[CIG-SHORT] Rate and State and Initial Traction

Brad Aagaard baagaard at usgs.gov
Mon Sep 3 15:55:03 PDT 2012


On 9/3/12 3:25 PM, Romain Jolivet wrote:
> I just saw your email. I thought the state-variable had a default value
> given by the expression you just sent me.

The default initial value for the state variable in rate-state friction 
in v1.7.1 is 0.0. As a result it should *always* be set by the user to 
something more reasonable.

I will continue to think about how to make the default value more robust 
and its default value more obvious to the user.

Brad

> On Aug 30, 2012, at 3:51 PM, cig-short-request at geodynamics.org
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>>   1. Re: Rate and State and Initial Traction (Brad Aagaard)
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>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 15:51:45 -0700
>> From: Brad Aagaard <baagaard at usgs.gov>
>> Subject: Re: [CIG-SHORT] Rate and State and Initial Traction
>> To: cig-short at geodynamics.org
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>> Romain,
>>
>> Your initial state variable for rate-state friction is not set, so the
>> default value of 0.0 is used. As a result the friction coefficient is
>> infinite. I will change the default to something reasonable nonzero
>> value, which will show up in the next PyLith release along with a check
>> for this. In the meantime, set an initial value for the state variable
>> as is done in examples/3d/hex8/step14.cfg.
>>
>> # Set spatial database for the initial value of the state variable.
>> db_initial_state = spatialdata.spatialdb.UniformDB
>> db_initial_state.label = Rate State Ageing State
>> db_initial_state.values = [state-variable]
>> # theta_ss = characteristic_slip_dist / reference_slip_rate
>> # ROMAIN: UPDATE THIS VALUE USING THE ABOVE EXPRESSION FOR THETA_SS
>> db_initial_state.data = [2.5e+9*s]
>>
>> Brad
>>
>>
>>
>> On 08/30/2012 02:29 PM, Romain Jolivet wrote:
>>> My relative tolerance is now 1e-20, and ksp_atol = 1e-12.
>>> zero_tolerance = 1e-10 , by default.
>>> PETSc says ksp converges due to atol (no funny stuff due to machine
>>> epsilon, then), and the ksp residual norm is 3 orders of magnitude
>>> smaller than zero_tolerance, but still the same crash.
>>>
>>> What worries me is that the exact same problem with SlipWeakening
>>> instead of RateStateAgeing runs fine, and converges quite fast.
>>>
>>>   227 KSP Residual norm 6.958904427869e-12
>>>   228 KSP Residual norm 6.691327759355e-12
>>>   229 KSP Residual norm 6.133784618340e-12
>>>   230 KSP Residual norm 5.231708553237e-12
>>>   231 KSP Residual norm 3.601477632037e-12
>>>   232 KSP Residual norm 2.240651195747e-12
>>>   233 KSP Residual norm 1.382256145050e-12
>>>   234 KSP Residual norm 1.051621131548e-12
>>>   235 KSP Residual norm 9.795463232997e-13
>>>   Linear solve converged due to CONVERGED_ATOL iterations 235
>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: --------------------- Error Message
>>> ------------------------------------
>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: Floating point exception!
>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: Infinite or not-a-number generated in norm!
>>> [0]PETSC ERROR:
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: Petsc Development HG revision:
>>> 3bede28f1195e406d4257c9fbeebefe827793801  HG Date: Mon Jun 11
>>> 22:14:12 2012 -0400
>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: See docs/changes/index.html for recent updates.
>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: See docs/faq.html for hints about trouble shooting.
>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: See docs/index.html for manual pages.
>>> [0]PETSC ERROR:
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> [0]PETSC ERROR:
>>> /Users/jolivetinsar/MYBIN/pylith/pylith-1.7.1-darwin-10.6.8/bin/mpinemesis
>>> on a pylith-da named dhcp-74-229.caltech.edu by jolivetinsar Thu Aug
>>> 30 14:22:49 2012
>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: Libraries linked from
>>> /Users/buildbot/install/pylith_darwin_10.6_binbot/lib
>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: Configure run at Tue Jun 12 06:09:00 2012
>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: Configure options
>>> --prefix=/Users/buildbot/install/pylith_darwin_10.6_binbot
>>> --download-f-blas-lapack=1 --with-sieve=1 --with-c2html=0
>>> --CXXFLAGS=-DMPICH_IGNORE_CXX_SEEK --with-clanguage=C++
>>> --with-mpicompilers=1 --with-debugging=0 --download-chaco=1
>>> --download-boost=1 --download-ml=1 --with-hdf5=1
>>> --with-hdf5-dir=/Users/buildbot/install/pylith_darwin_10.6_binbot
>>> --with-x=0 --with-shared-libraries=1
>>> [0]Fatal error. Calling MPI_Abort() to abort PyLith application.
