Free-surface modelling (FSM) is a highly relevant and computationally intensive area of study in modern computational fluid dynamics. The Elemental software suite currently under development offers FSMcapability, and employs a preconditioned GMRES solver in an attempt to effect fast solution times. In terms of potential solver performance however, multigrid methods can be considered state-of-the-art. This work details the investigation into the use of AlgebraicMultigrid (AMG) as a high performance solver tool for use as black box plug-in for Elemental FSM. Special attention was given to the development of novel and robust methods of addressing AMG setup costs in addition to transcribing the solver to efficient C++ object-oriented code. This led to the development of the so-called Freeze extension of the basic algebraic multigrid method in an object-oriented C++ programming environment. The newly developed Freeze method reduces setup costs by periodically performing the setup procedure in an automatic and robust manner. The developed technology was evaluated in terms of robustness, stability and speed by applying it to benchmark FSM problems on structured and unstructured meshes of various sizes. This evaluation yielded a number of conclusive findings. First, the developed Freeze method reduced setup times by an order of magnitude. Second, the developed AMG solver offered substantial performance increases over the preconditioned GMRES method. In this way, it is proposed that this work has furthered the state-of-the-art of algebraic multigrid methods applied in the context of free-surface modelling. / Dissertation (MEng)--University of Pretoria, 2011. / Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering / unrestricted
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:up/oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/28124 |
| Date | 22 September 2011 |
| Creators | Van den Bergh, Wilhelm J. |
| Contributors | Malan, A.G., Wilke, Daniel Nicolas, wjvandenbergh@gmail.com |
| Publisher | University of Pretoria |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Rights | © 2011, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. |
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