On 09/13/2012 05:12 PM, Paul T. Bauman wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 4:06 PM, David Knezevic 
> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>     On a related issue, I wanted to mention 3D linear elasticity example
>     that I added: systems_of_equations_ex6. It seems very slow with the
>     default iterative solver in PETSc (ILU + GMRES, right?). The example
>     takes 26 seconds on my laptop.
>
>     But this is a symmetric problem, so you'd expect CG to be good.
>
>
> Yes, in another lifetime when I was doing nonlinear elasticity, CG was 
> quite good.
>
>     Calling
>     ./systems_of_equations_ex6-opt -ksp_type cg
>     runs fast, but gives the wrong answer
>
>
> That's alarming...
>
> Is ICC the default preconditioner with CG? If not, give that a try 
> (maybe with -pc_factor_levels 4 or something)


ahh, "-pc_type icc" did the trick, thanks! I'll add that to the Makefile.

David
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Live Security Virtual Conference
Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and 
threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions 
will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware 
threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/
_______________________________________________
Libmesh-users mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libmesh-users

Reply via email to