>>> PETSC ERROR:
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: VecNorm() line 169 in src/vec/vec/interface/rvector.c
>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: VecNormalize() line 263 in
>>> src/vec/vec/interface/rvector.c
>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: KSPGMRESCycle() line 127 in
>>> src/ksp/ksp/impls/gmres/gmres.c
>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: KSPSolve_GMRES() line 231 in
>>> src/ksp/ksp/impls/gmres/gmres.c
>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: KSPSolve() line 446 in src/ksp/ksp/interface/itfunc.c
>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: _sensitivitySolve() line 2172 in
>>> "unknowndirectory/"faults/FaultCohesiveDyn.cc
>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>   File
>>> "/Users/jolivetinsar/MYBIN/pylith/pylith-1.7.1-darwin-10.6.8/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pylith/apps/PetscApplication.py",
>>> line 65, in onComputeNodes
>>>     self.main(*args, **kwds)
>>>   File
>>> "/Users/jolivetinsar/MYBIN/pylith/pylith-1/Users/jolivetinsar/MYBIN/pylith/pylith-1.7.1-darwin-10.6.8/bin/nemesis:
>>> mpirun: exit 255
>>> /Users/jolivetinsar/MYBIN/pylith/pylith-1.7.1-darwin-10.6.8/bin/pylith:
>>> /Users/jolivetinsar/MYBIN/pylith/pylith-1.7.1-darwin-10.6.8/bin/nemesis:
>>> exit 1
>>>
>>>
>>> Romain Jolivet
>>> Postdoctoral Scholar
>>> Geological and Planetary Sciences
>>> California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
>>> rjolivet at caltech.edu
>>> +1 (626) 560 6356
>>>
>>> On Aug 30, 2012, at 2:19 PM, cig-short-request at geodynamics.org wrote:
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>>>> Today's Topics:
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>>>>   1. Re: Rate and State and Initial Traction (Brad Aagaard)
>>>>   2. Re: Rate and State and Initial Traction (Matthew Knepley)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Message: 1
>>>> Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:14:31 -0700
>>>> From: Brad Aagaard <baagaard at usgs.gov>
>>>> Subject: Re: [CIG-SHORT] Rate and State and Initial Traction
>>>> To: Matthew Knepley <knepley at mcs.anl.gov>
>>>> Cc: cig-short at geodynamics.org
>>>> Message-ID: <503FD7B7.3050102 at usgs.gov>
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>>>>
>>>> Matt,
>>>>
>>>> I suggested that Romain change ksp_rtol only, not ksp_atol. The relative
>>>> tolerance will be small enough so that the absolute tolerance (1.0e-12)
>>>> will be what stops the KSP solve.
>>>>
>>>> Brad
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 08/30/2012 02:08 PM, Matthew Knepley wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Brad Aagaard <baagaard at usgs.gov>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Romain,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The stacktrace shows which solve is encountering inf or nan. The
>>>>>> routine
>>>>>> is _sensitivitySolve(). This is the solve associated with determining
>>>>>> how much to increment the slip to match the friction criterion.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> However, it looks like the problem is in the KSP solver
>>>>>> tolerances. Note
>>>>>> that the solver stops with a residual of 2e-10 due to ksp_rtol being
>>>>>> met. However, the friction_tolerance is (by default) 1.0e-10. The
>>>>>> error
>>>>>> in the solution is on the order of 2.0e-10 but the tolerance for
>>>>>> detecting whether a point is slipping is 1.0e-10. You want the
>>>>>> error in
>>>>>> the linear solution to be smaller than the tolerance for detecting
>>>>>> sliding. This means you should reduce your ksp_rtol to something much
>>>>>> smaller, like 1.0e-20, to force ksp_atol to control convergence.
>>>>>> Usually, the starting residual is a few orders of magnitude
>>>>>> smaller than
>>>>>> what you have so the tolerances I suggested work.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Okay, last time I told him not to use anything less than 1e-16
>>>>> since there
>>>>> are funny effects below roundoff. Could you try 1e-15?
>>>>>
>>>>> We do need consistency checks in these nested iterations.
>>>>>
>>>>>   Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>>      Matt
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Bottom line: Quasi-static friction solves generally require the linear
>>>>>> solves to converge due to the absolute tolerance, which *must* be
>>>>>> smaller than the zero_tolerance for friction.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We will look into adding more consistency checking into the code
>>>>>> to try
>>>>>> and catch these types of errors.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Brad
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 08/30/2012 01:38 PM, Romain Jolivet wrote:
>>>>>>> Thanks for the advice. I changed the preconditioner settings to
>>>>>>> what you
>>>>>> suggested. I don't see that jump in the linear norm anymore.
>>>>>>> However, I still have the floating point exception problem. This
>>>>>>> arise
>>>>>> after the first round of ksp.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In the log file (attached), I see to messages saying the ksp
>>>>>>> solver for
>>>>>> friction does converge (twice), then the SNES residual norm is
>>>>>> printed,
>>>>>> then KSP starts, and when it has to compute the new SNES residual
>>>>>> norm, it
>>>>>> says that VecNorm() encoutered a Inf or NAN value:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    141 KSP Residual norm 1.185626397065e-09
>>>>>>>    142 KSP Residual norm 8.558244459183e-10
>>>>>>>    143 KSP Residual norm 4.537120666370e-10
>>>>>>>    144 KSP Residual norm 2.695590025796e-10
>>>>>>>    145 KSP Residual norm 2.263153111449e-10
>>>>>>>    146 KSP Residual norm 2.156010427246e-10
>>>>>>>    Linear solve converged due to CONVERGED_RTOL iterations 146
>>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: --------------------- Error Message
>>>>>> ------------------------------------
>>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: Floating point exception!
>>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: Infinite or not-a-number generated in norm!
>>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR:
>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: Petsc Development HG revision:
>>>>>> 3bede28f1195e406d4257c9fbeebefe827793801  HG Date: Mon Jun 11
>>>>>> 22:14:12 2012
>>>>>> -0400
>>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: See docs/changes/index.html for recent updates.
>>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: See docs/faq.html for hints about trouble shooting.
>>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: See docs/index.html for manual pages.
