Toward an efficient nonlinear solver for an mesh smoothing problem.

Markus Berndt

Mail Stop B284, T-7
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos, NM 87545

J. David Moulton
Glen Hansen


Abstract

The problem of unstructured mesh smoothing can be approached by solving a set of Laplace-Beltrami equations that are discretized using finite elements. The resulting discrete problem is non-linear and a Newton-Krylov type procedure can be employed to solve it. We will report on our efforts to speed up the solution of this problem using an AMG based preconditioner in the Krylov step.