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Parallel implementation of a compatible high-order meshless method for the Stokes' equations

Numerical Analysis 2021-04-30 v1 Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing Mathematical Software Numerical Analysis Performance Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

A parallel implementation of a compatible discretization scheme for steady-state Stokes problems is presented in this work. The scheme uses generalized moving least squares to generate differential operators and apply boundary conditions. This meshless scheme allows a high-order convergence for both the velocity and pressure, while also incorporates finite-difference-like sparse discretization. Additionally, the method is inherently scalable: the stencil generation process requires local inversion of matrices amenable to GPU acceleration, and the divergence-free treatment of velocity replaces the traditional saddle point structure of the global system with elliptic diagonal blocks amenable to algebraic multigrid. The implementation in this work uses a variety of Trilinos packages to exploit this local and global parallelism, and benchmarks demonstrating high-order convergence and weak scalability are provided.

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@article{arxiv.2104.14447,
  title  = {Parallel implementation of a compatible high-order meshless method for the Stokes' equations},
  author = {Quang-Thinh Ha and Paul A. Kuberry and Nathaniel A. Trask and Emily M. Ryan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.14447},
  year   = {2021}
}
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