>>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR:
>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR:
>>>>>> /Users/jolivetinsar/MYBIN/pylith/pylith-1.7.1-darwin-10.6.8/bin/mpinemesis
>>>>>> on a pylith-da named dhcp-74-229.caltech.edu by jolivetinsar Thu
>>>>>> Aug 30
>>>>>> 13:34:55 2012
>>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: Libraries linked from
>>>>>> /Users/buildbot/install/pylith_darwin_10.6_binbot/lib
>>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: Configure run at Tue Jun 12 06:09:00 2012
>>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: Configure options
>>>>>> --prefix=/Users/buildbot/install/pylith_darwin_10.6_binbot
>>>>>> --download-f-blas-lapack=1 --with-sieve=1 --with-c2html=0
>>>>>> --CXXFLAGS=-DMPICH_IGNORE_CXX_SEEK --with-clanguage=C++
>>>>>> --with-mpicompilers=1 --with-debugging=0 --download-chaco=1
>>>>>> --download-boost=1 --download-ml=1 --with-hdf5=1
>>>>>> --with-hdf5-dir=/Users/buildbot/install/pylith_darwin_10.6_binbot
>>>>>> --with-x=0 --with-shared-libraries=1
>>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR:
>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: VecNorm() line 169 in src/vec/vec/interface/rvector.c
>>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: VecNormalize() line 263 in
>>>>>> src/vec/vec/interface/rvector.c
>>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: KSPGMRESCycle() line 127 in
>>>>>> src/ksp/ksp/impls/gmres/gmres.c
>>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: KSPSolve_GMRES() line 231 in
>>>>>> src/ksp/ksp/impls/gmres/gmres.c
>>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: KSPSolve() line 446 in src/ksp/ksp/interface/itfunc.c
>>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: _sensitivitySolve() line 2172 in
>>>>>> "unknowndirectory/"faults/FaultCohesiveDyn.cc
>>>>>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>>>>>    File
>>>>>> "/Users/jolivetinsar/MYBIN/pylith/pylith-1.7.1-darwin-10.6.8/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pylith/apps/PetscApplication.py",
>>>>>> line 65, in onComputeNodes
>>>>>>> Fatal error. Calling MPI_Abort() to abort PyLith application.
>>>>>>>      self.main(*args, **kwds)
>>>>>>>    File
>>>>>> "/Users/jolivetinsar/MYBIN/pylith/pylith-1.7.1-darwin-10.6.8/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pylith/apps/PyLithApp.py",
>>>>>> line 119, in main
>>>>>>>      self.problem.run(self)
>>>>>>>    File
>>>>>> "/Users/jolivetinsar/MYBIN/pylith/pylith-1.7.1-darwin-10.6.8/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pylith/problems/TimeDependent.py",
>>>>>> line 154, in run
>>>>>>>      self.formulation.step(t, dt)
>>>>>>>    File
>>>>>> "/Users/jolivetinsar/MYBIN/pylith/pylith-1.7.1-darwin-10.6.8/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pylith/problems/Implicit.py",
>>>>>> line 219, in step
>>>>>>>      self.solver.solve(dispIncr, self.jacobian, residual)
>>>>>>>    File
>>>>>> "/Users/jolivetinsar/MYBIN/pylith/pylith-1.7.1-darwin-10.6.8/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pylith/problems/problems.py",
>>>>>> line 180, in solve
>>>>>>>      def solve(self, *args): return
>>>>>> _problems.SolverNonlinear_solve(self, *args)
>>>>>>> RuntimeError: std::exception
>>>>>>> application called MPI_Abort(MPI_COMM_WORLD, -1) - process 0
>>>>>>> /Users/jolivetinsar/MYBIN/pylith/pylith-1.7.1-darwin-10.6.8/bin/nemesis:
>>>>>> mpirun: exit 255
>>>>>>> /Users/jolivetinsar/MYBIN/pylith/pylith-1.7.1-darwin-10.6.8/bin/pylith:
>>>>>> /Users/jolivetinsar/MYBIN/pylith/pylith-1.7.1-darwin-10.6.8/bin/nemesis:
>>>>>> exit 1
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Any idea?
>>>>>>> Romain
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Romain Jolivet
>>>>>>> Postdoctoral Scholar
>>>>>>> Geological and Planetary Sciences
>>>>>>> California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
>>>>>>> rjolivet at caltech.edu
>>>>>>> +1 (626) 560 6356
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Aug 30, 2012, at 12:00 PM, cig-short-request at geodynamics.org
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Today's Topics:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>    1. Re: Rate and State and Initial Traction (Brad Aagaard)
>>>>>>>>    2. Fwd:  Rate and State and Initial Traction (Matthew Knepley)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Message: 1
>>>>>>>> Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:36:08 -0700
>>>>>>>> From: Brad Aagaard <baagaard at usgs.gov>
>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [CIG-SHORT] Rate and State and Initial Traction
>>>>>>>> To: cig-short at geodynamics.org
>>>>>>>> Message-ID: <503E6F28.6050001 at usgs.gov>
>>>>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Romain,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It looks like you are using Schur complement preconditioner
>>>>>>>> settings.
>>>>>>>> The jump in the KSP residual at iteration 10 is odd and suggests
>>>>>>>> something is not quite right in the linear solve (probably
>>>>>>>> related to
>>>>>>>> the preconditioner). Try using the AMG preconditioner. It may not be
>>>>>>>> quite as fast but it is more robust. Matt can probably help you
>>>>>>>> tune the
>>>>>>>> Schur complement solver conditions some more if necessary.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Your SNES tolerances are quite large. I suggest using tolerances
>>>>>>>> similar
>>>>>>>> to those in examples/3d/hex8/step14.cfg.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> SOLVER TOLERANCES
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ksp_rtol = 1.0e-16
>>>>>>>> ksp_atol = 1.0e-12
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> snes_rtol = 1.0e-14
>>>>>>>> snes_atol = 1.0e-10
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> AMG PRECONDITIONER SETTINGS
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [pylithapp.timedependent.formulation]
>>>>>>>> split_fields = True
>>>>>>>> matrix_type = aij
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [pylithapp.petsc]
>>>>>>>> ksp_gmres_restart = 100
>>>>>>>> fs_pc_type = fieldsplit
>>>>>>>> fs_pc_fieldsplit_real_diagonal = true
>>>>>>>> fs_pc_fieldsplit_type = multiplicative
>>>>>>>> fs_fieldsplit_0_pc_type = ml
>>>>>>>> fs_fieldsplit_1_pc_type = jacobi
>>>>>>>> fs_fieldsplit_0_ksp_type = preonly
>>>>>>>> fs_fieldsplit_1_ksp_type = preonly
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Brad
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 08/29/2012 11:42 AM, Romain Jolivet wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hello Brad, Matt, Charles and the pylith team,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Following your advice from the other day, I am experimenting
>>>>>>>>>  how to
>>>>>> create earthquakes on a frictional interface by applying a
>>>>>> traction change
>>>>>> history. It works fine with the SlipWeakening law in 2D. I'm
>>>>>> trying to move
>>>>>> on to the RateStateAgeing behavior and I have problems applying
>>>>>> the initial
>>>>>> traction conditions:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I use a SimpleDB to apply the frictional properties on the
>>>>>>>>> fault: one
>>>>>> domain is rate-strengthening, the other is rate-weakening with a
>>>>>> linear
>>>>>> transition between the two domains. If I do not try to turn on any
>>>>>> traction_perturbation option, the code runs great, and I have a
>>>>>> slow slip
>>>>>> all the along the fault at any time.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> As I want the rate-weakening domain to be stuck sometimes, I
>>>>>>>>> want to
>>>>>> turn on traction_perturbation.db_initial. I use a SimpleDB to put a
>>>>>> negative traction all along the fault, and a shear traction
>>>>>> compatible with
>>>>>> the friction coefficients I impose. However, when I run this, I
>>>>>> have the
>>>>>> following error message from PETSc (I attach the log):
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> /Users/jolivetinsar/MYBIN/pylith/pylith-1.7.1-darwin-10.6.8/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pylith/problems/Implicit.py:215:step
>>>>>>>>>   -- implicit(info)
>>>>>>>>>   -- Solving equations.
