Abstract

Extensions of deflation techniques previously developed for the Poisson equation to static elasticity are presented. Compared to the (scalar) Poisson equation (J. Comput. Phys. 2008; 227 (24):10196–10208; Int. J. Numer. Meth. Engng 2010; DOI: 10.1002/nme.2932; Int. J. Numer. Meth. Biomed. Engng 2010; 26 (1):73–85), the elasticity equations represent a system of equations, giving rise to more complex low‐frequency modes (Multigrid . Elsevier: Amsterdam, 2000). In particular, the straightforward extension from the scalar case does not provide generally satisfactory convergence. However, a simple modification allows to recover the remarkable acceleration in convergence and CPU time reached in the scalar case. Numerous examples and timings are provided in a serial and a parallel context and show the dramatic improvements of up to two orders of magnitude in CPU time for grids with moderate graph depths compared to the non‐deflated version. Furthermore, a monotonic decrease of iterations with increasing subdomains, as well as a remarkable acceleration for very few subdomains are also observed if all the rigid body modes are included.

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Published on 01/01/2011

DOI: 10.1002/nme.3209
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA license

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