کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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10356190 | 867621 | 2012 | 26 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Higher-order adaptive finite-element methods for orbital-free density functional theory
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مهندسی و علوم پایه
مهندسی کامپیوتر
نرم افزارهای علوم کامپیوتر
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چکیده انگلیسی
In the present work, we study various numerical aspects of higher-order finite-element discretizations of the non-linear saddle-point formulation of orbital-free density-functional theory. We first investigate the robustness of viable solution schemes by analyzing the solvability conditions of the discrete problem. We find that a staggered solution procedure where the potential fields are computed consistently for every trial electron-density is a robust solution procedure for higher-order finite-element discretizations. We next study the convergence properties of higher-order finite-element discretizations of orbital-free density functional theory by considering benchmark problems that include calculations involving both pseudopotential as well as Coulomb singular potential fields. Our numerical studies suggest close to optimal rates of convergence on all benchmark problems for various orders of finite-element approximations considered in the present study. We finally investigate the computational efficiency afforded by various higher-order finite-element discretizations, which constitutes the main aspect of the present work, by measuring the CPU time for the solution of discrete equations on benchmark problems that include large Aluminum clusters. In these studies, we use mesh coarse-graining rates that are derived from error estimates and an a priori knowledge of the asymptotic solution of the far-field electronic fields. Our studies reveal a significant 100-1000 fold computational savings afforded by the use of higher-order finite-element discretization, alongside providing the desired chemical accuracy. We consider this study as a step towards developing a robust and computationally efficient discretization of electronic structure calculations using the finite-element basis.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Computational Physics - Volume 231, Issue 20, 15 August 2012, Pages 6596-6621
Journal: Journal of Computational Physics - Volume 231, Issue 20, 15 August 2012, Pages 6596-6621
نویسندگان
Phani Motamarri, Mrinal Iyer, Jaroslaw Knap, Vikram Gavini,