A novel block non-symmetric preconditioner for mixed-hybrid finite-element-based flow simulations

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 equations originating from flow simulations in porous media. The fl...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2020-09
Main Authors: Nardean, Stefano, Ferronato, Massimiliano, Abushaikha, Ahmad S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computer simulation
Decoupling
Experimentation
Finite element method
Flow simulation
Linear equations
Operators
Parallel processing
Porous media
Robustness (mathematics)
Solvers
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Summary: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 equations originating from flow simulations in porous media. The flow model is discretized blending the Mixed Hybrid Finite Element (MHFE) method for Darcy's equation with the Finite Volume (FV) scheme for the mass conservation. The EDFA preconditioner is characterized by two features: the exploitation of the system matrix decoupling factors to recast the Schur complement and their inexact fully-parallel computation by means of restriction operators. We introduce two adaptive techniques aimed at building the restriction operators according to the properties of the system at hand. The proposed block preconditioner has been tested through an extensive experimentation on both synthetic and real-case applications, pointing out its robustness and computational efficiency.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2009.13916