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An important step in shape optimization with partial differential equation constraints is to adapt the geometry during each optimization iteration. Common strategies are to employ mesh-deformation or re-meshing, where one or the other…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-06-27 Jorgen S. Dokken , Simon W. Funke , August Johansson , Stephan Schmidt

In this paper, we present a new numerical method for determining the numerical solution of interface problems to optimal accuracy with respect to the polynomial order of the Lagrangian finite element space on polytopial meshes. We introduce…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-03-13 Pavel Bochev , James Cheung , Max Gunzburger , Mauro Perego

With the development of multi-layer elastic systems in the field of engineering mechanics, the corresponding variational inequality theory and algorithm design have received more attention and research. In this study, a class of equivalent…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-09-11 Zhizhuo Zhang , Mikaël Barboteu , Xiaobing Nie , Serge Dumont , Mahmoud Abdel-Aty , Jinde Cao

In this paper we present a new GPU-oriented mesh optimization method based on high-order finite elements. Our approach relies on node movement with fixed topology, through the Target-Matrix Optimization Paradigm (TMOP) and uses a global…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2022-12-28 Jean-Sylvain Camier , Veselin Dobrev , Patrick Knupp , Tzanio Kolev , Ketan Mittal , Robert Rieben , Vladimir Tomov

We propose in this paper a multilevel correction method to solve optimal control problems constrained by elliptic equations with the finite element method. In this scheme, solving optimization problem on the finest finite element space is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-08-31 Wei Gong , Hehu Xie , Ningning Yan

In this paper, a stabilized extended finite element method is proposed for Stokes interface problems on unfitted triangulation elements which do not require the interface align with the triangulation. The velocity solution and pressure…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-01-19 Xiaoxiao He , Fei Song , Weibing Deng

Second order accurate Cartesian grid methods have been well developed for interface problems in the literature. However, it is challenging to develop third or higher order accurate methods for problems with curved interfaces and internal…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-06-14 Zhilin Li , Kejia Pan , Juan Ruiz

We present a Trefftz-type finite element method on meshes consisting of curvilinear polygons. Local basis functions are computed using integral equation techniques that allow for the efficient and accurate evaluation of quantities needed in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-01-28 Akash Anand , Jeffrey S. Ovall , Samuel Reynolds , Steffen Weißer

We propose a new approach for controlling the characteristics of certain mesh faces during optimization of high-order curved meshes. The practical goals are tangential relaxation along initially aligned curved boundaries and internal…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-05-27 Patrick Knupp , Tzanio Kolev , Ketan Mittal , Vladimir Z. Tomov

A new higher-order accurate method is proposed that combines the advantages of the classical $p$-version of the FEM on body-fitted meshes with embedded domain methods. A background mesh composed by higher-order Lagrange elements is used.…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2016-04-04 Samir Omerović , Thomas-Peter Fries

We describe a framework for controlling and improving the quality of high-order finite element meshes based on extensions of the Target-Matrix Optimization Paradigm (TMOP) of Knupp. This approach allows high-order applications to have a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-07-27 Veselin Dobrev , Patrick Knupp , Tzanio Kolev , Ketan Mittal , Vladimir Tomov

In this paper, we propose and analyze the least squares finite element methods for the linear elasticity interface problem in the stress-displacement system on unfitted meshes. We consider the cases that the interface is $C^2$ or polygonal,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-06-16 Fanyi Yang

This paper presents a method for the optimization of multi-component structures comprised of two and three materials considering large motion sliding contact and separation along interfaces. The structural geometry is defined by an explicit…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-01-24 Matthew Lawry , Kurt Maute

The present work proposes an extension of the third medium contact method for solving structural topology optimization problems that involve and exploit self-contact. A new regularization of the void region, which acts as the contact…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2021-03-15 Gore Lukas Bluhm , Ole Sigmund , Konstantinos Poulios

This paper presents a lowest-order immersed Raviart-Thomas mixed triangular finite element method for solving elliptic interface problems on unfitted meshes independent of the interface. In order to achieve the optimal convergence rates on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-05-10 Haifeng Ji

We summarise three applications of the obstacle problem to membrane contact, elastoplastic torsion and cavitation modelling, and show how the resulting models can be solved using mixed finite elements. It is challenging to construct fixed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-28 Tom Gustafsson

This paper presents and analyzes an immersed finite element (IFE) method for solving Stokes interface problems with a piecewise constant viscosity coefficient that has a jump across the interface. In the method, the triangulation does not…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-24 Haifeng Ji , Feng Wang , Jinru Chen , Zhilin Li

We propose a method that morphs high-orger meshes such that their boundaries and interfaces coincide/align with implicitly defined geometries. Our focus is particularly on the case when the target surface is prescribed as the zero…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2023-02-17 Jorge-Luis Barrera , Tzanio Kolev , Ketan Mittal , Vladimir Tomov

In the context of unfitted finite element discretizations the realization of high order methods is challenging due to the fact that the geometry approximation has to be sufficiently accurate. We consider a new unfitted finite element method…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-06-27 Christoph Lehrenfeld , Arnold Reusken

For explicit interface tracking in three dimensions, we propose a linear MARS method that (a) represents the interface by a partially ordered set of glued surfaces and approximates each glued surface with a triangular mesh, (b) maintains an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-12 Yunhao Qiu , Qinghai Zhang