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A method for automatic computation of parameter derivatives of numerically computed light scattering signals is demonstrated. The finite-element based method is validated in a numerical convergence study, and it is applied to investigate…
Unfitted finite element techniques are valuable tools in different applications where the generation of body-fitted meshes is difficult. However, these techniques are prone to severe ill conditioning problems that obstruct the efficient use…
We propose a new method to design adaptation algorithms that guarantee a certain prescribed level of performance and are applicable to systems with nonconvex parameterization. The main idea behind the method is, given the desired…
A finite element approach for approximating the solution of a mathematical model for the response of a penetrable, bounded object (obstacle) to the excitation by an external electromagnetic field is presented and investigated. The model…
We present an efficient approach of Finite Element Method (FEM)-based nonrigid image registration, in which the spatial transformation is constructed using truncated hierarchical B-splines (THB-splines). The image registration framework…
The conformal formulation of the Einstein constraint equations is first reviewed, and we then consider the design, analysis, and implementation of adaptive multilevel finite element-type numerical methods for the resulting coupled nonlinear…
In this article we study adaptive finite element methods (AFEM) with inexact solvers for a class of semilinear elliptic interface problems. We are particularly interested in nonlinear problems with discontinuous diffusion coefficients, such…
We present a finite element method (FEM) solver for computation of optical resonance modes in VCSELs. We perform a convergence study and demonstrate that high accuracies for 3D setups can be attained on standard computers. We also…
In this paper, we present a new polygonal finite element method, called the Zipped Finite Element Method, for star-shaped polygons. The proposed approach constructs high-order shape functions as linear combinations of standard finite…
This research rigorously investigates the convergence of adaptive finite element methods for regularized variational models of quasi-static brittle fracture in elastic solids. We specifically examine a novel Ambrosio-Tortorelli (AT1)…
We propose and analyze an adaptive finite element method for a phase-field model of dynamic brittle fracture. The model couples a second-order hyperbolic equation for elastodynamics with the Ambrosio-Tortorelli regularization of the…
Mixed atomistic and continuum methods offer the possibility of carrying out simulations of material properties at both larger length scales and longer times than direct atomistic calculations. The quasi-continuum method links atomistic and…
In this work, we investigate the numerical reconstruction of inclusions in a semilinear elliptic equation arising in the mathematical modeling of cardiac ischemia. We propose an adaptive finite element method for the resulting constrained…
In this work, we derive a reliable and efficient residual-typed error estimator for the finite element approximation of a 2d cathodic protection problem governed by a steady-state diffusion equation with a nonlinear boundary condition. We…
We investigate nonlinear one- and two-dimensional photonic crystals by applying a finite element-iterative method.Numerical results show the essential influence of nonlinear elements embedded into a quarter-wave stack and the sharp photonic…
We devise an a posteriori error estimator for an affine optimal control problem subject to a semilinear elliptic PDE and control constraints. To approximate the problem, we consider a semidiscrete scheme based on the variational…
Phase transition problems on curved surfaces can lead to a panopticon of fascinating patterns. In this paper we consider finite element approximations of phase field models with a spatially inhomogeneous and anisotropic surface energy…
We consider the reliable implementation of an adaptive high-order unfitted finite element method on Cartesian meshes for solving elliptic interface problems with geometrically curved singularities. We extend our previous work on the…
Finite element model updating of a structure made of linear elastic materials is based on the solution of a minimization problem. The goal is to find some unknown parameters of the finite element model (elastic moduli, mass densities,…
A novel method for performing model updating on finite element models is presented. The approach is particularly tailored to modal analyses of buildings, by which the lowest frequencies, obtained by using sensors and system identification…