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The inverse conductivity problem aims at determining the unknown conductivity inside a bounded domain from boundary measurements. In practical applications, algorithms based on minimizing a regularized residual functional subject to PDE…

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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

Strain gradient plasticity theories are being widely used for fracture assessment, as they provide a richer description of crack tip fields by incorporating the influence of geometrically necessary dislocations. Characterizing the behavior…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-11-29 Emilio Martínez-Pañeda , Sundar Natarajan , Stéphane Bordas

Finite element exterior calculus (FEEC) has been developed as a systematical framework for constructing and analyzing stable and accurate numerical method for partial differential equations by employing differential complexes. This paper is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-09-12 Long Chen , Yongke Wu

We present a methodology combining neural networks with physical principle constraints in the form of partial differential equations (PDEs). The approach allows to train neural networks while respecting the PDEs as a strong constraint in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-09-06 Sebastian K. Mitusch , Simon W. Funke , Miroslav Kuchta

This paper presents a new finite difference method, called {\varphi}-FD, inspired by the {\phi}-FEM approach for solving elliptic partial differential equations (PDEs) on general geometries. The proposed method uses Cartesian grids,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-05-28 Michel Duprez , Vanessa Lleras , Alexei Lozinski , Vincent Vigon , Killian Vuillemot

We develop a cut finite element method (CutFEM) for the convection problem in a so called fractured domain which is a union of manifolds of different dimensions such that a $d$ dimensional component always resides on the boundary of a $d+1$…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-02-05 Erik Burman , Peter Hansbo , Mats G. Larson , Karl Larsson

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

In this work a novel method for the analysis with trimmed CAD surfaces is presented. The method involves an additional mapping step and the attraction stems from its sim- plicity and ease of implementation into existing Finite Element (FEM)…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2015-01-28 Gernot Beer , Benjamin Marussig , Jürgen Zechner

We introduce a new class of unfitted finite element methods with high order accurate numerical integration over curved surfaces and volumes which are only implicitly defined by level set functions. An unfitted finite element method which is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-12-10 Christoph Lehrenfeld

Solutions of partial differential equations (PDEs) on manifolds have provided important applications in different fields in science and engineering. Existing methods are majorly based on discretization of manifolds as implicit functions,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-08-03 Rongjie Lai , Jia Li

In this paper we consider an ESFEM method for the advection and diffusion of a scalar quantity on a moving closed curve. The diffusion process is controlled by a forcing term that may include a rough term (specifically a stochastic noise)…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-03 Paola Pozzi , Björn Stinner

Strain smoothing methods such as the smoothed finite element methods (S-FEMs) and the strain-smoothed element~(SSE) method have successfully improved the performance of finite elements, and there have been numerous applications of them in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-12-01 Chaemin Lee , Jongho Park

Stability and convergence of full discretizations of various surface evolution equations are studied in this paper. The proposed discretization combines a higher-order evolving-surface finite element method (ESFEM) for space discretization…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-02-08 Balázs Kovács , Christian Lubich

In this paper, we propose a novel meshfree Generalized Finite Difference Method (GFDM) approach to discretize PDEs defined on manifolds. Derivative approximations for the same are done directly on the tangent space, in a manner that mimics…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-05-14 Pratik Suchde , Joerg Kuhnert

Partial differential equations (PDEs) underlie our understanding and prediction of natural phenomena across numerous fields, including physics, engineering, and finance. However, solving parametric PDEs is a complex task that necessitates…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-02-20 Jae Yong Lee , Seungchan Ko , Youngjoon Hong

We present a new framework for expressing finite element methods on multiple intersecting meshes: multimesh finite element methods. The framework enables the use of separate meshes to discretize parts of a computational domain that are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-08-28 August Johansson , Benjamin Kehlet , Mats G. Larson , Anders Logg

ESFEM is a method introduced in order to solve a linear advection-diffusion equation on an evolving two-dimensional surface with finite elements by using a moving grid with nodes sitting on and evolving with the surface. The evolution of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-04-18 Maryia Borukhava , Heiko Kröner

We develop a finite element method for the vector Laplacian based on the covariant derivative of tangential vector fields on surfaces embedded in $\mathbb{R}^3$. Closely related operators arise in models of flow on surfaces as well as…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-05-01 Peter Hansbo , Mats G. Larson , Karl Larsson

We present a new discretization method for homogeneous convection-diffusion-reaction boundary value problems in 3D that is a non-standard finite element method with PDE-harmonic shape functions on polyhedral elements. The element stiffness…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-08-29 Clemens Hofreither , Ulrich Langer , Steffen Weißer