>>>>>>>>>    0 SNES Function norm 2.679589636063e+01
>>>>>>>>>      0 KSP Residual norm 9.637565795900e-01
>>>>>>>>>      1 KSP Residual norm 3.564937135471e-08
>>>>>>>>>      2 KSP Residual norm 4.313963401911e-16
>>>>>>>>>      3 KSP Residual norm 3.050427683646e-16
>>>>>>>>>      4 KSP Residual norm 2.490663081181e-16
>>>>>>>>>      5 KSP Residual norm 2.156976950523e-16
>>>>>>>>>      6 KSP Residual norm 1.929258577738e-16
>>>>>>>>>      7 KSP Residual norm 1.761163907914e-16
>>>>>>>>>      8 KSP Residual norm 1.630520838230e-16
>>>>>>>>>      9 KSP Residual norm 1.525212509706e-16
>>>>>>>>>     10 KSP Residual norm 1.833325155789e-11
>>>>>>>>>     11 KSP Residual norm 7.039784754868e-23
>>>>>>>>>    Linear solve converged due to CONVERGED_ATOL iterations 11
>>>>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: --------------------- Error Message
>>>>>> ------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: Floating point exception!
>>>>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: Infinite or not-a-number generated in norm!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> If anyone has an idea about that error message....
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I think it has to do with some slip vector. If I set
>>>>>> friction.min_slip_rate=1e-1, this problem does not happen (the
>>>>>> nonlinear
>>>>>> solver does not converge, but at least, no crash). If I set the normal
>>>>>> traction to be positive, it does not crash as well (and it does not
>>>>>> converge as well). I join to this message the cfg file I am using
>>>>>> for that
>>>>>> experiment.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thank you
>>>>>>>>> Romain
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Romain Jolivet
>>>>>>>>> Postdoctoral Scholar
>>>>>>>>> Geological and Planetary Sciences
>>>>>>>>> California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
>>>>>>>>> rjolivet at caltech.edu
>>>>>>>>> +1 (626) 560 6356
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Message: 2
>>>>>>>> Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 22:09:25 -0500
>>>>>>>> From: Matthew Knepley <knepley at mcs.anl.gov>
>>>>>>>> Subject: [CIG-SHORT] Fwd:  Rate and State and Initial Traction
>>>>>>>> To: cig-short at geodynamics.org
>>>>>>>> Message-ID:
>>>>>>>>      <CAMYG4GkMcUqRjhMaYZ8Ooj-x=
>>>>>> 06QKFrc7fiwW1dStmDSDO1qWA at mail.gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Brad Aagaard <baagaard at usgs.gov>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Romain,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> It looks like you are using Schur complement preconditioner
>>>>>>>>> settings.
>>>>>>>>> The jump in the KSP residual at iteration 10 is odd and suggests
>>>>>>>>> something is not quite right in the linear solve (probably
>>>>>>>>> related to
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Brad is right that the tolerances here will produce some
>>>>>>>> garbage. Going
>>>>>>>> below
>>>>>>>> machine epsilon (about 10^-16) means you get randomness and
>>>>>>>> ultimately
>>>>>>>> underflow which I think you got in a norm calculation since
>>>>>>>> things get
>>>>>>>> squared.
