Optimizing the evaluation of finite element matrices
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2006

Assembling stiffness matrices represents a significant cost in many finite element computations. We address the question of optimizing the evaluation of these matrices. By finding redundant computations, we are able to significantly reduce the cost of building local stiffness matrices for the Laplace operator and for the trilinear form for Navier-Stokes operators. For the Laplace operator in two space dimensions, we have developed a heuristic graph algorithm that searches for such redundancies and generates code for computing the local stiffness matrices. Up to cubics, we are able to build the stiffness matrix on any triangle in less than one multiply-add pair per entry. Up to sixth degree, we can do it in less than about two pairs. Preliminary low-degree results for Poisson and Navier-Stokes operators in three dimensions are also promising. © 2005 Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.

Finite element

Compiler

Variational form

Författare

R.C. Kirby

M.G. Knepley

Anders Logg

Chalmers, Matematiska vetenskaper, Matematik

Göteborgs universitet

L.R. Scott

SIAM Journal of Scientific Computing

1064-8275 (ISSN) 1095-7197 (eISSN)

Vol. 27 3 741-758

Ämneskategorier

Matematik

Beräkningsmatematik

DOI

10.1137/040607824

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2017-10-06