Efficient design of continuation methods for hyperbolic transport problems in porous media
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| author | von Schultzendorff, Peter Both, Jakub Wiktor Nordbotten, Jan Martin Sandve, Tor Harald |
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| contents | Full-physics modeling of multiphase flow in porous media, e.g., for carbon storage and groundwater management, requires the nonlinear coupling of various physical processes. Industry standard nonlinear solvers, typically of Newton-type, are not unconditionally convergent and computationally expensive. Homotopy continuation solvers have recently been studied as a robust and versatile alternative. They tackle challenging nonlinear problems by first solving a simple auxiliary problem and then tracing a solution curve towards the more complex target problem. Robustness and efficiency of the method depends on the iterative numerical curve tracing algorithm as well as on careful design of the auxiliary problem. We assess the traceability of the solution curve for different choices of the auxiliary problem. For the Buckley-Leverett equation, modeling two-phase flow in one dimension, we exemplarily compare the previously introduced vanishing-diffusion and linear constitutive laws homotopy continuation, and a new approach based on the entropy solution of the problem. This provides insight toward systematically and robustly designing homotopy continuation methods for solving complex multiphase flow in porous media. |
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| spellingShingle | Efficient design of continuation methods for hyperbolic transport problems in porous media von Schultzendorff, Peter Both, Jakub Wiktor Nordbotten, Jan Martin Sandve, Tor Harald Numerical Analysis 65M22, 76S05 G.1.8 Full-physics modeling of multiphase flow in porous media, e.g., for carbon storage and groundwater management, requires the nonlinear coupling of various physical processes. Industry standard nonlinear solvers, typically of Newton-type, are not unconditionally convergent and computationally expensive. Homotopy continuation solvers have recently been studied as a robust and versatile alternative. They tackle challenging nonlinear problems by first solving a simple auxiliary problem and then tracing a solution curve towards the more complex target problem. Robustness and efficiency of the method depends on the iterative numerical curve tracing algorithm as well as on careful design of the auxiliary problem. We assess the traceability of the solution curve for different choices of the auxiliary problem. For the Buckley-Leverett equation, modeling two-phase flow in one dimension, we exemplarily compare the previously introduced vanishing-diffusion and linear constitutive laws homotopy continuation, and a new approach based on the entropy solution of the problem. This provides insight toward systematically and robustly designing homotopy continuation methods for solving complex multiphase flow in porous media. |
| title | Efficient design of continuation methods for hyperbolic transport problems in porous media |
| topic | Numerical Analysis 65M22, 76S05 G.1.8 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.10730 |