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The topic of iterative substructuring methods, and more generally domain decomposition methods, has been extensively studied over the past few years, and the topic is well advanced with respect to first and second order elliptic problems. However, relatively little work has been done on more general constrained least squares problems (or equivalent formulations) involving equilibrium equations such as those arising, for example, in realistic structural analysis applications. The potential is good for effective use of iterative algorithms on these problems, but such methods are still far from being competitive with direct methods in industrial codes. The purpose of this paper is to investigate an order reducing, preconditioned conjugate gradient method proposed by Barlow, Nichols and Plemmons for solving problems of this type. The relationships between this method and nullspace methods, such as the force method for structures and the dual variable method for fluids, are examined. Convergence properties are discussed in relation to recent optimality results for Varga's theory ofp-cyclic SOR. We suggest a mixed approach for solving equilibrium equations, consisting of both direct reduction in the substructures and the conjugate gradient iterative algorithm to complete the computations.
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Dedicated to R. S. Varga on the occasion of his 60th birthday
Research completed while pursuing graduate studies sponsored by the Department of Mathematical Sciences, US Air Force Academy, CO, and funded by the Air Force Institute of Technology, WPAFB, OH
Research supported by the Air Force under grant no. AFOSR-88-0285 and by the National Science Foundation under grant no. DMS-89-02121
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James, D., Plemmons, R.J. An iterative substructuring algorithm for equilibrium equations. Numer. Math. 57, 625–633 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01386432
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