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The paper introduces a new finite element numerical method for the solution of partial differential equations on evolving domains. The approach uses a completely Eulerian description of the domain motion. The physical domain is embedded in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-08-03 Christoph Lehrenfeld , Maxim A. Olshanskii

Level set-based immersed boundary techniques operate on nonconforming meshes while providing a crisp definition of interface and external boundaries. In such techniques, an isocontour of a level set field interpolated from nodal level set…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2020-07-15 Jorge L. Barrera , Kurt Maute

We present an elastic simulator for domains defined as evolving implicit functions, which is efficient, robust, and differentiable with respect to both shape and material. This simulator is motivated by applications in 3D reconstruction: it…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-04-09 Gilles Daviet , Tianchang Shen , Nicholas Sharp , David I. W. Levin

A new concept for the higher-order accurate approximation of partial differential equations on manifolds is proposed where a surface mesh composed by higher-order elements is automatically generated based on level-set data. Thereby, it…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2017-10-11 T. P. Fries , D. Schöllhammer

Digital terrain models (DTMs) are pivotal in remote sensing, cartography, and landscape management, requiring accurate surface representation and topological information restoration. While topology analysis traditionally relies on smooth…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-06-04 Haoan Feng , Xin Xu , Leila De Floriani

This work presents a reduced order modelling technique built on a high fidelity embedded mesh finite element method. Such methods, and in particular the CutFEM method, are attractive in the generation of projection-based reduced order…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-08-08 Efthymios N. Karatzas , Francesco Ballarin , Gianluigi Rozza

Embedded, or immersed, approaches have the goal of reducing to the minimum the computational costs associated with the generation of body-fitted meshes by only employing fixed, possibly Cartesian, meshes over which complex boundaries can…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-28 Mirco Ciallella

Meshing of geometric domains having curved boundaries by affine simplices produces a polytopial approximation of those domains. The resulting error in the representation of the domain limits the accuracy of finite element methods based on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-02-09 James Cheung , Mauro Perego , Pavel Bochev , Max Gunzburger

Partition of unity methods, such as the extended finite element method (XFEM) allow discontinuities to be simulated independently of the mesh [1]. This eliminates the need for the mesh to be aligned with the discontinuity or cumbersome…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-07-26 Sundararajan Natarajan , D. Roy Mahapatra , Stephane PA Bordas

Since the 1960's the finite element method emerged as a powerful tool for the numerical simulation of countless physical phenomena or processes in applied sciences. One of the reasons for this undeniable success is the great versatility of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-12-05 Vitoriano Ruas

Geometric integration theory can be employed when numerically solving ODEs or PDEs with constraints. In this paper, we present several one-step algorithms of various orders for ODEs on a collection of spheres. To demonstrate the versatility…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-12-05 Debra Lewis , Nilima Nigam

Topology optimization is a valuable tool in engineering, facilitating the design of optimized structures. However, topological changes often require a remeshing step, which can become challenging. In this work, we propose an isogeometric…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-01 Guilherme Henrique Teixeira , Nepomuk Krenn , Peter Gangl , Benjamin Marussig

We develop and test high-order methods for integration on surface point clouds. The task of integrating a function on a surface arises in a range of applications in engineering and the sciences, particularly those involving various integral…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-12 Daniel R. Venn , Steven J. Ruuth

A mechanical model and numerical method for structural membranes implied by all isosurfaces of a level-set function in a three-dimensional bulk domain are proposed. The mechanical model covers large displacements in the context of the…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2023-08-02 Thomas-Peter Fries , Michael W. Kaiser

The use of multigrid and related preconditioners with the finite element method is often limited by the difficulty of applying the algorithm effectively to a problem, especially when the domain has a complex shape or adaptive refinement. We…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2015-03-19 Peter R. Brune , Matthew G. Knepley , L. Ridgway Scott

This paper proposes a computational methodology for the integration of Computer Aided Design (CAD) and the Finite Cell Method (FCM) for models with "dirty geometries". FCM, being a fictitious domain approach based on higher order finite…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2019-05-01 Benjamin Wassermann , Stefan Kollmannsberger , Shuohui Yin , László Kudela , Ernst Rank

We consider a discontinuous Galerkin method for the numerical solution of boundary value problems in two-dimensional domains with curved boundaries. A key challenge in this setting is the potential loss of convergence order due to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-16 Adérito Araújo , Milene Santos

This work addresses the accurate and efficient simulation of physical phenomena governed by parametric Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) characterized by varying boundary conditions, where parametric instances modify not only the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-10 Francesco Della Santa , Sandra Pieraccini , Maria Strazzullo

Many surface reconstruction methods incorporate normal integration, which is a process to obtain a depth map from surface gradients. In this process, the input may represent a surface with discontinuities, e.g., due to self-occlusion. To…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-05 Hyomin Kim , Yucheol Jung , Seungyong Lee

We present a numerical analysis of a higher order unfitted space-time Finite Element method applied to a convection-diffusion model problem posed on a moving bulk domain. The method uses isoparametric space-time mappings for the geometry…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-11 Fabian Heimann , Christoph Lehrenfeld , Janosch Preuß