>>>>>>>> The solver should have converged on iterate 2, and will with the
>>>>>> tolerances
>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> Brad suggested.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>   Thanks,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>      Matt
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> the preconditioner). Try using the AMG preconditioner. It may
>>>>>>>>> not be
>>>>>>>>> quite as fast but it is more robust. Matt can probably help you
>>>>>>>>> tune
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> Schur complement solver conditions some more if necessary.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Your SNES tolerances are quite large. I suggest using tolerances
>>>>>> similar
>>>>>>>>> to those in examples/3d/hex8/step14.cfg.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> SOLVER TOLERANCES
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ksp_rtol = 1.0e-16
>>>>>>>>> ksp_atol = 1.0e-12
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> snes_rtol = 1.0e-14
>>>>>>>>> snes_atol = 1.0e-10
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> AMG PRECONDITIONER SETTINGS
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> [pylithapp.timedependent.formulation]
>>>>>>>>> split_fields = True
>>>>>>>>> matrix_type = aij
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> [pylithapp.petsc]
>>>>>>>>> ksp_gmres_restart = 100
>>>>>>>>> fs_pc_type = fieldsplit
>>>>>>>>> fs_pc_fieldsplit_real_diagonal = true
>>>>>>>>> fs_pc_fieldsplit_type = multiplicative
>>>>>>>>> fs_fieldsplit_0_pc_type = ml
>>>>>>>>> fs_fieldsplit_1_pc_type = jacobi
>>>>>>>>> fs_fieldsplit_0_ksp_type = preonly
>>>>>>>>> fs_fieldsplit_1_ksp_type = preonly
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Brad
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 08/29/2012 11:42 AM, Romain Jolivet wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Hello Brad, Matt, Charles and the pylith team,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Following your advice from the other day, I am experimenting
>>>>>>>>>>  how to
>>>>>>>>> create earthquakes on a frictional interface by applying a traction
>>>>>> change
>>>>>>>>> history. It works fine with the SlipWeakening law in 2D. I'm
>>>>>>>>> trying to
>>>>>> move
>>>>>>>>> on to the RateStateAgeing behavior and I have problems applying the
>>>>>> initial
>>>>>>>>> traction conditions:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I use a SimpleDB to apply the frictional properties on the
>>>>>>>>>> fault: one
>>>>>>>>> domain is rate-strengthening, the other is rate-weakening with
>>>>>>>>> a linear
>>>>>>>>> transition between the two domains. If I do not try to turn on any
>>>>>>>>> traction_perturbation option, the code runs great, and I have a
>>>>>>>>> slow
>>>>>> slip
>>>>>>>>> all the along the fault at any time.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> As I want the rate-weakening domain to be stuck sometimes, I
>>>>>>>>>> want to
>>>>>>>>> turn on traction_perturbation.db_initial. I use a SimpleDB to put a
>>>>>>>>> negative traction all along the fault, and a shear traction
>>>>>>>>> compatible
>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>>> the friction coefficients I impose. However, when I run this, I
>>>>>>>>> have
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> following error message from PETSc (I attach the log):
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> /Users/jolivetinsar/MYBIN/pylith/pylith-1.7.1-darwin-10.6.8/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pylith/problems/Implicit.py:215:step
>>>>>>>>>>   -- implicit(info)
>>>>>>>>>>   -- Solving equations.
>>>>>>>>>>    0 SNES Function norm 2.679589636063e+01
>>>>>>>>>>      0 KSP Residual norm 9.637565795900e-01
>>>>>>>>>>      1 KSP Residual norm 3.564937135471e-08
>>>>>>>>>>      2 KSP Residual norm 4.313963401911e-16
>>>>>>>>>>      3 KSP Residual norm 3.050427683646e-16
>>>>>>>>>>      4 KSP Residual norm 2.490663081181e-16
>>>>>>>>>>      5 KSP Residual norm 2.156976950523e-16
>>>>>>>>>>      6 KSP Residual norm 1.929258577738e-16
>>>>>>>>>>      7 KSP Residual norm 1.761163907914e-16
>>>>>>>>>>      8 KSP Residual norm 1.630520838230e-16
>>>>>>>>>>      9 KSP Residual norm 1.525212509706e-16
>>>>>>>>>>     10 KSP Residual norm 1.833325155789e-11
>>>>>>>>>>     11 KSP Residual norm 7.039784754868e-23
>>>>>>>>>>    Linear solve converged due to CONVERGED_ATOL iterations 11
>>>>>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: --------------------- Error Message
>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: Floating point exception!
>>>>>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: Infinite or not-a-number generated in norm!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> If anyone has an idea about that error message....
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I think it has to do with some slip vector. If I set
>>>>>>>>> friction.min_slip_rate=1e-1, this problem does not happen (the
>>>>>> nonlinear
>>>>>>>>> solver does not converge, but at least, no crash). If I set the
>>>>>>>>> normal
>>>>>>>>> traction to be positive, it does not crash as well (and it does not
>>>>>>>>> converge as well). I join to this message the cfg file I am
>>>>>>>>> using for
>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>> experiment.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thank you
>>>>>>>>>> Romain
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Romain Jolivet
>>>>>>>>>> Postdoctoral Scholar
>>>>>>>>>> Geological and Planetary Sciences
>>>>>>>>>> California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
>>>>>>>>>> rjolivet at caltech.edu
>>>>>>>>>> +1 (626) 560 6356
>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>> Message: 2
>>>> Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 16:19:45 -0500
>>>> From: Matthew Knepley <knepley at mcs.anl.gov>
>>>> Subject: Re: [CIG-SHORT] Rate and State and Initial Traction
>>>> To: Romain Jolivet <rjolivet at caltech.edu>
>>>> Cc: cig-short at geodynamics.org
>>>> Message-ID:
>>>> <CAMYG4GkacxPh4TMvcXeWu84bFdzqvVuaQcd7mvXQJGdtddzkMw at mail.gmail.com>
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>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Romain Jolivet
>>>> <rjolivet at caltech.edu>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I did just run:
>>>>>
>>>>> pylith step01.cfg --petsc.fp_trap=0
>>>>>
>>>>> Is that what you meant? If it is, I still have the same problem :-)
>>>>> and it
>>>>> does not change what I see on the screen. Should it change something?\
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Then it is not underflow.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> However, the norm computation problem does not appear when I set the
>>>>> zero_tolerance to 1.0 (it does not converge though, but I don't
>>>>> have this
>>>>> Floating point exception...)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> As Brad says, change the relative tolerance, but leave the absolute
>>>> tolerance intact.
>>>>
>>>>  Matt
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Romain
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Romain Jolivet
>>>>> Postdoctoral Scholar
>>>>> Geological and Planetary Sciences
>>>>> California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
>>>>> rjolivet at caltech.edu
>>>>> +1 (626) 560 6356
>>>>>
>>>>> On Aug 30, 2012, at 2:00 PM, Matthew Knepley wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Romain Jolivet
>>>>> <rjolivet at caltech.edu>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for the advice. I changed the preconditioner settings to
>>>>>> what you
>>>>>> suggested. I don't see that jump in the linear norm anymore.
