[CIG-MC] ConMan issues report

[John Naliboff]

Hi Wolfgang,

> There is a parameter to select a direct solver. Works in both 2d and 3d and if I remember correctly, also in parallel.

Son of a gun, there it is ;) "Parameter name: Use direct solver for Stokes system" 

I’ll see how this compares to the iterative solver for the 2-D tests I’m running.  

Cheers,
John

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Assistant Project Scientist, CIG
Earth & Planetary Sciences Dept., UC Davis


> On Aug 18, 2016, at 10:39 AM, Wolfgang Bangerth <bangerth at tamu.edu> wrote:
> 
> On 08/18/2016 11:32 AM, John Naliboff wrote:
>> 
>> Similar findings to Scott.  For 2-D models of lithospheric deformation,
>> I have found that ASPECT is indeed slower than the code I used
>> previously (Fortran, direct solver).  This of course changes in 3D.
>> Perhaps it would be worth having a direct solver option (MUMPS) in
>> ASPECT for 2D problems?
> 
> There is a parameter to select a direct solver. Works in both 2d and 3d and if I remember correctly, also in parallel.
> 
> Best
> Wolfgang
> 
> 
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