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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Matt<br>
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      The system is certainly not singular (checked using -pc_type svd
      -pc_svd_monitor). It also gives the correct solution (compared to
      the analytical solution for a trivial problem).<br>
      <br>
      Tabrez<br>
      <br>
      On 10/28/2014 08:44 AM, Matthew Knepley wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CAMYG4GkrxZAkBb9YUOkWCNJ362gdby3dvKUNjTruWO0-UePzFw@mail.gmail.com"
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          <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 8:00 AM,
            Tabrez Ali <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="mailto:stali@geology.wisc.edu" target="_blank">stali@geology.wisc.edu</a>></span>
            wrote:<br>
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                <div>Matt<br>
                  <br>
                  With MUMPS it is indeed the same but not faster. E.g.,
                  see 1.txt and 2.txt<br>
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            <div>There is a big problem here. This system is never
              actually being solved. Look at 1.txt:</div>
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New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14.4444446563721px;white-space:pre-wrap">
                0 KSP preconditioned resid norm 9.320055451716e+05 true
                resid norm 1.755998647494e+02 ||r(i)||/||b||
                1.000000000000e+00
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            <div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier
New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14.4444446563721px;white-space:pre-wrap">380
                KSP preconditioned resid norm 9.034871458425e-05 true
                resid norm 3.118451181896e+09 ||r(i)||/||b||
                1.775884728811e+07
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            <div>The preconditioned residual did drop 10 order of
              magnitude, but the true residual (b - Ax) is still very
              very large.</div>
            <div>This looks like the system is singular and the
              preconditioner is masking this. This needs to be figured
              out first.</div>
            <div>I would go back to a small serial problem, and make
              sure it is actually being solved.</div>
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            <div>   Matt</div>
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                <div> With GAMG, cg takes forever (see 4.txt). For
                  reference GAMG with preonly is attached again (3.txt)<br>
                  <br>
                  All logs include -fieldsplit_0_ksp_monitor.<br>
                  <br>
                  Also, the true residual shows small oscillations. Is
                  that normal?<br>
                  <br>
                  Tabrez<br>
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  On 10/28/2014 07:08 AM, Matthew Knepley wrote:<br>
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                      <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at
                        5:39 AM, Tabrez Ali <span dir="ltr"><<a
                            moz-do-not-send="true"
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                            target="_blank">stali@geology.wisc.edu</a>></span>
                        wrote:<br>
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                            <div>Mark<br>
                              <br>
                              When I replace "-fieldsplit_0_ksp_type
                              preonly" with "-fieldsplit_0_ksp_type cg"
                              then it becomes very slow (had to kill
                              it).<br>
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                        <div><br>
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                        <div>That means something in the setup is wrong.
                          It should be about the same or faster. Run
                          with -fieldsplit_0_ksp_monitor</div>
                        <div>so we can see what is happening.</div>
                        <div><br>
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                        <div>   Matt</div>
                        <div> </div>
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                            <div> With MUMPS , i.e., with
                              '-fieldsplit_0_pc_type lu
                              -fieldsplit_0_pc_factor_mat_solver_package
                              mumps -fieldsplit_0_ksp_type preonly' it
                              works fine but takes more time, and will
                              be an issue for larger problems. The
                              output for this run is attached.<br>
                              <br>
                              I will work on passing rigid body modes
                              (as Matt mentioned) but short of that what
                              is the best set of options for solving the
                              following problem (i.e., linear elasticity
                              with constraints):<br>
                              <br>
                              <tt>|K cG'| | u | = |F|</tt><tt><br>
                              </tt><tt>|G  0 | |l/c|   |d|</tt><br>
                              <br>
                              where c is a scaling factor (so that cG'
                              terms are more or less of the same order
                              as K)? The constraints are used to impose
                              slip between surfaces and so on.<br>
                              <br>
                              Tabrez<br>
                              <br>
                              On 10/27/2014 01:17 PM, Mark Adams wrote:<br>
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                              <div dir="ltr">The null space for GAMG is
                                not critical but useful for elasticity. 
                                If you in fact have an indefinite
                                operator (eg, not "pinned)  the you need
                                to use an iterative coarse grid solver. 
