Title
Fast multilevel solvers for a class of discrete fourth order parabolic problems
Abstract
In this paper, we study fast iterative solvers for the solution of fourth order parabolic equations discretized by mixed finite element methods. We propose to use consistent mass matrix in the discretization and use lumped mass matrix to construct efficient preconditioners. We provide eigenvalue analysis for the preconditioned system and estimate the convergence rate of the preconditioned GMRes method. Furthermore, we show that these preconditioners only need to be solved inexactly by optimal multigrid algorithms. Our numerical examples indicate that the proposed preconditioners are very efficient and robust with respect to both discretization parameters and diffusion coefficients. We also investigate the performance of multigrid algorithms with either collective smoothers or distributive smoothers when solving the preconditioner systems.
Year
Venue
DocType
2016
J. Sci. Comput.
Journal
Volume
Issue
Citations 
69
1
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Bin Zheng1182.73
Xiaozhe Hu24716.68
Long Chen3607.67
Ricardo H. Nochetto4907110.08
Jinchao Xu51478238.14