A parallel multigrid solver for time-periodic incompressible Navier–Stokes equations in 3D

Pietro Benedusi*, Daniel Hupp, Peter Arbenz, Rolf Krause

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Abstract

We present a parallel and efficient multilevel solution method for the nonlinear systems arising from the discretization of Navier–Stokes (N-S) equations with finite differences. In particular we study the incompressible, unsteady N-S equations with periodic boundary condition in time. A sequential time integration limits the parallelism of the solver to the spatial variables and can therefore be an obstacle to parallel scalability. Time periodicity allows for a space-time discretization, which adds time as an additional direction for parallelism and thus can improve parallel scalability. To achieve fast convergence, we used a spacetime multigrid algorithm with a SCGS smoothing procedure (symmetrical coupled Gauss–Seidel, a.k.a. box smoothing). This technique, proposed by Vanka (J Comput Phys 65:138–156, 1986), for the steady viscous incompressible Navier–Stokes equations is extended to the unsteady case and its properties are studied using local Fourier analysis. We used numerical experiments to analyze the scalability and the convergence of the solver, focusing on the case of a pulsatile flow.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationNumerical Mathematics and Advanced Applications ENUMATH 2015
EditorsMurat Manguoglu, Bulent Karasozen, Munevver Tezer-Sezgin, Omur Ugur, Munevver Tezer-Sezgin, Murat Manguoglu, Omur Ugur, Serdar Goktepe, Omur Ugur, Munevver Tezer-Sezgin, Murat Manguoglu, Bulent Karasozen, Bulent Karasozen, Serdar Goktepe, Serdar Goktepe
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages265-273
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9783319399270, 9783319399270, 9783319399270
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016
EventEuropean Conference on Numerical Mathematics and Advanced Applications, ENUMATH 2015 - Ankara, Turkey
Duration: Sep 14 2015Sep 18 2015

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering
Volume112
ISSN (Print)1439-7358

Conference

ConferenceEuropean Conference on Numerical Mathematics and Advanced Applications, ENUMATH 2015
Country/TerritoryTurkey
CityAnkara
Period09/14/1509/18/15

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Modeling and Simulation
  • General Engineering
  • Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics
  • Control and Optimization
  • Computational Mathematics

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