Multigrid Inputs

The following inputs can be set directly in the AMReX solver classes but we set them via the MFIX-Exa routines because we may want different inputs for the different solvers called by MFIX-Exa. NOTE: the nodal solver settings are read in directly by AMReX, the MAC and diffusion settings by MFIX-Exa.

These control the nodal projection and must be preceded by “nodal_proj.”:

Description

Type

Default

verbose

Verbosity of multigrid solver in nodal projection

Int

0

bottom_verbose

Verbosity of BiCGStab solver in nodal projection

Int

0

mg_rtol

Relative tolerance in nodal projection

Real

1.e-11

mg_atol

Absolute tolerance in nodal projection

Real

1.e-14

maxiter

Maximum number of iterations in the nodal projection

Int

100

bottom_maxiter

Maximum number of iterations in the nodal projection bottom solver if using bicg, cg, bicgcg or cgbicg

Int

100

mg_max_coarsening_level

Maximum number of coarser levels to allowin the nodal projection If set to 0, the bottom solver will be called at the current level

Int

100

bottom_solver

Which bottom solver to use in the nodal projection

Options are bicgcg, bicgstab, cg, cgbicg, smoother or hypre

String

bicgcg

hypre_namespace

Namespace to use in the nodal projection when using hypre to control hypre specific settings. It can be any string.

String

hypre

hypre_interface

Which interface to use in the nodal projection when using hypre

Options are ij, semi_structured or structured

String

ij

These control the MAC projection and must be preceded by “mac_proj.”:

Description

Type

Default

verbose

Verbosity of multigrid solver in MAC projection

Int

0

bottom_verbose

Verbosity of BiCGStab solver in MAC projection

Int

0

mg_rtol

Relative tolerance in MAC projection

Real

1.e-11

mg_atol

Absolute tolerance in MAC projection

Real

1.e-14

maxiter

Maximum number of iterations in the MAC projection

Int

200

bottom_maxiter

Maximum number of iterations in the MAC projection bottom solver if using bicg, cg, bicgcg or cgbicg

Int

200

mg_max_coarsening_level

Maximum number of coarser levels to allow in the MAC projection If set to 0, the bottom solver will be called at the current level

Int

100

bottom_solver

Which bottom solver to use in the MAC projection

Options are bicgcg, bicgstab, cg, cgbicg, smoother or hypre

String

bicgcg

hypre_namespace

Namespace to use in the MAC projection when using hypre to control hypre specific settings. It can be any string.

String

hypre

hypre_interface

Which interface to use in the MAC projection when using hypre

Options are ij, semi_structured or structured

String

ij

NOTE: If the nodal_proj and mac_proj hypre_namespace’s are set, they must be distinct unless set to hypre, in which case the default behavior is recovered in which case hypre settings apply to all solvers.

These control the diffusion solver and must be preceded by “diffusion.”:

Description

Type

Default

verbose

Verbosity of linear solver for diffusion solve

Int

0

bottom_verbose

Verbosity of BiCGStab solver in diffusion solve

Int

0

mg_rtol

Relative tolerance in diffusion solve

Real

1.e-11

mg_atol

Absolute tolerance in diffusion solve

Real

1.e-14

maxiter

Maximum number of iterations in diffusion solve

Int

100

bottom_maxiter

Maximum number of iterations in diffusion solve bottom solver if using bicg, cg, bicgcg or cgbicg

Int

100

mg_max_coarsening_level

Maximum number of coarser levels to allow in diffusion solve If set to 0, the bottom solver will be called at the current level

Int

100

bottom_solver

Which bottom solver to use in the diffusion solve

Options are bicgcg, bicgstab, cg, cgbicg, or smoother

String

bicgcg