newton_solver.h

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// The libMesh Finite Element Library.
// Copyright (C) 2002-2014 Benjamin S. Kirk, John W. Peterson, Roy H. Stogner

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#ifndef LIBMESH_NEWTON_SOLVER_H
#define LIBMESH_NEWTON_SOLVER_H

// Local includes
#include "libmesh/libmesh_common.h"
#include "libmesh/linear_solver.h"
#include "libmesh/reference_counted_object.h"
#include "libmesh/diff_solver.h"

// C++ includes

namespace libMesh
{

// ------------------------------------------------------------
// Solver class definition
class NewtonSolver : public DiffSolver
{
public:
  explicit
  NewtonSolver (sys_type& system);

  virtual ~NewtonSolver ();

  typedef DiffSolver Parent;

  virtual void init ();

  virtual void reinit ();

  virtual unsigned int solve ();

  bool require_residual_reduction;

  bool require_finite_residual;

  bool brent_line_search;

  bool track_linear_convergence;

  Real minsteplength;

  Real linear_tolerance_multiplier;

protected:

  UniquePtr<LinearSolver<Number> > linear_solver;

  Real line_search(Real tol, Real last_residual, Real& current_residual,
                   NumericVector<Number> &newton_iterate,
                   const NumericVector<Number> &linear_solution);

  void print_convergence(unsigned int step_num,
                         Real current_residual,
                         Real step_norm,
                         bool linear_solve_finished);

  bool test_convergence(Real current_residual,
                        Real step_norm,
                        bool linear_solve_finished);
};


} // namespace libMesh


#endif // LIBMESH_NEWTON_SOLVER_H