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MESH PARTITIONING TECHNIQUES AND DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION METHODS
Edited by: F. Magoulès
Chapter 5

Basics of the Domain Decomposition Method for Finite Element Analysis

G.P. Nikishkov
University of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu City, Fukushima, Japan
Keywords: finite element method, domain decomposition, partitioning, parallel.

An introduction to the domain decomposition method for parallel finite element analysis is presented. The domain decomposition method allows decomposition of large-size problem solutions to solutions of several smaller size problems. Algorithms of domain partitioning with compute load balancing as well as direct and iterative solution techniques are considered.

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