Nonsymmetric Black Box multigrid with coarsening by three

Irad Yavneh, Marion Weinzierl

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Abstract

The classical Petrov-Galerkin approach to Black Box multigrid for nonsymmetric problems due to Dendy is combined with the recent factor-three-coarsening Black Box algorithm due to Dendy and Moulton, along with a powerful symmetric line Gauss-Seidel smoother, resulting in an efficient and robust multigrid solver. Focusing on the convection-diffusion operator, the algorithm is tested and shown to achieve fast and reliable convergence with both first-order and second-order accurate upstream discretizations of the convection operator. The solver also exhibits robust behavior with respect to discontinuous jumps in the diffusion coefficient and performs well for recirculating flows over a wide range of diffusion coefficients. The efficiency of the solver is supported by results of an analysis for the case of constant coefficients.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)194-209
Number of pages16
JournalNumerical Linear Algebra with Applications
Volume19
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2012
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Algebra and Number Theory
  • Applied Mathematics

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