Fast iterative solution of large undrained soil‐structure interaction problems

In view of rapid developments in iterative solvers, it is timely to re‐examine the merits of using mixed formulation for incompressible problems. This paper presents extensive numerical studies to compare the accuracy of undrained solutions resulting from the standard displacement formulation with a penalty term and the two‐field mixed formulation. The standard displacement and two‐field mixed formulations are solved using both direct and iterative approaches to assess if it is cost‐effective to achieve more accurate solutions. Numerical studies of a simple footing problem show that the mixed formulation is able to solve the incompressible problem ‘exactly’, does not create pressure and stress instabilities, and obviate the need for an ad hoc penalty number. In addition, for large‐scale problems where it is not possible to perform direct solutions entirely within available random access memory, it turns out that the larger system of equations from mixed formulation also can be solved much more efficiently than the smaller system of equations arising from standard formulation by using the symmetric quasi‐minimal residual (SQMR) method with the generalized Jacobi (GJ) preconditioner. Iterative solution by SQMR with GJ preconditioning also is more elegant, faster, and more accurate than the popular Uzawa method. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于EBE方法的三维有限元并行计算

在水利工程中,施工过程的模拟、动力的时域分析、开裂计算等,都对大规模并行计算提出了迫切的需求。然而,基于高斯消去的有限元直接解法,通常会占用大量的内存,并花费大量的CPU时间。而水利工程中的问题多为大带宽问题,这些问题更为突出。基于EBE-PCG方法的有限元方法,可以避免形成整体刚度矩阵,进而,显著减少内存的需求。而且,这种方法可以有效地并行实现,为大规模数值计算提供了可能。采用基于EBE策略的Jacobi预处理共轭梯度法,编制了有限元计算程序,并成功应用于溪洛渡、锦屏等工程的大规模数值分析。结果表明,对水利工程中的大带宽问题,该方法是一种很有效的并行计算方法。