Zhang, Huai; Ju, Lili; Gunzburger, Max; Ringler, Todd; Price, Stephen Coupled models and parallel simulations for three-dimensional full-Stokes ice sheet modeling. (English) Zbl 1265.76046 Numer. Math., Theory Methods Appl. 4, No. 3, 396-418 (2011). Summary: A three-dimensional full-Stokes computational model is considered for determining the dynamics, temperature, and thickness of ice sheets. The governing thermo-mechanical equations consist of the three-dimensional full-Stokes system with nonlinear rheology for the momentum, an advection-diffusion energy equation for temperature evolution, and a mass conservation equation for ice-thickness changes. Here, we discuss the variable resolution meshes, the finite element discretizations, and the parallel algorithms employed by the model components. The solvers are integrated through a well-designed coupler for the exchange of parametric data between components. The discretization utilizes high-quality, variable-resolution centroidal Voronoi-Delaunay triangulation meshing and existing parallel solvers. We demonstrate the gridding technology, discretization schemes, and the efficiency and scalability of the parallel solvers through computational experiments using both simplified geometries arising from benchmark test problems and a realistic Greenland ice sheet geometry. Cited in 5 Documents MSC: 76M10 Finite element methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics 65M60 Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs 65M50 Mesh generation, refinement, and adaptive methods for the numerical solution of initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs 65Y05 Parallel numerical computation Keywords:ice sheet modeling; nonlinear Stokes equation; finite element method; parallel algorithms; centroidal Voronoi-Delaunay meshes; resolution mesh; computational experiments PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{H. Zhang} et al., Numer. Math., Theory Methods Appl. 4, No. 3, 396--418 (2011; Zbl 1265.76046) Full Text: DOI Link