Enhanced algorithm efficiency for phase change convection using a multigrid preconditioner with a SIMPLE smoother

Katherine J. Evans, D. A. Knoll, Michael Pernice

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Abstract

This note extends previous work that used the pressure correction method SIMPLE as a preconditioner to solve two-dimensional unsteady phase change problems. Here we examine the impact of using SIMPLE as a smoother to multigrid for such problems.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)121-126
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Computational Physics
Volume223
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 10 2007
Externally publishedYes

Funding

This work was performed under US government contract DE-AC52-06NA25396 for Los Alamos National Laboratory, which is operated by Los Alamos National Security, LLC (LANS) for the US Department of Energy (LA-UR-06-2600).

Keywords

  • Geometric multigrid
  • Newton-Krylov
  • Phase change convection
  • SIMPLE smoother

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