A nested FGMRES method for parallel calculation of nuclear reactor transients

DOI10.1023/A:1023256711255MaRDI QIDQ1264571zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors R. Janardhan, T. Downar

Publication date 30 May 1999

Published in Journal of Scientific Computing (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1023256711255

zbMATH Keywords

discretized two-phase hydrodynamics equationsINTEL Paragonpreconditioner equationpressurized water reactorssemi-iterative method

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Parallel numerical computation (65Y05) Nuclear reactor theory; neutron transport (82D75)

Review text

A semi-iterative method based on a nested application of flexible generalized minimum residual (FGMRES) is developed to solve the linear systems resulting from the application of the discretized two-phase hydrodynamics equations to nuclear reactor transient problems. The complex three-dimensional reactor problem is decomposed into simpler, more manageable problems which are then recombined sequentially by GMRES algorithms. Mathematically, the method consists of using an ``inner level GMRES to solve the preconditioner equation for an ``outer level GMRES. Applications are performed on practical, three-dimensional models of operating pressurized water reactors.

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