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Title: Monolithic multigrid methods for two-dimensional resistive magnetohydrodynamics

Abstract

Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) representations are used to model a wide range of plasma physics applications and are characterized by a nonlinear system of partial differential equations that strongly couples a charged fluid with the evolution of electromagnetic fields. The resulting linear systems that arise from discretization and linearization of the nonlinear problem are generally difficult to solve. In this paper, we investigate multigrid preconditioners for this system. We consider two well-known multigrid relaxation methods for incompressible fluid dynamics: Braess--Sarazin relaxation and Vanka relaxation. We first extend these to the context of steady-state one-fluid viscoresistive MHD. Then we compare the two relaxation procedures within a multigrid-preconditioned GMRES method employed within Newton's method. To isolate the effects of the different relaxation methods, we use structured grids, inf-sup stable finite elements, and geometric interpolation. Furthermore, we present convergence and timing results for a two-dimensional, steady-state test problem.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [3];  [4]
  1. Tufts Univ., Medford, MA (United States)
  2. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  3. Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland, St. John's (Canada)
  4. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR)
OSTI Identifier:
1263651
Report Number(s):
SAND-2015-9123J
Journal ID: ISSN 1064-8275; 644878
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 38; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1064-8275
Publisher:
SIAM
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; monolithic multigrid; magnetohydrodynamics; Braess-Sarazin relaxation; Vanka relaxation

Citation Formats

Adler, James H., Benson, Thomas R., Cyr, Eric C., MacLachlan, Scott P., and Tuminaro, Raymond S. Monolithic multigrid methods for two-dimensional resistive magnetohydrodynamics. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1137/151006135.
Adler, James H., Benson, Thomas R., Cyr, Eric C., MacLachlan, Scott P., & Tuminaro, Raymond S. Monolithic multigrid methods for two-dimensional resistive magnetohydrodynamics. United States. https://doi.org/10.1137/151006135
Adler, James H., Benson, Thomas R., Cyr, Eric C., MacLachlan, Scott P., and Tuminaro, Raymond S. Wed . "Monolithic multigrid methods for two-dimensional resistive magnetohydrodynamics". United States. https://doi.org/10.1137/151006135. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1263651.
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title = {Monolithic multigrid methods for two-dimensional resistive magnetohydrodynamics},
author = {Adler, James H. and Benson, Thomas R. and Cyr, Eric C. and MacLachlan, Scott P. and Tuminaro, Raymond S.},
abstractNote = {Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) representations are used to model a wide range of plasma physics applications and are characterized by a nonlinear system of partial differential equations that strongly couples a charged fluid with the evolution of electromagnetic fields. The resulting linear systems that arise from discretization and linearization of the nonlinear problem are generally difficult to solve. In this paper, we investigate multigrid preconditioners for this system. We consider two well-known multigrid relaxation methods for incompressible fluid dynamics: Braess--Sarazin relaxation and Vanka relaxation. We first extend these to the context of steady-state one-fluid viscoresistive MHD. Then we compare the two relaxation procedures within a multigrid-preconditioned GMRES method employed within Newton's method. To isolate the effects of the different relaxation methods, we use structured grids, inf-sup stable finite elements, and geometric interpolation. Furthermore, we present convergence and timing results for a two-dimensional, steady-state test problem.},
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journal = {SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jan 06 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Wed Jan 06 00:00:00 EST 2016}
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