>>>>>> However, I still have the floating point exception problem. This arise
>>>>>> after the first round of ksp.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In the log file (attached), I see to messages saying the ksp
>>>>>> solver for
>>>>>> friction does converge (twice), then the SNES residual norm is
>>>>>> printed,
>>>>>> then KSP starts, and when it has to compute the new SNES residual
>>>>>> norm, it
>>>>>> says that VecNorm() encoutered a Inf or NAN value:
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It could still be underflow. Try running with --petsc.fp_trap=0
>>>>>
>>>>>  Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>>      Matt
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>  141 KSP Residual norm 1.185626397065e-09
>>>>>>  142 KSP Residual norm 8.558244459183e-10
>>>>>>  143 KSP Residual norm 4.537120666370e-10
>>>>>>  144 KSP Residual norm 2.695590025796e-10
>>>>>>  145 KSP Residual norm 2.263153111449e-10
>>>>>>  146 KSP Residual norm 2.156010427246e-10
>>>>>>  Linear solve converged due to CONVERGED_RTOL iterations 146
>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: --------------------- Error Message
>>>>>> ------------------------------------
>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: Floating point exception!
>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: Infinite or not-a-number generated in norm!
>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR:
>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: Petsc Development HG revision:
>>>>>> 3bede28f1195e406d4257c9fbeebefe827793801  HG Date: Mon Jun 11
>>>>>> 22:14:12 2012
>>>>>> -0400
>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: See docs/changes/index.html for recent updates.
>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: See docs/faq.html for hints about trouble shooting.
>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: See docs/index.html for manual pages.
>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR:
>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR:
>>>>>> /Users/jolivetinsar/MYBIN/pylith/pylith-1.7.1-darwin-10.6.8/bin/mpinemesis
>>>>>> on a pylith-da named dhcp-74-229.caltech.edu by jolivetinsar Thu
>>>>>> Aug 30
>>>>>> 13:34:55 2012
>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: Libraries linked from
>>>>>> /Users/buildbot/install/pylith_darwin_10.6_binbot/lib
>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: Configure run at Tue Jun 12 06:09:00 2012
>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: Configure options
>>>>>> --prefix=/Users/buildbot/install/pylith_darwin_10.6_binbot
>>>>>> --download-f-blas-lapack=1 --with-sieve=1 --with-c2html=0
>>>>>> --CXXFLAGS=-DMPICH_IGNORE_CXX_SEEK --with-clanguage=C++
>>>>>> --with-mpicompilers=1 --with-debugging=0 --download-chaco=1
>>>>>> --download-boost=1 --download-ml=1 --with-hdf5=1
>>>>>> --with-hdf5-dir=/Users/buildbot/install/pylith_darwin_10.6_binbot
>>>>>> --with-x=0 --with-shared-libraries=1
>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR:
>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: VecNorm() line 169 in src/vec/vec/interface/rvector.c
>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: VecNormalize() line 263 in
>>>>>> src/vec/vec/interface/rvector.c
>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: KSPGMRESCycle() line 127 in
>>>>>> src/ksp/ksp/impls/gmres/gmres.c
>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: KSPSolve_GMRES() line 231 in
>>>>>> src/ksp/ksp/impls/gmres/gmres.c
>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: KSPSolve() line 446 in src/ksp/ksp/interface/itfunc.c
>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: _sensitivitySolve() line 2172 in
>>>>>> "unknowndirectory/"faults/FaultCohesiveDyn.cc
>>>>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>>>>  File
>>>>>> "/Users/jolivetinsar/MYBIN/pylith/pylith-1.7.1-darwin-10.6.8/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pylith/apps/PetscApplication.py",
>>>>>> line 65, in onComputeNodes
>>>>>> Fatal error. Calling MPI_Abort() to abort PyLith application.
>>>>>>    self.main(*args, **kwds)
>>>>>>  File
>>>>>> "/Users/jolivetinsar/MYBIN/pylith/pylith-1.7.1-darwin-10.6.8/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pylith/apps/PyLithApp.py",
>>>>>> line 119, in main
>>>>>>    self.problem.run(self)
>>>>>>  File
>>>>>> "/Users/jolivetinsar/MYBIN/pylith/pylith-1.7.1-darwin-10.6.8/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pylith/problems/TimeDependent.py",
>>>>>> line 154, in run
>>>>>>    self.formulation.step(t, dt)
>>>>>>  File
>>>>>> "/Users/jolivetinsar/MYBIN/pylith/pylith-1.7.1-darwin-10.6.8/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pylith/problems/Implicit.py",
>>>>>> line 219, in step
>>>>>>    self.solver.solve(dispIncr, self.jacobian, residual)
>>>>>>  File
>>>>>> "/Users/jolivetinsar/MYBIN/pylith/pylith-1.7.1-darwin-10.6.8/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pylith/problems/problems.py",
>>>>>> line 180, in solve
>>>>>>    def solve(self, *args): return
>>>>>> _problems.SolverNonlinear_solve(self,
>>>>>> *args)
>>>>>> RuntimeError: std::exception
>>>>>> application called MPI_Abort(MPI_COMM_WORLD, -1) - process 0
>>>>>> /Users/jolivetinsar/MYBIN/pylith/pylith-1.7.1-darwin-10.6.8/bin/nemesis:
>>>>>> mpirun: exit 255
>>>>>> /Users/jolivetinsar/MYBIN/pylith/pylith-1.7.1-darwin-10.6.8/bin/pylith:
>>>>>> /Users/jolivetinsar/MYBIN/pylith/pylith-1.7.1-darwin-10.6.8/bin/nemesis:
>>>>>> exit 1
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any idea?
