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In this paper, we present a monolithic multigrid method for the efficient solution of flow problems in fractured porous media. Specifically, we consider a mixed-dimensional model which couples Darcy flow in the porous matrix with…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-11-08 Andrés Arrarás , Francisco J. Gaspar , Laura Portero , Carmen Rodrigo

The phase-field model for fracture, despite its popularity and ease of implementation comes with its set of computational challenges. They are the non-convex energy functional, variational inequality due to fracture irreversibility, the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-06-24 Ritukesh Bharali , Fredrik Larsson , Ralf Jänicke

This paper presents efficient data structures for the implementation of matrix-free finite element methods on block-structured, hybrid tetrahedral grids. It provides a complete categorization of all geometric sub-objects that emerge from…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2023-08-04 Nils Kohl , Daniel Bauer , Fabian Böhm , Ulrich Rüde

A full multigrid finite element method is proposed for semilinear elliptic equations. The main idea is to transform the solution of the semilinear problem into a series of solutions of the corresponding linear boundary value problems on the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-03-29 Hehu Xie , Fei Xu

A multigrid method is proposed for solving nonlinear eigenvalue problems by the finite element method. With this new scheme, solving nonlinear eigenvalue problem is decomposed to a series of solutions of linear boundary value problems on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-01-09 Hehu Xie

One of the state-of-the-art strategies for predicting crack propagation, nucleation, and interaction is the phase-field approach. Despite its reliability and robustness, the phase-field approach suffers from burdensome computational cost,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-11-17 Alena Kopaničáková , Hardik Kothari , Rolf Krause

The accurate assembly of the system matrix is an important step in any code that solves partial differential equations on a mesh. We either explicitly set up a matrix, or we work in a matrix-free environment where we have to be able to…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2020-06-19 Charles D. Murray , Tobias Weinzierl

We present a space-time multigrid method based on tensor-product space-time finite element discretizations. The method is facilitated by the matrix-free capabilities of the {\ttfamily deal.II} library. It addresses both high-order…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-08-12 Nils Margenberg , Peter Munch

There is currently an increasing interest in developing efficient solvers for phase-field modeling of brittle fracture. The governing equations for this problem originate from a constrained minimization of a non-convex energy functional,…

Matrix-free finite element implementations of massively parallel geometric multigrid save memory and are often significantly faster than implementations using classical sparse matrix techniques. They are especially well suited for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-08-24 Simon Bauer , Marcus Mohr , Ulrich Rüde , Jens Weismüller , Markus Wittmann , Barbara Wohlmuth

In this paper, a novel multigrid method based on Newton iteration is proposed to solve nonlinear eigenvalue problems. Instead of handling the eigenvalue $\lambda$ and eigenfunction $u$ separately, we treat the eigenpair $(\lambda, u)$ as…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-04-30 Fei Xu , Manting Xie , Meiling Yue

We consider the widely used continuous $\mathcal{Q}_{k}$-$\mathcal{Q}_{k-1}$ quadrilateral or hexahedral Taylor-Hood elements for the finite element discretization of the Stokes and generalized Stokes systems in two and three spatial…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-06-01 Daniel Jodlbauer , Ulrich Langer , Thomas Wick , Walter Zulehner

The use of multigrid and related preconditioners with the finite element method is often limited by the difficulty of applying the algorithm effectively to a problem, especially when the domain has a complex shape or adaptive refinement. We…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2015-03-19 Peter R. Brune , Matthew G. Knepley , L. Ridgway Scott

This paper presents a matrix-free multigrid method for solving the Stokes problem, discretized using $H^{\text{div}}$-conforming discontinuous Galerkin methods. We employ a Schur complement method combined with the fast diagonalization…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-23 Cu Cui , Guido Kanschat

We present an efficient matrix-free geometric multigrid method for the elastic Helmholtz equation, and a suitable discretization. Many discretization methods had been considered in the literature for the Helmholtz equations, as well as many…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-12-05 Rachel Yovel , Eran Treister

The simulation of crack initiation and propagation in an elastic material is difficult, as crack paths with complex topologies have to be resolved. Phase-field approach allows to simulate crack behavior by circumventing the need to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-02-19 Alena Kopaničáková , Rolf Krause

Efficient and suitably preconditioned iterative solvers for elliptic partial differential equations (PDEs) of the convection-diffusion type are used in all fields of science and engineering. To achieve optimal performance, solvers have to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-07-24 Peter Bastian , Eike Hermann Müller , Steffen Müthing , Marian Piatkowski

Ill-conditioning of the system matrix is a well-known complication in immersed finite element methods and trimmed isogeometric analysis. Elements with small intersections with the physical domain yield problematic eigenvalues in the system…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-12-17 F. de Prenter , C. V. Verhoosel , E. H. van Brummelen , J. A. Evans , C. Messe , J. Benzaken , K. Maute

In this paper, a multiscale flux basis algorithm is developed to efficiently solve a flow problem in fractured porous media. Here, we take into account a mixed-dimensional setting of the discrete fracture matrix model, where the fracture…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-06-04 Elyes Ahmed , Alessio Fumagalli , Ana Budiša

This paper is to introduce a type of full multigrid method for the nonlinear eigenvalue problem. The main idea is to transform the solution of nonlinear eigenvalue problem into a series of solutions of the corresponding linear boundary…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-11-03 Shanghui Jia , Hehu Xie , Manting Xie , Fei Xu