Multigrid methods are popular solution algorithms for many discretized PDEs, either as standalone iterative solvers or as preconditioners, due to their high efficiency. However, the choice and optimization of multigrid components such as relaxation schemes and grid-transfer operators is crucial to the design of optimally efficient algorithms. It is well--known that local Fourier analysis (LFA) is a useful tool to predict and analyze the performance of these components. In this paper, we develop a local Fourier analysis of monolithic multigrid methods based on additive Vanka relaxation schemes for mixed finite-element discretizations of the Stokes equations. The analysis offers insight into the choice of "patches" for the Vanka relaxation, revealing that smaller patches offer more effective convergence per floating point operation. Parameters that minimize the two-grid convergence factor are proposed and numerical experiments are presented to validate the LFA predictions.
We propose a block-structured multigrid relaxation scheme for solving the Stokes-Darcy Brinkman equations discretized by the marker and cell scheme. An element-based additive Vanka smoother is used to solve the corresponding shifted Laplacian operator. Using local Fourier analysis, we present the stencil for the additive Vanka smoother and derive an optimal smoothing factor for Vanka-based Braess-Sarazin relaxation for the Stokes-Darcy Brinkman equations. Although the optimal damping parameter is dependent on meshsize and physical parameter, it is very close to one. Numerical results of two-gr…
The solution of saddle-point problems, such as the Stokes equations, is a challenging task, especially in large-scale problems. Multigrid methods are one of the most efficient solvers for such systems of equations and can achieve convergence rates independent of the problem size. The smoother is a crucial component of multigrid methods and significantly affects its overall efficiency. We propose a Vanka-type smoother that we refer to as Restricted Additive Vanka and investigate its convergence in the context of adaptive geometric multigrid methods for the Stokes equations. The proposed smoothe…
We consider an additive Vanka-type smoother for the Poisson equation discretized by the standard finite difference centered scheme. Using local Fourier analysis, we derive analytical formulas for the optimal smoothing factors for two types of smoothers, called vertex-wise and element-wise Vanka smoothers, and present the corresponding stencils. Interestingly, in one dimension the element-wise Vanka smoother is equivalent to the scaled mass operator obtained from the linear finite element method, and in two dimensions the element-wise Vanka smoother is equivalent to the scaled mass operator dis…
Numerical simulation of incompressible viscous flow, in particular in three space dimensions, continues to remain a challenging task. Space-time finite element methods feature the natural construction of higher order discretization schemes. They offer the potential to achieve accurate results on computationally feasible grids. Linearizing the resulting algebraic problems by Newton's method yields linear systems with block matrices built of $(k+1)\times (k+1)$ saddle point systems, where $k$ denotes the polynomial order of the variational time discretization. We demonstrate numerically the effi…
We present a parallelized geometric multigrid (GMG) method, based on the cell-based Vanka smoother, for higher order space-time finite element methods (STFEM) to the incompressible Navier--Stokes equations. The STFEM is implemented as a time marching scheme. The GMG solver is applied as a preconditioner for GMRES iterations. Its performance properties are demonstrated for 2d and 3d benchmarks of flow around a cylinder. The key ingredients of the GMG approach are the construction of the local Vanka smoother over all degrees of freedom in time of the respective subinterval and its efficient appl…
In recent years, solvers for finite-element discretizations of linear or linearized saddle-point problems, like the Stokes and Oseen equations, have become well established. There are two main classes of preconditioners for such systems: those based on block-factorization approach and those based on monolithic multigrid. Both classes of preconditioners have several critical choices to be made in their composition, such as the selection of a suitable relaxation scheme for monolithic multigrid. From existing studies, some insight can be gained as to what options are preferable in low-performance…
Scalable smoothing strategies for a geometric multigrid method for the immersed boundary equations
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill（北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校）；Rice University（莱斯大学）；Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory（劳伦斯伯克利国家实验室）；University of California, Davis（加州大学戴维斯分校）
In this paper, we propose and analyze a temporally second-order accurate, fully discrete finite element method for the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations. A modified Crank--Nicolson method is used to discretize the model and appropriate semi-implicit treatments are applied to the fluid convection term and two coupling terms. These semi-implicit approximations result in a linear system with variable coefficients for which the unique solvability can be proved theoretically. In addition, we use a decoupling projection method of the Van Kan type \cite{vankan1986} in the Stokes solver, which compu…
Mass Conservative and Energy Stable Finite Difference Methods for the Quasi-incompressible Navier-Stokes-Cahn-Hilliard system: Primitive Variable and Projection-Type Schemes
University of California, Irvine（加州大学尔湾分校）；University of Dundee（邓迪大学）；University of Tennessee, Knoxville（田纳西大学诺克斯维尔分校）
This paper is concerned with high moment and pathwise error estimates for fully discrete mixed finite element approximattions of stochastic Navier-Stokes equations with general additive noise. The implicit Euler-Maruyama scheme and standard mixed finite element methods are employed respectively for the time and space discretizations. High moment error estimates for both velocity and a time-avraged pressure approximations in strong $L^2$ and energy norms are obtained, pathwise error estimates are derived by using the Kolmogorov Theorem. Unlike their derterministic counterparts, the spatial erro…
We propose and study a temporal, and spatio-temporal discretisation of the 2D stochastic Navier--Stokes equations in bounded domains supplemented with no-slip boundary conditions. Considering additive noise, we base its construction on the related nonlinear random PDE, which is solved by a transform of the solution of the stochastic Navier--Stokes equations. We show strong rate (up to) $1$ in probability for a corresponding discretisation in space and time (and space-time). Convergence of order (up to) 1 in time was previously only known for linear SPDEs.
We consider the strong solution of the 2D Navier-Stokes equations in a torus subject to an additive noise. We implement a fully implicit time numerical scheme and a finite element method in space. We prove that the rate of convergence of the schemes is $η\in[0,1/2)$ in time and 1 in space. Let us mention that the coefficient $η$ is equal to the time regularity of the solution with values in $\LL^2$. Our method relies on the existence of finite exponential moments for both the solution and its time approximation. Our main idea is to use a discrete Gronwall lemma for the error estimate without a…
A fourth-order finite volume embedded boundary (EB) method is presented for the unsteady Stokes equations. The algorithm represents complex geometries on a Cartesian grid using EB, employing a technique to mitigate the "small cut-cell" problem without mesh modifications, cell merging, or state redistribution. Spatial discretizations are based on a weighted least-squares technique that has been extended to fourth-order operators and boundary conditions, including an approximate projection to enforce the divergence-free constraint. Solutions are advanced in time using a fourth-order additive imp…
We prove that the implicit time Euler scheme coupled with finite elements space discretization for the 2D Navier-Stokes equations on the torus subject to a random perturbation converges in $L^2(Ω)$, and describe the rate of convergence for an $H^1$-valued initial condition. This refines previous results which only established the convergence in probability of these numerical approximations. Using exponential moment estimates of the solution of the stochastic Navier-Stokes equations and convergence of a localized scheme, we can prove strong convergence of this space-time approximation. The spee…
A parallel Newton multigrid framework for monolithic fluid-structure interactions
Technische Universität München（慕尼黑工业大学）；Otto-von-Guericke Universität Magdeburg（奥托·冯·古里克马格德堡大学）；Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing, Heidelberg University（海德堡大学跨学科科学计算中心）
