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Add DiractDistribution for point "things" #357

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santiagobadia opened this issue Aug 12, 2020 · 0 comments · Fixed by #837
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Add DiractDistribution for point "things" #357

santiagobadia opened this issue Aug 12, 2020 · 0 comments · Fixed by #837
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A point load can be mathematically represented as a distribution, e.g., a Dirac delta. It breaks the Gridap flow, since one cannot use Gauss quadratures and numerical integration (what we usually do in FEM) to compute the integral of f*v in that case.

I don't want to consider hacks, e.g., touch the vector entry in a particular node in which you want to put the force (assuming the force is on a node).

Instead, e.g., I would consider a constructor for f = DiracDelta(x_0) that returns a Distribution <: Field that we know cannot be used with integration BUT instead, integrate(f*v,trian,quad) returns v(x).

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