Abstract:
Multifrontal block incomplete LU preconditioner is an incomplete decomposition preconditioner technology for large complex unsymmetric linear generalized eigenvalue problems (GEPs). Where the GEPs are formed by the 3D finite-element eigenvalue analysis of traveling-wave tubes’ lossy slow-wave structures (SWSs). By utilizing “improved multifrontal method” and “new block algorithm for incomplete decomposition”, the multifrontal block incomplete LU preconditioner become more efficient. Simulation experiments shown that the high-frequency parameters of SWSs can be obtained quickly and with low memory requirement. This is very important for the modeling of high efficient SWSs.