                                You are using '-fieldsplit_0_pc_type
                                gamg -fieldsplit_0_ksp_type preonly'. 
                                And you have a hard elasticity problem. 
                                You are going to want to start with a
                                stronger solver. Use cg instead of
                                preonly.  As Matt said start with MUMPS,
                                then go to CG/GAMG, then you can see how
                                far you can cut the _0_ solver down.
                                <div>Mark</div>
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                                <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 23,
                                  2014 at 11:51 AM, Matthew Knepley <span
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                                        <div class="gmail_quote"><span>On
                                            Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 10:48
                                            AM, Tabrez Ali <span
                                              dir="ltr"><<a
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                                            wrote:<br>
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                                                On 10/23/2014 09:54 AM,
                                                Matthew Knepley wrote:
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                                                        Thu, Oct 23,
                                                        2014 at 9:27 AM,
                                                        Tabrez Ali <span
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                                                        wrote:<br>
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                                                          <div>Matt<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          Sorry about
                                                          that (I always
                                                          forget it).
                                                          The output for
                                                          the smallest
                                                          problem is now
                                                          attached (see
                                                          log.txt). I am
                                                          also attaching
                                                          some results
                                                          that compare
                                                          results
                                                          obtained using
                                                          FS/LSC and the
                                                          direct solver
                                                          (MUMPS), again
                                                          for the
                                                          smallest
                                                          problem. The
                                                          difference, as
                                                          you can see is
                                                          insignificant
                                                          O(1E-6).<br>
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                                                        <div>1) How do
                                                          you use MUMPS
                                                          if you have a
                                                          saddle point</div>
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                                                I simply used -pc_type
                                                lu
                                                -pc_factor_mat_solver_package
                                                mumps.<br>
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                                                        <div>2) You can
                                                          see from the
                                                          output that
                                                          something is
                                                          seriously
                                                          wrong with the
                                                          preconditioner.
                                                          It looks like
                                                          it has a null
                                                          space.</div>
                                                        <div>    Did you
                                                          add the
                                                          elastic null
                                                          modes to GAMG?
                                                          Without this,
                                                          it is not
                                                          going to work.
                                                          We have helper
                                                          functions for
                                                          this:</div>
                                                        <div><br>
                                                        </div>
                                                        <div>  <a
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href="http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/petsc-current/docs/manualpages/DM/DMPlexCreateRigidBody.html"
target="_blank">http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/petsc-current/docs/manualpages/DM/DMPlexCreateRigidBody.html</a></div>
                                                        <div><br>
                                                        </div>
                                                        <div>you could
                                                          just copy that
                                                          code. And then
                                                          use</div>
                                                        <div><br>
                                                        </div>
                                                        <div>  <a
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/petsc-current/docs/manualpages/Mat/MatSetNearNullSpace.html"
target="_blank">http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/petsc-current/docs/manualpages/Mat/MatSetNearNullSpace.html</a></div>
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                                                        <div>I don't see
                                                          it in the
                                                          output, so I
                                                          think this is
                                                          your problem.</div>
                                                        <div><br>
                                                        </div>
                                                        <div>In order to
                                                          test, I would
                                                          first use
                                                          MUMPS as the
                                                          A00 solver and
                                                          get the Schur
                                                          stuff worked
                                                          out. Then I
                                                          would</div>
                                                        <div>replace
                                                          MUMPS with
                                                          GAMG and tune
                                                          it until I get
                                                          back my
                                                          original
                                                          convergence.</div>
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                                                    </div>
                                                  </div>
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                                                I will try this with
                                                MatNullSpaceCreateRigidBody.
