Vectorized Parallel in Time methods for low-order discretizations with application to Porous Media problems

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Main Authors: Engwer, Christian, Schell, Alexander, Dreier, Nils-Arne
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author Engwer, Christian
Schell, Alexander
Dreier, Nils-Arne
author_facet Engwer, Christian
Schell, Alexander
Dreier, Nils-Arne
contents High order methods have shown great potential to overcome performance issues of simulations of partial differential equations (PDEs) on modern hardware, still many users stick to low-order, matrix-based simulations, in particular in porous media applications. Heterogeneous coefficients and low regularity of the solution are reasons not to employ high order discretizations. We present a new approach for the simulation of instationary PDEs that allows to partially mitigate the performance problems. By reformulating the original problem we derive a parallel in time time integrator that increases the arithmetic intensity and introduces additional structure into the problem. By this it helps accelerate matrix-based simulations on modern hardware architectures. Based on a system for multiple time steps we will formulate a matrix equation that can be solved using vectorized solvers like Block Krylov methods. The structure of this approach makes it applicable for a wide range of linear and nonlinear problems. In our numerical experiments we present some first results for three different PDEs, a linear convection-diffusion equation, a nonlinear diffusion-reaction equation and a realistic example based on the Richards' equation.
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spellingShingle Vectorized Parallel in Time methods for low-order discretizations with application to Porous Media problems
Engwer, Christian
Schell, Alexander
Dreier, Nils-Arne
Numerical Analysis
Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science
Mathematical Software
86-08, 65J10, 65J15, 65M20, 65Y05, 65Y10, 49M15, 35K61
High order methods have shown great potential to overcome performance issues of simulations of partial differential equations (PDEs) on modern hardware, still many users stick to low-order, matrix-based simulations, in particular in porous media applications. Heterogeneous coefficients and low regularity of the solution are reasons not to employ high order discretizations. We present a new approach for the simulation of instationary PDEs that allows to partially mitigate the performance problems. By reformulating the original problem we derive a parallel in time time integrator that increases the arithmetic intensity and introduces additional structure into the problem. By this it helps accelerate matrix-based simulations on modern hardware architectures. Based on a system for multiple time steps we will formulate a matrix equation that can be solved using vectorized solvers like Block Krylov methods. The structure of this approach makes it applicable for a wide range of linear and nonlinear problems. In our numerical experiments we present some first results for three different PDEs, a linear convection-diffusion equation, a nonlinear diffusion-reaction equation and a realistic example based on the Richards' equation.
title Vectorized Parallel in Time methods for low-order discretizations with application to Porous Media problems
topic Numerical Analysis
Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science
Mathematical Software
86-08, 65J10, 65J15, 65M20, 65Y05, 65Y10, 49M15, 35K61
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.02117