=20
   n_local_elem()=20
   n_active_elem()=16
  n_subdomains()=1
  n_processors()=1
  processor_id()=0

 EquationSystems
  n_systems()=1
   System "Biharmonic"
    Type "LinearImplicit"
    Variables="u" 
    Finite Element Types="HERMITE" 
    Approximation Orders="THIRD" 
    n_dofs()=100
    n_local_dofs()=100
    n_constrained_dofs()=0
    n_vectors()=1

Beginning Solve 1
Linear solver converged at step: 21, final residual: 1.78941e-17
L2-Norm is: 0.404988
H1-Norm is: 2.02995
H2-Norm is: 14.7459

L2-Error is: 0.0020746
H1-Error is: 0.0316727
H2-Error is: 0.822125

  Refining the mesh...
 Mesh Information:
  mesh_dimension()=2
  spatial_dimension()=3
  n_nodes()=289
  n_elem()=84
   n_local_elem()=84
   n_active_elem()=64
  n_subdomains()=1
  n_processors()=1
  processor_id()=0

 EquationSystems
  n_systems()=1
   System "Biharmonic"
    Type "LinearImplicit"
    Variables="u" 
    Finite Element Types="HERMITE" 
    Approximation Orders="THIRD" 
    n_dofs()=324
    n_local_dofs()=324
    n_constrained_dofs()=0
    n_vectors()=1

Beginning Solve 2
Linear solver converged at step: 22, final residual: 4.7073e-17
L2-Norm is: 0.406264
H1-Norm is: 2.03164
H2-Norm is: 14.7676

L2-Error is: 0.000129445
H1-Error is: 0.00390589
H2-Error is: 0.202531

  Refining the mesh...
 Mesh Information:
  mesh_dimension()=2
  spatial_dimension()=3
  n_nodes()=1089
  n_elem()=340
   n_local_elem()=340
   n_active_elem()=256
  n_subdomains()=1
  n_processors()=1
  processor_id()=0

 EquationSystems
  n_systems()=1
   System "Biharmonic"
    Type "LinearImplicit"
    Variables="u" 
    Finite Element Types="HERMITE" 
    Approximation Orders="THIRD" 
    n_dofs()=1156
    n_local_dofs()=1156
    n_constrained_dofs()=0
    n_vectors()=1

Beginning Solve 3
Linear solver converged at step: 48, final residual: 1.86903e-16
L2-Norm is: 0.406344
H1-Norm is: 2.03174
H2-Norm is: 14.7689

L2-Error is: 8.07721e-06
H1-Error is: 0.000486566
H2-Error is: 0.050454

 
***************************************************************
* Done Running Example  ./ex15-devel
***************************************************************

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