High-performance dune modules for solving large-scale, strongly anisotropic elliptic problems with applications to aerospace composites

dune-composites is the first open-source software framework designed to support the development of high-performance scalable solvers for composite applications. dune-composite is an initiative to overcome the limitations of commercially available solvers by encapsulating the mathematical complexities of the underlying solvers within an efficient C++ framework, making the techniques more accessible to the broader scientific and industrial communities. The key innovation of dune- composites is the design and implementation of a robust, scalable parallel iterative solver for composite applications. In this contribution we demonstrate the scalability of the solver on over 15,000 cores on the UK national supercomputer Archer, solving industrially motivated problems with over 200 million degrees of freedom in minutes. This scale of computations brings composites problems that would otherwise be unthinkable into the feasible range. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the novel mathematical and implementation aspects of the code and document its structure. We illustrate its use through a range of industry motivated examples which should enable other scientists to build on and extend dune-composites for use in their own applications.     «

dune-composites is the first open-source software framework designed to support the development of high-performance scalable solvers for composite applications. dune-composite is an initiative to overcome the limitations of commercially available solvers by encapsulating the mathematical complexities of the underlying solvers within an efficient C++ framework, making the techniques more accessible to the broader scientific and industrial communities. The key innovation of dune- composites...     »