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A Projection Preconditioner for Solving the Implicit Immersed Boundary Equations

A Projection Preconditioner for Solving the Implicit Immersed Boundary Equations

Year:    2014

Numerical Mathematics: Theory, Methods and Applications, Vol. 7 (2014), Iss. 4 : pp. 473–498

Abstract

This paper presents a method for solving the linear semi-implicit immersed boundary equations which avoids the severe time step restriction presented by explicit-time methods. The Lagrangian variables are eliminated via a Schur complement to form a purely Eulerian saddle point system, which is preconditioned by a projection operator and then solved by a Krylov subspace method. From the viewpoint of projection methods, we derive an ideal preconditioner for the saddle point problem and compare the efficiency of a number of simpler preconditioners that approximate this perfect one. For low Reynolds number and high stiffness, one particular projection preconditioner yields an efficiency improvement of the explicit IB method by a factor around thirty. Substantial speed-ups over explicit-time method are achieved for Reynolds number below 100. This speedup increases as the Eulerian grid size and/or the Reynolds number are further reduced.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/nmtma.2014.1304si

Numerical Mathematics: Theory, Methods and Applications, Vol. 7 (2014), Iss. 4 : pp. 473–498

Published online:    2014-01

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Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    26

Keywords:    Fluid-structure interaction immersed boundary method projection method preconditioning.

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