Applications of multilevel methods to practical problems (Q1179961)

From MaRDI portal
scientific article
Language Label Description Also known as
English
Applications of multilevel methods to practical problems
scientific article

    Statements

    Applications of multilevel methods to practical problems (English)
    0 references
    27 June 1992
    0 references
    The paper gives a nice review of some multilevel methods that are well suited for the solution of real-life linear and nonlinear boundary value problems. The paper starts with describing a first version of a hierarchical mesh generator and an improved version for interface problems. Then a survey of multilevel algorithms is given including multigrid methods, multigrid preconditioned conjugate gradients, hierarchical bases algorithms and domain decomposition methods. The corresponding convergence and complexity results are presented and especially the advantages and disadvantages of the various methods in connection with real-life problems with complicated geometries, interfaces and singularities of the solutions are discussed. Finally, the solution of nonlinear problems by multigrid Newton techniques is described and numerical examples from magnetic and thermomechanical field problems are given.
    0 references
    magnetic fields
    0 references
    thermoelasticity
    0 references
    mesh generation
    0 references
    finite elements
    0 references
    multilevel methods
    0 references
    multigrid-Newton methods
    0 references
    domain decomposition
    0 references
    parallel computation
    0 references
    preconditioned conjugate gradients
    0 references
    hierarchical bases algorithms
    0 references
    convergence
    0 references
    complexity
    0 references
    numerical examples
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references

    Identifiers

    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references