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Domain decomposition method for nonconforming finite element approximations of anisotropic elliptic problems on nonmatching grids

Conference ·
OSTI ID:440697
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  1. Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)

An approach to the construction of an iterative method for solving systems of linear algebraic equations arising from nonconforming finite element discretizations with nonmatching grids for second order elliptic boundary value problems with anisotropic coefficients is considered. The technique suggested is based on decomposition of the original domain into nonoverlapping subdomains. The elliptic problem is presented in the macro-hybrid form with Lagrange multipliers at the interfaces between subdomains. A block diagonal preconditioner is proposed which is spectrally equivalent to the original saddle point matrix and has the optimal order of arithmetical complexity. The preconditioner includes blocks for preconditioning subdomain and interface problems. It is shown that constants of spectral equivalence axe independent of values of coefficients and mesh step size.

Research Organization:
Front Range Scientific Computations, Inc., Lakewood, CO (United States)
OSTI ID:
440697
Report Number(s):
CONF-9604167--Vol.2; ON: DE96015307
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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