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We propose a new discretization method for PDEs on moving domains in the setting of unfitted finite element methods, which is provably higher-order accurate in space and time. In the considered setting, the physical domain that evolves…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-02-18 Yimin Lou , Christoph Lehrenfeld

In this paper we consider a class of fictitious domain finite element methods known from the literature. These methods use standard finite element spaces on a fixed unfitted triangulation combined with the Nitsche technique and a ghost…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-07-05 Sven Gross , Arnold Reusken

We consider the discretization of a stationary Stokes interface problem in a velocity-pressure formulation. The interface is described implicitly as the zero level of a scalar function as it is common in level set based methods. Hence, the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-05-16 Philip Lederer , Carl-Martin Pfeiler , Christoph Wintersteiger , Christoph Lehrenfeld

We present a cut finite element method for the heat equation on two overlapping meshes: a stationary background mesh and an overlapping mesh that evolves inside/"on top" of it. Here the overlapping mesh is prescribed a simple discontinuous…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-03-02 Mats G. Larson , Carl Lundholm

We introduce an $hp$-version discontinuous Galerkin finite element method (DGFEM) for the linear Boltzmann transport problem. A key feature of this new method is that, while offering arbitrary order convergence rates, it may be implemented…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-07-18 Paul Houston , Matthew E. Hubbard , Thomas J. Radley , Oliver J. Sutton , Richard S. J. Widdowson

Variational time discretization schemes are getting of increasing importance for the accurate numerical approximation of transient phenomena. The applicability and value of mixed finite element methods (MFEM) in space for simulating…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-12-06 Markus Bause , Florin A. Radu , Uwe Köcher

We introduce an unfitted Nitsche finite element method with a new ghost-penalty stabilization based on local projection of the solution gradient. The proposed ghost-penalty operator is straightforward to implement, ensures algebraic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Maxim Olshanskii , Jan-Phillip Bäcker , Dmitri Kuzmin

This paper presents an adaptive strategy for phase-field simulations with transition to fracture. The phase-field equations are solved only in small subdomains around crack tips to determine propagation, while an XFEM discretization is used…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2020-07-28 Alba Muixí , Onofre Marco , Antonio Rodríguez-Ferran , Sonia Fernández-Méndez

Accurately depicting multiphysics interactions in interfacial systems requires computational frameworks capable of reconciling geometric adaptability with strict conservation fidelity. However, traditional spatiotemporal discretisation…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-11-18 Suhaib Ardah , Francisco J. Profito , Daniele Dini

The numerical solution of time-dependent radiative transfer problems is challenging, both, due to the high dimension as well as the anisotropic structure of the underlying integro-partial differential equation. In this paper we propose a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-12-04 Herbert Egger , Matthias Schlottbom

In this paper, we propose new geometrically unfitted space-time Finite Element methods for partial differential equations posed on moving domains of higher order accuracy in space and time. As a model problem, the convection-diffusion…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-05-09 Fabian Heimann , Christoph Lehrenfeld , Janosch Preuß

We present a multigrid method for an unfitted finite element discretization of the Dirichlet boundary value problem. The discretization employs Nitsche's method to implement the boundary condition and additional face based ghost penalties…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-18 Cu Cui , Guido Kanschat

The focus of this contribution is the numerical treatment of interface coupled problems concerning the interaction of incompressible fluid flow and permeable, elastic structures. The main emphasis is on extending the range of applicability…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2019-05-01 Christoph Ager , Benedikt Schott , Magnus Winter , Wolfgang A. Wall

In this work, we extend the meshfree generalized multiscale exponential integration framework introduced in Nikiforov et al. (2025) to the simulation of three-dimensional advection--diffusion problems in heterogeneous and high-contrast…

This paper analyzes an interface-unfitted numerical method for distributed optimal control problems governed by elliptic interface equations. We follow the variational discretization concept to discretize the optimal control problems, and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-05 Tao Wang , Chaochao Yang , Xiaoping Xie

We study solution techniques for an evolution equation involving second order derivative in time and the spectral fractional powers, of order $s \in (0,1)$, of symmetric, coercive, linear, elliptic, second-order operators in bounded domains…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-06-18 Lehel Banjai , Enrique Otarola

Time discretization along with space discretization is important in the numerical simulation of subsurface flow applications for long run. In this paper, we derive theoretical convergence error estimates in discrete-time setting for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-03-04 Yerlan Amanbek , Mary Wheeler

This work is concerned with the analysis of a space-time finite element discontinuous Galerkin method on polytopal meshes (XT-PolydG) for the numerical discretization of wave propagation in coupled poroelastic-elastic media. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-12-05 Paola F. Antonietti , Michele Botti , Ilario Mazzieri

We consider flux-corrected finite element discretizations of 3D convection-dominated transport problems and assess the computational efficiency of algorithms based on such approximations. The methods under investigation include…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-15 Abhinav Jha , Ondřej Pártl , Naveed Ahmed , Dmitri Kuzmin

In this work a solver for instationary two-phase flows on the basis of the extended Discontinuous Galerkin (extended DG/XDG) method is presented. The XDG method adapts the approximation space conformal to the position of the interface. This…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-10-19 Martin Smuda , Florian Kummer