Question

In velocity-pressure formulation in FEM, which step is not used in the development of a weak form?

(a) Multiply governing equations with weight functions

(b) Integrating over the element domain

(c) Integrating by parts

(d) Performing coordinate transformation

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Enquiry is from Velocity topic in section Flows of Viscous Incompressible Fluids of Finite Element Method

Answer 1

The correct answer is (d) Performing coordinate transformation

Explanation: In the development of weak form, we consider a typical element and develop the finite element model over it by following the three-step procedure. Firstly, multiply governing equations with weight functions and Integrate over the element domain. Secondly, perform integration by parts and, thirdly, define the coefficient of weight function.