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Local polynomial chaos expansion for linear differential equations with high dimensional random inputs

Journal Article · · SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1137/140970100· OSTI ID:1225870
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  1. Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
  2. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  3. ETH Zurich, Zurich (Switzerland)
  4. Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)

In this paper we present a localized polynomial chaos expansion for partial differential equations (PDE) with random inputs. In particular, we focus on time independent linear stochastic problems with high dimensional random inputs, where the traditional polynomial chaos methods, and most of the existing methods, incur prohibitively high simulation cost. Furthermore, the local polynomial chaos method employs a domain decomposition technique to approximate the stochastic solution locally. In each subdomain, a subdomain problem is solved independently and, more importantly, in a much lower dimensional random space. In a postprocesing stage, accurate samples of the original stochastic problems are obtained from the samples of the local solutions by enforcing the correct stochastic structure of the random inputs and the coupling conditions at the interfaces of the subdomains. Overall, the method is able to solve stochastic PDEs in very large dimensions by solving a collection of low dimensional local problems and can be highly efficient. In our paper we present the general mathematical framework of the methodology and use numerical examples to demonstrate the properties of the method.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
OSTI ID:
1225870
Report Number(s):
SAND--2015-1493J; 567323
Journal Information:
SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, Journal Name: SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 37; ISSN 1064-8275
Publisher:
SIAM
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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