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We present a space-time Cut Finite Element Method (CutFEM) for the time-dependent Navier-Stokes equations involving two immiscible incompressible fluids with different viscosities, densities, and with surface tension. The numerical method…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-03-27 Thomas Frachon , Sara Zahedi

We design a finite element method (FEM) for a membrane model of liquid crystal polymer networks (LCNs). This model consists of a minimization problem of a non-convex stretching energy. We discuss properties of this energy functional such as…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-07-26 Lucas Bouck , Ricardo H. Nochetto , Shuo Yang

This paper presents a technique for stress and fracture analysis by using the scaled boundary finite element method (SBFEM) with quadtree mesh of high-order elements. The cells of the quadtree mesh are modelled as scaled boundary polygons…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-19 Hou Man , Chongmin Song , Sundararajan Natarajan , Ean Tat Ooi , Carolin Birk

A mixed finite element method (MFEM), using dual-parametric piecewise bi-quadratic and affine (DP-Q2-P1) finite element approximations for the deformation and the pressure like Lagrange multiplier respectively, is developed and analyzed for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-04-30 Weijie Huang , Zhiping Li

In this paper, we develop a multiscale finite element method for solving flows in fractured media. Our approach is based on Generalized Multiscale Finite Element Method (GMsFEM), where we represent the fracture effects on a coarse grid via…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-02-16 Yalchin Efendiev , Seong Lee , Guanglian Li , Jun Yao , Na Zhang

In this paper, we consider the numerical solution of some nonlinear poroelasticity problems that are of Biot type and develop a general algorithm for solving nonlinear coupled systems. We discuss the difficulties associated with flow and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-08-11 Donald L. Brown , Maria Vasilyeva

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…

We propose an energy-stable parametric finite element method (ES-PFEM) for simulating solid-state dewetting of thin films in two dimensions via a sharp-interface model, which is governed by surface diffusion and contact line (point)…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-06-08 Quan Zhao , Wei Jiang , Weizhu Bao

Fourier solvers have become efficient tools to establish structure-property relations in heterogeneous materials. Introduced as an alternative to the Finite Element (FE) method, they are based on fixed-point solutions of the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2017-09-01 Jan Zeman , Tom W. J. de Geus , Jaroslav Vondřejc , Ron H. J. Peerlings , Marc G. D. Geers

In this paper, we consider an approximation method, and a novel general analysis, for second-order elliptic differential equations with heterogeneous multiscale coefficients. We obtain convergence of the Generalized Multi-scale Finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-20 Eduardo Abreu , Ciro Diaz , Juan Galvis

In this paper, we develop a nonlinear reduction framework based on our recently introduced extended group finite element method. By interpolating nonlinearities onto approximation spaces defined with the help of finite elements, the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-06-07 Kevin Tolle , Nicole Marheineke

In this paper, we propose oversampling strategies in the Generalized Multiscale Finite Element Method (GMsFEM) framework. The GMsFEM, which has been recently introduced in [12], allows solving multiscale parameter-dependent problems at a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-04-18 Yalchin Efendiev , Juan Galvis , Guanglian Li , Michael Presho

In this paper we introduce a finite element method for the Stokes equations with a massless immersed membrane. This membrane applies normal and tangential forces affecting the velocity and pressure of the fluid. Additionally, the points…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-05-01 Kyle Dunn , Roger Lui , Marcus Sarkis

Chaotic free surface flows are challenging problems to simulate numerically, mainly due to the significant changes in geometry and frequent topological changes. Methods that track the evolution of the fluid in a Lagrangian formulation are a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-12-24 Thomas Leyssens , Jonathan Lambrechts , Jean-François Remacle

This year marks the eightieth anniversary of the invention of the finite element method (FEM). FEM has become the computational workhorse for engineering design analysis and scientific modeling of a wide range of physical processes,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-07-13 Wing Kam Liu , Shaofan Li , Harold Park

Partial differential equations (PDEs) involving high contrast and oscillating coefficients are common in scientific and industrial applications. Numerical approximation of these PDEs is a challenging task that can be addressed, for example,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-05-08 Miranda Boutilier , Konstantin Brenner , Larissa Miguez

We present an efficient B-spline finite element method (FEM) for cloth simulation. While higher-order FEM has long promised higher accuracy, its adoption in cloth simulators has been limited by its larger computational costs while…

Graphics · Computer Science 2026-05-05 Yuqi Meng , Yihao Shi , Kemeng Huang , Zixuan Lu , Ning Guo , Taku Komura , Yin Yang , Minchen Li

In this paper, we present a robust and efficient unfitted concurrent multiscale method for continuum-continuum coupling, based on the Cut Finite Element Method (CutFEM). The computational domain is defined using approximate signed distance…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2023-06-02 Ehsan Mikaeili , Pierre Kerfriden , Susanne Claus

This paper presents the Virtual Element Method (VEM) for the modeling of crack propagation in 2D within the context of linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM). By exploiting the advantage of mesh flexibility in the VEM, we establish an…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2018-08-02 Vien Minh Nguyen-Thanh , Xiaoying Zhuang , Hung Nguyen-Xuan , Timon Rabczuk , Peter Wriggers

The Scaled Boundary Finite Element Method (SBFEM) is a technique in which approximation spaces are constructed using a semi-analytical approach. They are based on partitions of the computational domain by polygonal/polyhedral subregions,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-04-07 Karolinne O. Coelho , Philippe R. B. Devloo , Sonia M. Gomes