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Jascha Knepper

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arXiv2025

Preconditioning a Fluid--Structure Interaction Problem Using Monolithic and Block Domain Decomposition Methods for the Fluid

A fluid-structure interaction (FSI) problem is solved via a monolithic coupling of the fluid, structure, and geometry subproblems. The iterative GMRES solver is accelerated with the FaCSI block preconditioner. In the FaCSI factorization, the fluid subproblem is approximated using either a monolithic preconditioner or the block preconditioner SIMPLE. Two-level overlapping Schwarz methods are then used to approximate the arising inverses. The robustness and scalability of the monolithic and SIMPLE preconditioners are compared for a realistic patient-specific artery. The results indicate that the monolithic preconditioning of the fluid subproblem performs better than the SIMPLE approach. Different flow rates are tested and parallel strong scaling has been evaluated.

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arXiv2025

Monolithic and Block Overlapping Schwarz Preconditioners for the Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations

Monolithic preconditioners applied to the linear systems arising during the solution of the discretized incompressible Navier-Stokes equations are typically more robust than preconditioners based on incomplete block factorizations. Lower number of iterations and a reduced sensitivity to parameters like velocity and viscosity can significantly outweigh the additional cost for their setup. Different monolithic preconditioning techniques are introduced and compared to a selection of block preconditioners. In particular, two-level additive overlapping Schwarz methods (OSM) are used to set up monolithic preconditioners and to approximate the inverses arising in the block preconditioners. GDSW-type (Generalized Dryja-Smith-Widlund) coarse spaces are used for the second level. These highly scalable, parallel preconditioners have been implemented in the solver framework FROSch (Fast and Robust Overlapping Schwarz), which is part of the software library Trilinos. The new GDSW-type coarse space GDSW* is introduced; combining it with other techniques results in a robust algorithm. The block preconditioners PCD (Pressure Convection-Diffusion), SIMPLE (Semi-Implicit Method for Pressure Linked Equations), and LSC (Least-Squares Commutator) are considered to various degrees. The OSM for the monolithic as well as the block approach allows the optimized combination of different coarse spaces for the velocity and pressure components, enabling the use of tailored coarse spaces. The numerical and parallel performance of the different preconditioning methods for finite element discretizations of stationary as well as time-dependent incompressible fluid flow problems is investigated and compared. Their robustness is analyzed for a range of Reynolds and Courant-Friedrichs-Lewy (CFL) numbers with respect to a realistic problem setting.

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arXiv2023

A computational framework for pharmaco-mechanical interactions in arterial walls using parallel monolithic domain decomposition methods

A computational framework is presented to numerically simulate the effects of antihypertensive drugs, in particular calcium channel blockers, on the mechanical response of arterial walls. A stretch-dependent smooth muscle model by Uhlmann and Balzani is modified to describe the interaction of pharmacological drugs and the inhibition of smooth muscle activation. The coupled deformation-diffusion problem is then solved using the finite element software FEDDLib and overlapping Schwarz preconditioners from the Trilinos package FROSch. These preconditioners include highly scalable parallel GDSW (generalized Dryja-Smith-Widlund) and RDSW (reduced GDSW) preconditioners. Simulation results show the expected increase in the lumen diameter of an idealized artery due to the drug-induced reduction of smooth muscle contraction, as well as a decrease in the rate of arterial contraction in the presence of calcium channel blockers. Strong and weak parallel scalability of the resulting computational implementation are also analyzed.

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