>>>>>> Romain
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Romain Jolivet
>>>>>> Postdoctoral Scholar
>>>>>> Geological and Planetary Sciences
>>>>>> California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
>>>>>> rjolivet at caltech.edu
>>>>>> +1 (626) 560 6356
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Aug 30, 2012, at 12:00 PM, cig-short-request at geodynamics.org wrote:
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>>>>>>> Today's Topics:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  1. Re: Rate and State and Initial Traction (Brad Aagaard)
>>>>>>>  2. Fwd:  Rate and State and Initial Traction (Matthew Knepley)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Message: 1
>>>>>>> Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:36:08 -0700
>>>>>>> From: Brad Aagaard <baagaard at usgs.gov>
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [CIG-SHORT] Rate and State and Initial Traction
>>>>>>> To: cig-short at geodynamics.org
>>>>>>> Message-ID: <503E6F28.6050001 at usgs.gov>
>>>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Romain,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It looks like you are using Schur complement preconditioner settings.
>>>>>>> The jump in the KSP residual at iteration 10 is odd and suggests
>>>>>>> something is not quite right in the linear solve (probably related to
>>>>>>> the preconditioner). Try using the AMG preconditioner. It may not be
>>>>>>> quite as fast but it is more robust. Matt can probably help you
>>>>>>> tune the
>>>>>>> Schur complement solver conditions some more if necessary.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Your SNES tolerances are quite large. I suggest using tolerances
>>>>>>> similar
>>>>>>> to those in examples/3d/hex8/step14.cfg.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> SOLVER TOLERANCES
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ksp_rtol = 1.0e-16
>>>>>>> ksp_atol = 1.0e-12
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> snes_rtol = 1.0e-14
>>>>>>> snes_atol = 1.0e-10
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> AMG PRECONDITIONER SETTINGS
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [pylithapp.timedependent.formulation]
>>>>>>> split_fields = True
>>>>>>> matrix_type = aij
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [pylithapp.petsc]
>>>>>>> ksp_gmres_restart = 100
>>>>>>> fs_pc_type = fieldsplit
>>>>>>> fs_pc_fieldsplit_real_diagonal = true
>>>>>>> fs_pc_fieldsplit_type = multiplicative
>>>>>>> fs_fieldsplit_0_pc_type = ml
>>>>>>> fs_fieldsplit_1_pc_type = jacobi
>>>>>>> fs_fieldsplit_0_ksp_type = preonly
>>>>>>> fs_fieldsplit_1_ksp_type = preonly
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Brad
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 08/29/2012 11:42 AM, Romain Jolivet wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hello Brad, Matt, Charles and the pylith team,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Following your advice from the other day, I am experimenting  how to
>>>>>> create earthquakes on a frictional interface by applying a
>>>>>> traction change
>>>>>> history. It works fine with the SlipWeakening law in 2D. I'm
>>>>>> trying to move
>>>>>> on to the RateStateAgeing behavior and I have problems applying
>>>>>> the initial
>>>>>> traction conditions:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I use a SimpleDB to apply the frictional properties on the
>>>>>>>> fault: one
>>>>>> domain is rate-strengthening, the other is rate-weakening with a
>>>>>> linear
>>>>>> transition between the two domains. If I do not try to turn on any
>>>>>> traction_perturbation option, the code runs great, and I have a
>>>>>> slow slip
>>>>>> all the along the fault at any time.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> As I want the rate-weakening domain to be stuck sometimes, I want to
>>>>>> turn on traction_perturbation.db_initial. I use a SimpleDB to put a
>>>>>> negative traction all along the fault, and a shear traction
>>>>>> compatible with
>>>>>> the friction coefficients I impose. However, when I run this, I
>>>>>> have the
>>>>>> following error message from PETSc (I attach the log):
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> /Users/jolivetinsar/MYBIN/pylith/pylith-1.7.1-darwin-10.6.8/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pylith/problems/Implicit.py:215:step
>>>>>>>> -- implicit(info)
>>>>>>>> -- Solving equations.
>>>>>>>>  0 SNES Function norm 2.679589636063e+01
>>>>>>>>    0 KSP Residual norm 9.637565795900e-01
>>>>>>>>    1 KSP Residual norm 3.564937135471e-08
>>>>>>>>    2 KSP Residual norm 4.313963401911e-16
>>>>>>>>    3 KSP Residual norm 3.050427683646e-16
>>>>>>>>    4 KSP Residual norm 2.490663081181e-16
>>>>>>>>    5 KSP Residual norm 2.156976950523e-16
>>>>>>>>    6 KSP Residual norm 1.929258577738e-16
>>>>>>>>    7 KSP Residual norm 1.761163907914e-16
>>>>>>>>    8 KSP Residual norm 1.630520838230e-16
>>>>>>>>    9 KSP Residual norm 1.525212509706e-16
>>>>>>>>   10 KSP Residual norm 1.833325155789e-11
>>>>>>>>   11 KSP Residual norm 7.039784754868e-23
>>>>>>>>  Linear solve converged due to CONVERGED_ATOL iterations 11
>>>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: --------------------- Error Message
>>>>>> ------------------------------------
>>>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: Floating point exception!
>>>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: Infinite or not-a-number generated in norm!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If anyone has an idea about that error message....
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I think it has to do with some slip vector. If I set
>>>>>> friction.min_slip_rate=1e-1, this problem does not happen (the
>>>>>> nonlinear
>>>>>> solver does not converge, but at least, no crash). If I set the normal
>>>>>> traction to be positive, it does not crash as well (and it does not
>>>>>> converge as well). I join to this message the cfg file I am using
>>>>>> for that
>>>>>> experiment.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thank you
>>>>>>>> Romain
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Romain Jolivet
>>>>>>>> Postdoctoral Scholar
>>>>>>>> Geological and Planetary Sciences
>>>>>>>> California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
>>>>>>>> rjolivet at caltech.edu
>>>>>>>> +1 (626) 560 6356
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Message: 2
>>>>>>> Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 22:09:25 -0500
>>>>>>> From: Matthew Knepley <knepley at mcs.anl.gov>
>>>>>>> Subject: [CIG-SHORT] Fwd:  Rate and State and Initial Traction
>>>>>>> To: cig-short at geodynamics.org
>>>>>>> Message-ID:
>>>>>>>      <CAMYG4GkMcUqRjhMaYZ8Ooj-x=
>>>>>> 06QKFrc7fiwW1dStmDSDO1qWA at mail.gmail.com>
>>>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Brad Aagaard <baagaard at usgs.gov>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Romain,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It looks like you are using Schur complement preconditioner
>>>>>>>> settings.
