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A Survey on the Performance of Krylov Subspace Methods in High Order Compact Schemes for Solving Poisson’s Equation for Application in Incompressible Fluid Flow Solvers

A Survey on the Performance of Krylov Subspace Methods in High Order Compact Schemes for Solving Poisson’s Equation for Application in Incompressible Fluid Flow Solvers

Year:    2025

Author:    Iman Farahbakhsh, Benyamin Barani Nia, Mehdi Dehghan

Annals of Applied Mathematics, Vol. 41 (2025), Iss. 2 : pp. 239–266

Abstract

The efficiency of three Krylov subspace methods with their ILU0-preconditioned version in solving the systems with the nondiagonal sparse matrix is examined. The systems have arisen from the discretization of Poisson’s equation using the 4th and 6th-order compact schemes. Four matrix-vector multiplication techniques based on four sparse matrix storage schemes are considered in the algorithm of the Krylov subspace methods and their effects are explored. The convergence history, error reduction, iteration-resolution relation and CPU-time are addressed. The efficacy of various methods is evaluated against a benchmark scenario in which the conventional second-order central difference scheme is employed to discretize Poisson’s equation. The Krylov subspace methods, paired with four distinct matrix-vector multiplication strategies across three discretization approaches, are tested and implemented within an incompressible fluid flow solver to solve the elliptic segment of the equations. The resulting solution process CPU-time surface gives a new vision regarding speeding up a CFD code with proper selection of discretization stencil and matrix-vector multiplication technique.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/aam.OA-2024-0025

Annals of Applied Mathematics, Vol. 41 (2025), Iss. 2 : pp. 239–266

Published online:    2025-01

AMS Subject Headings:    Global Science Press

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    28

Keywords:    High order compact Krylov subspace methods Navier-Stokes equations Poisson’s equation CPU-time matrix-vector multiplication sparse storage schemes.

Author Details

Iman Farahbakhsh

Benyamin Barani Nia

Mehdi Dehghan