Nonconformal FETI-DP Domain Decomposition Methods for FE-BI-MLFMA

Abstract

The nonconformal domain decomposition methods (DDMs) of the hybrid finite element-boundary integral-multilevel fast multipole algorithm (FE-BI-MLFMA) are presented for computing large electromagnetic scattering/radiation problems. The numerical performance of different transmission conditions between finite element method (FEM) subdomains, and FEM and BI domains is studied in this paper. The Dirichlet transmission condition (DTC) employed at the interface between FEM and BI domains has faster convergence than the Robin-type transmission condition, and this finding is different from the conclusions for the FEM DDMs published in the literature. Furthermore, the cement-element (CE)-based dual-primal finite element tearing and interconnecting (FETI-DP) DDM has faster convergence than the Lagrange-multiplier-based FETI-DP method under the FE-BI system, and is also different from that under the system of the FEM with the absorbing boundary condition (FEM-ABC). It shows that the DDMs of FE-BI-MLFMA have some essential differences from those of FEM-ABC. The analysis of these numerical phenomena is presented in this paper. Further comparison between the DDMs of FE-BI-MLFMA and FEM-ABC demonstrates that the DDMs of FE-BI-MLMFA have essential advantages over those of FEM-ABC. Various numerical experiments confirm the accuracy, efficiency, and flexibility of the nonconformal DDM of FE-BI-MLFMA, which is the CE-based FETI-DP DDM with DTC connecting FEM and BI.