>>>>>>>> The jump in the KSP residual at iteration 10 is odd and suggests
>>>>>>>> something is not quite right in the linear solve (probably
>>>>>>>> related to
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Brad is right that the tolerances here will produce some garbage.
>>>>>>> Going
>>>>>>> below
>>>>>>> machine epsilon (about 10^-16) means you get randomness and
>>>>>>> ultimately
>>>>>>> underflow which I think you got in a norm calculation since
>>>>>>> things get
>>>>>>> squared.
>>>>>>> The solver should have converged on iterate 2, and will with the
>>>>>> tolerances
>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>> Brad suggested.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    Matt
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> the preconditioner). Try using the AMG preconditioner. It may not be
>>>>>>>> quite as fast but it is more robust. Matt can probably help you tune
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> Schur complement solver conditions some more if necessary.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Your SNES tolerances are quite large. I suggest using tolerances
>>>>>> similar
>>>>>>>> to those in examples/3d/hex8/step14.cfg.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> SOLVER TOLERANCES
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ksp_rtol = 1.0e-16
>>>>>>>> ksp_atol = 1.0e-12
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> snes_rtol = 1.0e-14
>>>>>>>> snes_atol = 1.0e-10
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> AMG PRECONDITIONER SETTINGS
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [pylithapp.timedependent.formulation]
>>>>>>>> split_fields = True
>>>>>>>> matrix_type = aij
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [pylithapp.petsc]
>>>>>>>> ksp_gmres_restart = 100
>>>>>>>> fs_pc_type = fieldsplit
>>>>>>>> fs_pc_fieldsplit_real_diagonal = true
>>>>>>>> fs_pc_fieldsplit_type = multiplicative
>>>>>>>> fs_fieldsplit_0_pc_type = ml
>>>>>>>> fs_fieldsplit_1_pc_type = jacobi
>>>>>>>> fs_fieldsplit_0_ksp_type = preonly
>>>>>>>> fs_fieldsplit_1_ksp_type = preonly
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Brad
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 08/29/2012 11:42 AM, Romain Jolivet wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hello Brad, Matt, Charles and the pylith team,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Following your advice from the other day, I am experimenting
>>>>>>>>>  how to
>>>>>>>> create earthquakes on a frictional interface by applying a traction
>>>>>> change
>>>>>>>> history. It works fine with the SlipWeakening law in 2D. I'm
>>>>>>>> trying to
>>>>>> move
>>>>>>>> on to the RateStateAgeing behavior and I have problems applying the
>>>>>> initial
>>>>>>>> traction conditions:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I use a SimpleDB to apply the frictional properties on the
>>>>>>>>> fault: one
>>>>>>>> domain is rate-strengthening, the other is rate-weakening with a
>>>>>>>> linear
>>>>>>>> transition between the two domains. If I do not try to turn on any
>>>>>>>> traction_perturbation option, the code runs great, and I have a slow
>>>>>> slip
>>>>>>>> all the along the fault at any time.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> As I want the rate-weakening domain to be stuck sometimes, I
>>>>>>>>> want to
>>>>>>>> turn on traction_perturbation.db_initial. I use a SimpleDB to put a
>>>>>>>> negative traction all along the fault, and a shear traction
>>>>>>>> compatible
>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>> the friction coefficients I impose. However, when I run this, I have
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> following error message from PETSc (I attach the log):
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> /Users/jolivetinsar/MYBIN/pylith/pylith-1.7.1-darwin-10.6.8/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pylith/problems/Implicit.py:215:step
>>>>>>>>> -- implicit(info)
>>>>>>>>> -- Solving equations.
>>>>>>>>>  0 SNES Function norm 2.679589636063e+01
>>>>>>>>>    0 KSP Residual norm 9.637565795900e-01
>>>>>>>>>    1 KSP Residual norm 3.564937135471e-08
>>>>>>>>>    2 KSP Residual norm 4.313963401911e-16
>>>>>>>>>    3 KSP Residual norm 3.050427683646e-16
>>>>>>>>>    4 KSP Residual norm 2.490663081181e-16
>>>>>>>>>    5 KSP Residual norm 2.156976950523e-16
>>>>>>>>>    6 KSP Residual norm 1.929258577738e-16
>>>>>>>>>    7 KSP Residual norm 1.761163907914e-16
>>>>>>>>>    8 KSP Residual norm 1.630520838230e-16
>>>>>>>>>    9 KSP Residual norm 1.525212509706e-16
>>>>>>>>>   10 KSP Residual norm 1.833325155789e-11
>>>>>>>>>   11 KSP Residual norm 7.039784754868e-23
>>>>>>>>>  Linear solve converged due to CONVERGED_ATOL iterations 11
>>>>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: --------------------- Error Message
>>>>>>>> ------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: Floating point exception!
>>>>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: Infinite or not-a-number generated in norm!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> If anyone has an idea about that error message....
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I think it has to do with some slip vector. If I set
>>>>>>>> friction.min_slip_rate=1e-1, this problem does not happen (the
>>>>>> nonlinear
>>>>>>>> solver does not converge, but at least, no crash). If I set the
>>>>>>>> normal
>>>>>>>> traction to be positive, it does not crash as well (and it does not
>>>>>>>> converge as well). I join to this message the cfg file I am
>>>>>>>> using for
>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> experiment.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thank you
>>>>>>>>> Romain
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Romain Jolivet
>>>>>>>>> Postdoctoral Scholar
>>>>>>>>> Geological and Planetary Sciences
>>>>>>>>> California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
>>>>>>>>> rjolivet at caltech.edu
>>>>>>>>> +1 (626) 560 6356
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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