Speaker
Gabriel Wittum
(King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)
Description
The presentation investigates the efficient use of a linearly implicit stiff integrator for the numerical solution of density driven flow problems. Upon choosing a one-step method of extrapolation type (code LIMEX), the use of full Jacobians and reduced approximations are discussed. Numerical experiments include nonlinear density flow problems such as diffusion from a salt dome (2D), a (modified) Elder problem (3D), the saltpool benchmark (3D) and a real life salt dome problem (2D). The arising linear equations are solved using either a multigrid preconditioner from the software package UG4 or the sparse matrix solver SuperLU. Based on these component, this work devises guidelines for the design of an efficient solver.
