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Leveraging Anderson Acceleration for improved convergence of iterative solutions to transport systems

Journal Article · · Journal of Computational Physics

In this note we demonstrate that using Anderson Acceleration (AA) in place of a standard Picard iteration can not only increase the convergence rate but also make the iteration more robust for two transport applications. We also compare the convergence acceleration provided by AA to that provided by moment-based acceleration methods. Additionally, we demonstrate that those two acceleration methods can be used together in a nested fashion. We begin by describing the AA algorithm. At this point, we will describe two application problems, one from neutronics and one from plasma physics, on which we will apply AA. We provide computational results which highlight the benefits of using AA, namely that we can compute solutions using fewer function evaluations, larger time-steps, and achieve a more robust iteration.

OSTI ID:
22382106
Journal Information:
Journal of Computational Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Computational Physics Vol. 273; ISSN JCTPAH; ISSN 0021-9991
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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