Domain decomposition algorithms for fourth-order nonlinear elliptic eigenvalue problems

  • Authors:
  • S.-L. Chang;C.-S. Chien

  • Affiliations:
  • Center for General Education, Southern Taiwan University of Technology, Tainan 710, Taiwan, ROC;Department of Applied Mathematics, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan, ROC

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Computational Physics
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

We study domain decomposition methods for fourth-order plate problems. The well-known von Kármán equations are used as our model problem. By exploiting the symmetry of the domain, the solution of the original problem can be obtained by solving those associated reduced problems, which are defined on subdomains with appropriate boundary conditions. We show how nonoverlapping and overlapping domain decomposition methods can be used to solve the reduced problems. For the linearized von Kármán equation, we present preconditioners using both Fourier analysis and probing techniques for the interface systems, which are similar to those derived by Chan et al. Finally, we compare the efficiency of various domain decomposition preconditioners for solving the von Kármán equations.