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The increasing complexity and scale of photonic and electromagnetic devices demand efficient and accurate numerical solvers. In this work, we develop a parallel overlapping domain decomposition method (DDM) based on the finite-difference…

Optics · Physics 2025-09-26 Zhanwen Wang , Chengnian Huang , Wangtao Lu , Yuntian Chen , Wei E. I. Sha

We propose an algorithm for the computational homogenization of locally periodic hyperelastic structures undergoing large deformations due to external quasi-static loading. The algorithm performs clustering of macroscopic deformations into…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-26 Vladimír Lukeš , Eduard Rohan

Numerical simulation of nonlinear elastic wave propagation in solids with cracks is indispensable for decoding the complicated mechanisms associated with the nonlinear ultrasonic techniques in Non-Destructive Testing (NDT). Here, we…

Geophysics · Physics 2019-07-31 Ke Gao , Esteban Rougier , Robert Guyer , Zhou Lei , Paul A. Johnson

The phase-field model (PFM) represents the crack geometry in a diffusive way without introducing sharp discontinuities. This feature enables PFM to effectively model crack propagation compared with numerical methods based on discrete crack…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2019-02-18 Shuwei Zhou , Timon Rabczuk , Xiaoying Zhuang

We present a fully implicit formulation of coupled fluid flow and geomechanics for fluid injection/withdrawal in fractured reservoirs in the context of CO2storage. Utilizing a Galerkin finite-element approach, both flow and poroelasticity…

This paper investigates finite-element modeling of a vertically damped free-standing rocking column. The paper first derives the nonlinear equation of motion for the coupled system and then compares the analytical solution with…

Applied Physics · Physics 2022-06-29 Mehrdad Aghagholizadeh

Self-sensing conductive composites can reveal deformation and damage through measurable changes in electrical resistance, which makes them attractive for embedded diagnostics and learning-enabled structural health monitoring. This paper…

Computational Physics · Physics 2026-04-07 Aamir Dean , Betim Bahtiri

We developed a 3-D elastic Boundary Element Method (BEM) computer code, called AstroSeis, to model seismic wavefields in a body with an arbitrary shape, such as an asteroid. Besides the AstroSeis can handle arbitrary surface topography, it…

Geophysics · Physics 2020-07-03 Yuan Tian , Yingcai Zheng

The discrete fracture model (DFM) has been widely used in the simulation of fluid flow in fractured porous media. Traditional DFM uses the so-called hybrid-dimensional approach to treat fractures explicitly as low-dimensional entries (e.g.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-02-01 Ziyao Xu , Yang Yang

Scalable and efficient numerical simulations continue to gain importance, as computation is firmly established as the third pillar of discovery, alongside theory and experiment. Meanwhile, the performance of computing hardware grows through…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-06-26 Pietro Incardona , Antonio Leo , Yaroslav Zaluzhnyi , Rajesh Ramaswamy , Ivo F. Sbalzarini

Hot-rolling is a metal forming process that produces a workpiece with a desired target cross-section from an input workpiece through a sequence of plastic deformations; each deformation is generated by a stand composed of opposing rolls…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2020-07-30 R. Omar Chavez-Garcia , Emian Furger , Samuele Kronauer , Christian Brianza , Marco Scarfò , Luca Diviani , Alessandro Giusti

We present an implicit, fully-coupled hydro-mechanical solver for the three dimensional simulation of fluid-driven rupture propagation along existing discontinuities. The solver handles simultaneously frictional slip (shear failure) and…

This paper introduces DEM-Engine, a new submodule of Project Chrono, that is designed to carry out Discrete Element Method (DEM) simulations. Based on spherical primitive shapes, DEM-Engine can simulate polydisperse granular materials and…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2023-11-10 Ruochun Zhang , Bonaventura Tagliafierro , Colin Vanden Heuvel , Shlok Sabarwal , Luning Bakke , Yulong Yue , Xin Wei , Radu Serban , Dan Negrut

Soft porous materials, such as biological tissues and soils, are exposed to periodic deformations in a variety of natural and industrial contexts. The detailed flow and mechanics of these deformations have not yet been systematically…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-06-30 Matilde Fiori , Satyajit Pramanik , Christopher W. MacMinn

The accurate and efficient prediction of crack propagation in dielectric materials is a critical challenge in structural health monitoring and the design of smart systems. This work presents a hybrid modeling framework that combines an…

Computational Physics · Physics 2026-02-03 Aamir Dean , Jaykumar Mavani , Betim Bahtiri , Behrouz Arash , Raimund Rolfes

Fracture is a ubiquitous phenomenon in most composite engineering structures, and is often the responsible mechanism for catastrophic failure. Over the past several decades, many approaches have emerged to model and predict crack failure.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-06-06 Vinamra Agrawal , Brandon Runnels

Full-wave 3D electromagnetic simulations of complex planar devices, multilayer interconnects, and chip packages are presented for wide-band frequency-domain analysis using the finite difference integration technique developed in the PETSc…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2017-05-25 Amir Geranmayeh

This article introduces a benchmark application for seismic modeling using finite difference method, which is namedMiniMod, a mini application for seismic modeling. The purpose is to provide a benchmark suite that is, on one hand easy to…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-07-14 Jie Meng , Andreas Atle , Henri Calandra , Mauricio Araya-Polo

Fast, scalable decoding architectures that operate in a block-wise parallel fashion across space and time are essential for real-time fault-tolerant quantum computing. We introduce a scalable AI-based pre-decoder for the surface code that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-15 Christopher Chamberland , Jan Olle , Muyuan Li , Scott Thornton , Igor Baratta

A micropolar cohesive damage model for delamination of composites is proposed. The main idea is to embed micropolarity, which brings an additional layer of kinematics through the micro-rotation degrees of freedom within a continuum model to…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-04-28 Md. M Rahaman , S P Deepu , D Roy , J N Reddy