Inexact Solvers for Saddle-Point System Arising from Domain Decomposition of Linear Elasticity Problems in Three Dimensions

Inexact Solvers for Saddle-Point System Arising from Domain Decomposition of Linear Elasticity Problems in Three Dimensions

Year:    2011

International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling, Vol. 8 (2011), Iss. 1 : pp. 156–173

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a domain decomposition method with Lagrange multipliers for three-dimensional linear elasticity, based on geometrically non-conforming subdomain partitions. Some appropriate multiplier spaces are presented to deal with the geometrically non-conforming partitions, resulting in a discrete saddle-point system. An augmented technique is introduced, such that the resulting new saddle-point system can be solved by the existing iterative methods. Two simple inexact preconditioners are constructed for the saddle-point system, one for the displacement variable, and the other for the Schur complement associated with the multiplier variable. It is shown that the global preconditioned system has a nearly optimal condition number, which is independent of the large variations of the material parameters across the local interfaces.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/2011-IJNAM-679

International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling, Vol. 8 (2011), Iss. 1 : pp. 156–173

Published online:    2011-01

AMS Subject Headings:    Global Science Press

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    18

Keywords:    Domain decomposition geometrically non-conforming Lagrange multiplier saddle-point system preconditioners condition number.