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The paper introduces a fully discrete quasi-Lagrangian finite element method for a monolithic formulation of a fluid-porous structure interaction problem. The method is second order in time and allows a standard $P_2-P_1$ (Taylor--Hood)…
In this work we propose a novel block preconditioner, labelled Explicit Decoupling Factor Approximation (EDFA), to accelerate the convergence of Krylov subspace solvers used to address the sequence of non-symmetric systems of linear…
We discuss efficient solutions to systems of shifted linear systems arising in computations for oscillatory hydraulic tomography (OHT). The reconstruction of hydrogeological parameters such as hydraulic conductivity and specific storage…
Robust and efficient solvers for coupled-adjoint linear systems are crucial to successful aerostructural optimization. Monolithic and partitioned strategies can be applied. The monolithic approach is expected to offer better robustness and…
This paper presents and studies an approach for constructing auxiliary space preconditioners for finite element problems using a constrained nonconforming reformulation, that is based on a proposed modified version of the mortar method. The…
Numerical simulation of fracture contact poromechanics is essential for various applications, including CO2 sequestration, geothermal energy production and underground gas storage. Modeling this problem accurately presents significant…
We present a monolithic parallel Newton-multigrid solver for nonlinear three dimensional fluid-structure interactions in Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian formulation. We start with a finite element discretization of the coupled problem, based…
For several classes of mathematical models that yield linear systems, the splitting of the matrix into its Hermitian and skew Hermitian parts is naturally related to properties of the underlying model. This is particularly so for…
The coupled Darcy-Stokes problem is widely used for modeling fluid transport in physical systems consisting of a porous part and a free part. In this work we consider preconditioners for monolitic solution algorithms of the coupled…
The paper is devoted to the spectral analysis of effective preconditioners for linear systems obtained via a Finite Element approximation to diffusion-dominated convection-diffusion equations. We consider a model setting in which the…
Many subsurface engineering applications involve tight-coupling between fluid flow, solid deformation, fracturing, and similar processes. To better understand the complex interplay of different governing equations, and therefore design…
Due to the wide separation of time scales in geophysical fluid dynamics, semi-implicit time integrators are commonly used in operational atmospheric forecast models. They guarantee the stable treatment of fast (acoustic and gravity) waves,…
A preconditioning framework for the coupled problem of frictional contact mechanics and fluid flow in the fracture network is presented. The porous medium is discretized using low-order continuous finite elements, with cell-centered…
Solving systems of linear equations is a problem occuring frequently in water engineering applications. Usually the size of the problem is too large to be solved via direct factorization. One can resort to iterative approaches, in…
In this work, we propose a robust and easily implemented algebraic multigrid method as a stand-alone solver or a preconditioner in Krylov subspace methods for solving either symmetric and positive definite or saddle point linear systems of…
In this paper, we develop a multigrid preconditioner to solve Darcy flow in highly heterogeneous porous media. The key component of the preconditioner is to construct a sequence of nested subspaces $W_{\mathcal{L}}\subset…
In this article, a two-level overlapping domain decomposition preconditioner is developed for solving linear algebraic systems obtained from simulating Darcy flow in high-contrast media. Our preconditioner starts at a mixed finite element…
We devise 3-field and 4-field finite element approximations of a system describing the steady state of an incompressible heat-conducting fluid with implicit non-Newtonian rheology. We prove that the sequence of numerical approximations…
Monolithic preconditioners applied to the linear systems arising during the solution of the discretized incompressible Navier-Stokes equations are typically more robust than preconditioners based on incomplete block factorizations. Lower…
Implicit solvers for atmospheric models are often accelerated via the solution of a preconditioned system. For block preconditioners this typically involves the factorisation of the (approximate) Jacobian resulting from linearization of the…