Bishesh Khanal <[email protected]> writes: > Now, I implemented two different approaches, each for both 2D and 3D, in > MATLAB. It works for the smaller sizes but I have problems solving it for > the problem size I need (250^3 grid size). > I use staggered grid with p on cell centers, and components of v on cell > faces. Similar split up of K to cell center and faces to account for the > variable viscosity case)
Okay, you're using a staggered-grid finite difference discretization of variable-viscosity Stokes. This is a common problem and I recommend starting with PCFieldSplit with Schur complement reduction (make that work first, then switch to block preconditioner). You can use PCLSC or (probably better for you), assemble a preconditioning matrix containing the inverse viscosity in the pressure-pressure block. This diagonal matrix is a spectrally equivalent (or nearly so, depending on discretization) approximation of the Schur complement. The velocity block can be solved with algebraic multigrid. Read the PCFieldSplit docs (follow papers as appropriate) and let us know if you get stuck.
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