LinearSolversApplication

The LinearSolversApplication is a thin wrapper for the Eigen linear algebra library.

Direct sparse solvers

The application provides the following direct sparse solvers:

*SPD = Symmetric Positive Definite

Example:

{
    "solver_type": "eigen_sparse_lu"
}

Direct dense solvers

The application provides the following direct solvers for dense systems of equations:

*SPD = Symmetric Positive Definite

**Can also be used to solve equation systems with multiple right hand sides.

Generalized eigensystem solvers

The application provides the following generalized eigensystem Ax=λBx solver for sparse matrices.

*SPD = Symmetric Positive Definite **A special version for symmetric matrices can be triggered in the solver settings.

EigensystemSolver and SpectraSymGEigsShiftSolver compute the smallest eigenvalues and corresponding eigenvectors of the system. MKL routines are used automatically if they are available.

SpectraSymGEigsShiftSolver interfaces a solver from the Spectra library, and has a shift mode that can be used to compute the smallest eigenvalues > shift.

Example:

{
    "solver_type": "spectra_sym_g_eigs_shift",
    "number_of_eigenvalues": 3,
    "max_iteration": 1000,
    "echo_level": 1
}

If the application is compiled with MKL, FEAST 4.0 can be used to solve the generalized eigenvalue problem for real and complex systems (symmetric or unsymmetric). The cmake switch USE_EIGEN_FEAST must be set to ON with

-DUSE_EIGEN_FEAST=ON \

Example:

{
    "solver_type": "feast",
    "symmetric": true,
    "number_of_eigenvalues": 3,
    "search_lowest_eigenvalues": true,
    "e_min" : 0.0,
    "e_max" : 0.2
}

Build instructions

1. Set the required definitions for cmake

   As any other app:

   Windows: in configure.bat

   set KRATOS_APPLICATIONS=%KRATOS_APPLICATIONS%%KRATOS_APP_DIR%\LinearSolversApplication;
   

   Linux: in configure.sh

   add_app ${KRATOS_APP_DIR}/LinearSolversApplication
   

2. Build Kratos

3. Setup the ProjectParameters.json

   "linear_solver_settings": {
       "solver_type" : "LinearSolversApplication.sparse_lu"
   }
   

4. Run the simulation

Enable MKL (optional)

In case you have installed MKL (see below), you can also use the Pardiso solvers.

1. Run the MKL setup script before building Kratos:

   Windows:

   call "C:\Program Files (x86)\IntelSWTools\compilers_and_libraries\windows\mkl\bin\mklvars.bat" intel64 lp64
   

   Linux:

   source /opt/intel/mkl/bin/mklvars.sh intel64 lp64
   

2. Add the following flag to CMake to your configure script:

   Windows:

   -DUSE_EIGEN_MKL=ON ^
   

   Linux:

   -DUSE_EIGEN_MKL=ON \
   

3. Build Kratos

4. Usage:

   Windows:

   Copy the required MKL libraries to the Kratos lib

   C:\Program Files (x86)\IntelSWTools\compilers_and_libraries\windows\redist\intel64_win\mkl\mkl_core.dll
   C:\Program Files (x86)\IntelSWTools\compilers_and_libraries\windows\redist\intel64_win\mkl\mkl_rt.dll
   C:\Program Files (x86)\IntelSWTools\compilers_and_libraries\windows\redist\intel64_win\mkl\mkl_intel_thread.dll
   C:\Program Files (x86)\IntelSWTools\compilers_and_libraries\windows\redist\intel64_win\mkl\mkl_def.dll
   C:\Program Files (x86)\IntelSWTools\compilers_and_libraries\windows\redist\intel64_win\compiler\libiomp5md.dll
   

   or add the folders to your PATH/LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable.

   Linux:

   Set the environment before using MKL

   source /opt/intel/mkl/bin/mklvars.sh intel64 lp64
   

Install MKL on Ubuntu with apt

Intel MKL can be installed with apt on Ubuntu. A guide can be found in https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/installing-intel-free-libs-and-python-apt-repo. For example to install the MKL 2020 version

sudo bash
# <type your user password when prompted.  this will put you in a root shell>
# cd to /tmp where this shell has write permission
cd /tmp
# now get the key:
wget https://apt.repos.intel.com/intel-gpg-keys/GPG-PUB-KEY-INTEL-SW-PRODUCTS-2019.PUB
# now install that key
apt-key add GPG-PUB-KEY-INTEL-SW-PRODUCTS-2019.PUB
# now remove the public key file exit the root shell
rm GPG-PUB-KEY-INTEL-SW-PRODUCTS-2019.PUB
# add the repository for mkl only (other packages are not needed here)
sh -c 'echo deb https://apt.repos.intel.com/mkl all main > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/intel-mkl.list'
apt-get update -y
# install specific version of intel-mkl
apt-get install -y intel-mkl-2020.0-088
exit

To enable the MKL environment (needs to be done before build/run) use

source /opt/intel/mkl/bin/mklvars.sh intel64 lp64