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We present and analyze two stabilized finite element methods for solving numerically the Poisson--Nernst--Planck equations. The stabilization we consider is carried out by using a shock detector and a discrete graph Laplacian operator for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-24 Jesús Bonilla , Juan Vicente Gutiérrez-Santacreu

Newton's method may exhibit slower convergence than vanilla Gradient Descent in its initial phase on strongly convex problems. Classical Newton-type multilevel methods mitigate this but, like Gradient Descent, achieve only linear…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-25 Nick Tsipinakis , Panos Parpas , Matthias Voigt

Newton's method may exhibit slower convergence than vanilla Gradient Descent in its initial phase on strongly convex problems. Classical Newton-type multilevel methods mitigate this but, like Gradient Descent, achieve only linear…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-05 Nick Tsipinakis , Panagiotis Tigkas , Panos Parpas

A class of evolution quasistatic systems which leads, after a suitable time discretization, to recursive nonlinear programs, is considered and optimal control or identification problems governed by such systems are investigated. The…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-11-19 L. Adam , J. V. Outrata , T. Roubicek

In this paper, we propose a novel iterative multiscale framework for solving high-contrast contact problems of Signorini type. The method integrates the constrained energy minimizing generalized multiscale finite element method (CEM-GMsFEM)…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-28 Zishang Li , Changqing Ye , Eric T. Chung

In this paper, we consider unilateral contact problem without friction between a rigid body and deformable one in the framework of isogeometric analysis. We present the theoretical analysis of the mixed problem using an active-set strategy…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-02-07 Pablo Antolin , Annalisa Buffa , Mathieu Fabre

In this work, we revisit a classical incremental implementation of the primal-descent dual-ascent gradient method used for the solution of equality constrained optimization problems. We provide a short proof that establishes the linear…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-01-17 Sulaiman A. Alghunaim , Ali H. Sayed

In this work we develop a discretisation method for the Brinkman problem that is uniformly well-behaved in all regimes (as identified by a local dimensionless number with the meaning of a friction coefficient) and supports general meshes as…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-03-22 Daniele A. Di Pietro , Jérôme Droniou

Nonlinear systems of partial differential equations (PDEs) may permit several distinct solutions. The typical current approach to finding distinct solutions is to start Newton's method with many different initial guesses, hoping to find…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-07-03 Patrick E. Farrell , Ásgeir Birkisson , Simon W. Funke

Dynamics simulation with frictional contacts is important for a wide range of applications, from cloth simulation to object manipulation. Recent methods using smoothed lagged friction forces have enabled robust and differentiable simulation…

Graphics · Computer Science 2024-08-01 Egor Larionov , Andreas Longva , Uri M. Ascher , Jan Bender , Dinesh K. Pai

In this paper, we put forth distributed algorithms for solving loosely coupled unconstrained and constrained optimization problems. Such problems are usually solved using algorithms that are based on a combination of decomposition and first…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-12-20 Sina Khoshfetrat Pakazad , Anders Hansson , Martin S. Andersen

We develop a decomposition method based on the augmented Lagrangian framework to solve a broad family of semidefinite programming problems, possibly with nonlinear objective functions, nonsmooth regularization, and general linear…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-03-08 Yifei Wang , Kangkang Deng , Haoyang Liu , Zaiwen Wen

This paper introduces BFEMP, a new approach for monolithically coupling the Material Point Method (MPM) with the Finite Element Method (FEM) through barrier energy-based particle-mesh frictional contact using a variational time-stepping…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-02-02 Xuan Li , Yu Fang , Minchen Li , Chenfanfu Jiang

Simulation of contact and friction dynamics is an important basis for control- and learning-based algorithms. However, the numerical difficulties of contact interactions pose a challenge for robust and efficient simulators. A…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-09-16 Jan Brüdigam , Jana Janeva , Stefan Sosnowski , Sandra Hirche

This paper develops numerical methods for optimal control of mechanical systems in the Lagrangian setting. It extends the theory of discrete mechanics to enable the solutions of optimal control problems through the discretization of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-06-04 Fernando Jimenez , Marin Kobilarov , David Martin de Diego

We introduce an inertial quasi-Newton Forward-Backward Splitting Algorithm to solve a class of monotone inclusion problems. While the inertial step is computationally cheap, in general, the bottleneck is the evaluation of the resolvent…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-18 Shida Wang , Jalal Fadili , Peter Ochs

This paper features and elaborates recent developments and modifications in asymptotic techniques in solving differential equation in non linear dynamics. These methods are proved to be powerful to solve weakly as well as strongly non…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-08-17 R. Dutta

This work investigates a dynamical system functioning as a nonsmooth adaptation of the continuous Newton method, aimed at minimizing the sum of a primal lower-regular and a locally Lipschitz function, both potentially nonsmooth. The…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-12-10 Juan Guillermo Garrido , Pedro Pérez-Aros , Emilio Vilches

The noise generated by the friction of two rough surfaces under weak contact pressure is usually called roughness noise. The underlying vibration which produces the noise stems from numerous instantaneous shocks (in the microsecond range)…

Classical Physics · Physics 2013-10-22 Viet Hung Dang , Joël Perret-Liaudet , Julien Scheibert , Alain Le Bot

In this paper, we consider a dynamic viscoelastic contact problem with friction and wear, and describe it as a system of nonlinear partial differential equations. We formulate the previous problem as a hyperbolic quasi-variational…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-10-10 Tao Chen , Nan-jing Huang , Yi-bin Xiao