                                                Btw does it matter if
                                                some nodes are pinned?<br>
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                                            <div><br>
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                                          </span>
                                          <div>No these are null modes
                                            of the operator, not of the
                                            particular problem.</div>
                                          <div><br>
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                                          <div>  Matt</div>
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                                                          <div>  Thanks,</div>
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                                                          <div> Also, I
                                                          did pass
                                                          'upper' and
                                                          'full' to
                                                          '-pc_fieldsplit_schur_factorization_type'
                                                          but the
                                                          iteration
                                                          count doesn't
                                                          improve (in
                                                          fact, it
                                                          increases
                                                          slightly). The
                                                          attached log
                                                          is with
                                                          'upper'.<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          Regards,<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          Tabrez<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          On 10/23/2014
                                                          07:46 AM,
                                                          Matthew
                                                          Knepley wrote:<br>
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                                                          Thu, Oct 23,
                                                          2014 at 7:20
                                                          AM, Tabrez Ali
                                                          <span
                                                          dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:stali@geology.wisc.edu"
                                                          target="_blank">stali@geology.wisc.edu</a>></span>
                                                          wrote:<br>
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                                                          Hello<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          I am using the
                                                          following
                                                          options
                                                          (below) for
                                                          solving linear
                                                          elasticity/poroelasticity


                                                          problems
                                                          involving slip
                                                          between two
                                                          surfaces
                                                          involving
                                                          non-trivial
                                                          geometries,
                                                          i.e., elements
                                                          with high
                                                          aspect ratios,
                                                          large
                                                          contrasts in
                                                          material
                                                          properties
                                                          etc. The
                                                          constraints
                                                          are imposed
                                                          using Lagrange
                                                          Multipliers. <br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          A picture
                                                          (shows
                                                          displacement
                                                          magnitude) is
                                                          attached. The
                                                          boundary
                                                          nodes, i.e.,
                                                          the base and
                                                          the four side
                                                          are pinned.<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          The following
                                                          options appear
                                                          to work well
                                                          for the saddle
                                                          point problem:<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <tt>-pc_type
                                                          fieldsplit
                                                          -pc_fieldsplit_type
                                                          schur
                                                          -pc_fieldsplit_detect_saddle_point
                                                          -fieldsplit_0_pc_type


                                                          gamg
                                                          -fieldsplit_0_ksp_type
                                                          preonly
                                                          -fieldsplit_1_pc_type
                                                          lsc
                                                          -fieldsplit_1_ksp_type
                                                          preonly
                                                          -pc_fieldsplit_schur_fact_type
                                                          lower
                                                          -ksp_monitor</tt><br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          However, the
                                                          number of
                                                          iterations
                                                          keep on
                                                          increasing
                                                          with the
                                                          problems size
                                                          (see attached
                                                          plot), e.g.,<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <tt>120K
                                                          Tets        <b>507</b>
                                                          Iterations
                                                          (KSP Residual
                                                          norm
                                                          8.827362494659e-05)</tt><tt>
                                                          in  17 secs on
                                                            3 cores<br>
                                                          </tt><tt>1
                                                          Million Tets 
                                                          <b>1374</b>
                                                          Iterations
                                                          (KSP Residual
                                                          norm
                                                          7.164704416296e-05)</tt><tt>
                                                          in 117 secs
                                                          on  20 cores<br>
                                                          </tt><tt>8
                                                          Million Tets 
                                                          <b>2495</b>
                                                          Iterations
                                                          (KSP Residual
                                                          norm
                                                          9.101247550026e-05)
                                                          in 225 secs on
                                                          160 cores</tt><br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          So what other
                                                          options should
                                                          I try to
                                                          improve solver
                                                          performance?
                                                          Any
                                                          tips/insights
                                                          would be
                                                          appreciated as
                                                          preconditioning

                                                          is black magic
                                                          to me.<br>
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                                                          </blockquote>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>For
                                                          reports,
                                                          always run
                                                          with </div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div> 
                                                          -ksp_view
                                                          -ksp_monitor_true_residual
-ksp_converged_reason</div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>so that
                                                          we can see
                                                          exactly what
                                                          you used.</div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>I believe
                                                          the default is
                                                          a diagonal
                                                          factorization.
