Parallel Iterative Methods for Navier-Stokes Equations and Application to Stability Assessment (Distinguished Paper)

  • Authors:
  • Ivan G. Graham;Alastair Spence;Eero Vainikko

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-

  • Venue:
  • Euro-Par '02 Proceedings of the 8th International Euro-Par Conference on Parallel Processing
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

We describe the construction of parallel iterative solvers for finite element approximations of the Navier-Stokes equations on unstructured grids using domain decomposition methods. The iterative method used is FGMRES, preconditioned by a parallel adaptation of a recent block preconditioner proposed by Kay, Loghin and Wathen. The parallelisation is achieved by adapting the technology of our domain decomposition solver DOUG (previously used for scalar problems) to block-systems. An application of the resultant linear solver to the stability assessment of flows is briefly indicated.