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Fast Iterative Solver for Convection-Diffusion Systems with Spectral Elements
Published
Author(s)
Aaron Lott, Howard Elman
Abstract
We introduce a solver and preconditioning technique based on Domain Decomposition and the Fast Diagonalization Method that can be applied to tensor product based discretizations of the steady convection-diffusion equation. The method is based on iterative substructuring where fast diagonalization is used to efficiently eliminate the interior degrees of freedom and subsidiary subdomain solves. We demonstrate the effectiveness of this method in numerical simulations using a spectral element discretization.
Lott, A.
and Elman, H.
(2009),
Fast Iterative Solver for Convection-Diffusion Systems with Spectral Elements, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=902034
(Accessed October 11, 2025)