                                                          Since your
                                                          outer iterates
                                                          are
                                                          increasing, I
                                                          would
                                                          strengthen
                                                          this</div>
                                                          <div>to either
                                                          upper or full</div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div> 
                                                          -pc_fieldsplit_schur_factorization_type
                                                          <upper,
                                                          full></div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>  Thanks,</div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>     
                                                          Matt </div>
                                                          <div> </div>
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                                                          Thanks in
                                                          advance.<span><font
color="#888888"><br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          Tabrez<br>
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                                                          <span><font
                                                          color="#888888">
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          -- <br>
                                                          What most
                                                          experimenters
                                                          take for
                                                          granted before
                                                          they begin
                                                          their
                                                          experiments is
                                                          infinitely
                                                          more
                                                          interesting
                                                          than any
                                                          results to
                                                          which their
                                                          experiments
                                                          lead.<br>
                                                          -- Norbert
                                                          Wiener </font></span></font></span></div>
                                                          <span><font
                                                          color="#888888">
                                                          </font></span></div>
                                                          <span><font
                                                          color="#888888">
                                                          </font></span></blockquote>
                                                          <span><font
                                                          color="#888888">
                                                          <br>
                                                          </font></span></div>
                                                          <span><font
                                                          color="#888888">
                                                          </font></span></blockquote>
                                                          <span><font
                                                          color="#888888">
                                                          </font></span></div>
                                                        <span><font
                                                          color="#888888">
                                                          <br>
                                                          <br
                                                          clear="all">
                                                          <span><font
                                                          color="#888888">
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          -- <br>
                                                          What most
                                                          experimenters
                                                          take for
                                                          granted before
                                                          they begin
                                                          their
                                                          experiments is
                                                          infinitely
                                                          more
                                                          interesting
                                                          than any
                                                          results to
                                                          which their
                                                          experiments
                                                          lead.<br>
                                                          -- Norbert
                                                          Wiener</font></span></font></span></div>
                                                      <span><font
                                                          color="#888888">
                                                        </font></span></div>
                                                    <span><font
                                                        color="#888888">
                                                      </font></span></blockquote>
                                                  <span><font
                                                      color="#888888"> </font></span></div>
                                                <span><font
                                                    color="#888888"> </font></span></blockquote>
                                              <span><font
                                                  color="#888888"> </font></span></div>
                                            <span><font color="#888888">
                                              </font></span></div>
                                          <span><font color="#888888"> </font></span></div>
                                        <span><font color="#888888">
                                            <div>
                                              <div><br>
                                                <br clear="all">
                                                <span class=""><font
                                                    color="#888888">
                                                    <div><br>
                                                    </div>
                                                    -- <br>
                                                    What most
                                                    experimenters take
                                                    for granted before
                                                    they begin their
                                                    experiments is
                                                    infinitely more
                                                    interesting than any
                                                    results to which
                                                    their experiments
                                                    lead.<br>
                                                    -- Norbert Wiener </font></span></div>
                                              <span class=""><font
                                                  color="#888888"> </font></span></div>
                                            <span class=""><font
                                                color="#888888"> </font></span></font></span></div>
                                      <span class=""><font
                                          color="#888888"> <span><font
                                              color="#888888"> </font></span></font></span></div>
                                    <span class=""><font color="#888888">
                                        <span><font color="#888888"> </font></span></font></span></blockquote>
                                  <span class=""><font color="#888888">
                                      <span><font color="#888888"> </font></span></font></span></div>
                                <span class=""><font color="#888888"> <span><font
                                        color="#888888"> <br>
                                      </font></span></font></span></div>
                              <span class=""><font color="#888888"> </font></span></blockquote>
                            <span class=""><font color="#888888"> <br>
                              </font></span></div>
                          <span class=""><font color="#888888"> </font></span></blockquote>
                        <span class=""><font color="#888888"> </font></span></div>
                      <span class=""><font color="#888888"> <br>
                          <br clear="all">
                          <div><br>
                          </div>
                          -- <br>
                          What most experimenters take for granted
                          before they begin their experiments is
                          infinitely more interesting than any results
                          to which their experiments lead.<br>
                          -- Norbert Wiener </font></span></div>
                  </div>
                </blockquote>
                <br>
              </div>
            </blockquote>
          </div>
          <br>
          <br clear="all">
          <div><br>
          </div>
          -- <br>
          What most experimenters take for granted before they begin
          their experiments is infinitely more interesting than any
          results to which their experiments lead.<br>
          -- Norbert Wiener
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