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A Parallel Non-Overlapping Domain-Decomposition Algorithm for Compressible Fluid Flow Problems on Triangulated DomainsThis paper considers an algebraic preconditioning algorithm for hyperbolic-elliptic fluid flow problems. The algorithm is based on a parallel non-overlapping Schur complement domain-decomposition technique for triangulated domains. In the Schur complement technique, the triangulation is first partitioned into a number of non-overlapping subdomains and interfaces. This suggests a reordering of triangulation vertices which separates subdomain and interface solution unknowns. The reordering induces a natural 2 x 2 block partitioning of the discretization matrix. Exact LU factorization of this block system yields a Schur complement matrix which couples subdomains and the interface together. The remaining sections of this paper present a family of approximate techniques for both constructing and applying the Schur complement as a domain-decomposition preconditioner. The approximate Schur complement serves as an algebraic coarse space operator, thus avoiding the known difficulties associated with the direct formation of a coarse space discretization. In developing Schur complement approximations, particular attention has been given to improving sequential and parallel efficiency of implementations without significantly degrading the quality of the preconditioner. A computer code based on these developments has been tested on the IBM SP2 using MPI message passing protocol. A number of 2-D calculations are presented for both scalar advection-diffusion equations as well as the Euler equations governing compressible fluid flow to demonstrate performance of the preconditioning algorithm.
Document ID
19990063858
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Authors
Barth, Timothy J.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA United States)
Chan, Tony F.
(California Univ. Los Angeles, CA United States)
Tang, Wei-Pai
(Waterloo Univ. Ontario Canada)
Date Acquired
August 19, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1998
Subject Category
Fluid Mechanics And Heat Transfer
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS2-96027
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ASC-97-20257
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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