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This article initiates the study of space-time adaptive mesh refinements for time-dependent boundary element formulations of wave equations. Based on error indicators of residual type, we formulate an adaptive boundary element procedure for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-07 Alessandra Aimi , Giulia Di Credico , Heiko Gimperlein , Chiara Guardasoni

This study presents an efficient and accurate discrete adjoint gas-kinetic scheme (GKS) for sensitivity analysis and aerodynamic shape optimization in continuum flow regimes. Developed using the backward mode of algorithmic differentiation…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-04-17 Hangkong Wu , Yuze Zhu , Yajun Zhu , Kun Xu

Numerical simulations of two-phase flow and fluid structure interaction problems are of great interest in many environmental problems and engineering applications. To capture the complex physical processes involved in these problems, a high…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-06-02 Yadong Zeng

In this paper we present a fourth-order in space and time block-structured adaptive mesh refinement algorithm for the compressible multicomponent reacting Navier-Stokes equations. The algorithm uses a finite volume approach that…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-02-15 Matthew Emmett , Emmanuel Motheau , Weiqun Zhang , Michael Minion , John B. Bell

Multiphase flows are an important class of fluid flow and their study facilitates the development of diverse applications in industrial, natural, and biomedical systems. We consider a model that uses a continuum description of both phases…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-08-04 Bindi M. Nagda , Aaron Barrett , Boyce E. Griffith , Aaron L. Fogelson , Jian Du

The problem of the resolution of turbulent flows in adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) simulations is investigated by means of 3D hydrodynamical simulations in an idealised setup, representing a moving subcluster during a merger event. AMR…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 L. Iapichino , J. Adamek , W. Schmidt , J. C. Niemeyer

The use of adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) techniques is crucial for accurate and efficient simulation of higher dimensional spacetimes. In this work we develop an adaptive algorithm tailored to the integration of finite difference…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Frans Pretorius , Luis Lehner

Surface matching usually provides significant deformations that can lead to structural failure due to the lack of physical policy. In this context, partial surface matching of non-linear deformable bodies is crucial in engineering to govern…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-03-17 Alban Odot , Guillaume Mestdagh , Yannick Privat , Stéphane Cotin

We consider problems related to initial meshing and adaptive mesh refinement for the electromagnetic simulation of various structures. The quality of the initial mesh and the performance of the adaptive refinement are of great importance…

Simulating space plasma in a global scale is computationally demanding. Modeling different regions with different resolution can save computational resources without compromising too much on simulation accuracy. This thesis examines…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-11-15 Leo Kotipalo

Seismic inversion and imaging are adjoint-based optimization problems that process up to terabytes of data, regularly exceeding the memory capacity of available computers. Data compression is an effective strategy to reduce this memory…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2021-09-21 Navjot Kukreja , Jan Hueckelheim , Mathias Louboutin , Fabio Luporini , Paul Hovland , Gerard Gorman

We present an adaptive methodology for the solution of (linear and) non-linear time dependent problems that is especially tailored for massively parallel computations. The basic concept is to solve for large blocks of space-time unknowns…

Computational Physics · Physics 2016-08-30 Robert Dyja , Baskar Ganapathysubramanian , Kristoffer G. van der Zee

It is well known that the quasi-optimality of the Galerkin finite element method for the Helmholtz equation is dependent on the mesh size and the wave-number. In the literature, different criteria have been proposed to ensure uniform…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-31 Tim van Beeck , Umberto Zerbinati

We develop an adjoint approach for recovering the topographical function included in the source term of one-dimensional hyperbolic balance laws. We focus on a specific system, namely the shallow water equations, in an effort to recover the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-06 Jolene Britton , Yat Tin Chow , Weitao Chen , Yulong Xing

We have developed a new computer code, RELDAFNA, to solve the conservative equations of special relativistic hydrodynamics (SRHD) using adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) on parallel computers. We have implemented a characteristic-wise, finite…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-05 Ygal Y. Klein

An adaptive mesh refinement and error estimation method for numerically solving optimal control problems is developed using Legendre-Gauss-Radau direct collocation. In regions of the solution where the desired accuracy tolerance has not…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-10-11 George V. Haman , Anil V. Rao

Algorithms that promise to leverage resources of quantum computers efficiently to accelerate the finite element method have emerged. However, the finite element method is usually incorporated into a high-level numerical scheme which allows…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-03 Elise Fressart , Michel Nowak , Nicole Spillane

Adaptive meshing is a fundamental component of adaptive finite element methods. This includes refining and coarsening meshes locally. In this work, we are concerned with the red-green-blue refinement strategy in two dimensions and its…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-10-13 Stefan A. Funken , Anja Schmidt

Recent scientific studies have suggested that, in certain physical configurations, the time-dependent behavior of earthquake rupture and seafloor (bathymetry) motion can leave observable near-field signatures in tsunami wave generation and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-29 Thomas Melkior , Harsha S Bhat , Faisal Amlani

Underwater image enhancement has become an attractive topic as a significant technology in marine engineering and aquatic robotics. However, the limited number of datasets and imperfect hand-crafted ground truth weaken its robustness to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-11-22 Di Wang , Long Ma , Risheng Liu , Xin Fan