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A finite-element discretization of such an equation yields a linear system whose conditioning worsens as the variations in the values of PDE coefficients becomes large. This paper introduces a procedure by which the discrete system obtained…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-01-08 Yuliya Gorb , Daria Kurzanova , Yuri Kuznetsov

An exact arithmetic, memory efficient direct solution method for finite element method (FEM) computations is outlined. Unlike conventional black-box or low-rank direct solvers that are opaque to the underlying physical problem, the proposed…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2020-02-13 Javad Moshfegh , Marinos N. Vouvakis

In this work, we build on the discrete trace theory developed by Badia, Droniou, and Tushar (Foundations of Computational Mathematics, in press, 2025; \href{https://doi.org/10.1007/s10208-025-09734-6}{doi:10.1007/s10208-025-09734-6}) to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-01 Santiago Badia , Jerome Droniou , Jordi Manyer , Jai Tushar

In this work, we propose a novel formulation for the solution of partial differential equations using finite element methods on unfitted meshes. The proposed formulation relies on the discrete extension operator proposed in the aggregated…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-08-15 Santiago Badia , Eric Neiva , Francesc Verdugo

The paper is concerned with the derivation and analysis of nonoverlapping domain decomposition for heterogeneous, anisotropic diffusion problems discretized by the finite element cell-centered (FECC) scheme. Differently from the standard…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-05-24 Thanh Hai Ong , Duc Cam Hai Vo , Thi-Thao-Phuong Hoang

We present domain decomposition finite element/finite difference method for the solution of hyperbolic equation. The domain decomposition is performed such that finite elements and finite differences are used in different subdomains of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-03-23 L. Beilina

The aggregated unfitted finite element method (AgFEM) is a methodology recently introduced in order to address conditioning and stability problems associated with embedded, unfitted, or extended finite element methods. The method is based…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2019-08-20 Francesc Verdugo , Alberto F. Martín , Santiago Badia

Neural networks (NNs) have gained significant attention across various engineering disciplines, particularly in design optimization, where they are used to build surrogate models for high-dimensional regression problems. Despite their power…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2026-03-30 Timm Gödde , Eisso H. Atzema , Bojana Rosić

Unfitted finite element methods have emerged as a popular alternative to classical finite element methods for the solution of partial differential equations and allow modeling arbitrary geometries without the need for a boundary-conforming…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-03-19 S. Saberi , G. Meschke , A. Vogel

We consider the problem of finding the optimal diagonal preconditioner for a positive definite matrix. Although this problem has been shown to be solvable and various methods have been proposed, none of the existing approaches are scalable…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-07 Wenzhi Gao , Zhaonan Qu , Madeleine Udell , Yinyu Ye

Operators with fractional perturbations are crucial components for robust preconditioning of interface-coupled multiphysics systems. However, in case the perturbation is strong, standard approaches can fail to provide scalable approximation…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-12-01 Miroslav Kuchta

Two-level domain decomposition (DD) methods are very powerful techniques for the efficient numerical solution of partial differential equations (PDEs). A two-level domain decomposition method requires two main components: a one-level…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-04-22 Gabriele Ciaramella , Tommaso Vanzan

Convergence of domain decomposition methods rely heavily on the efficiency of the coarse space used in the second level. The GenEO coarse space has been shown to lead to a fully robust two-level Schwarz preconditioner which scales well over…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-08-04 Frédéric Nataf

This paper focuses on the construction of accurate and predictive data-driven reduced models of large-scale numerical simulations with complex dynamics and sparse training datasets. In these settings, standard, single-domain approaches may…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-09-26 Ionut-Gabriel Farcas , Rayomand P. Gundevia , Ramakanth Munipalli , Karen E. Willcox

Dynamic substructuring (DS) methods encompass a range of techniques to decompose large structural systems into multiple coupled subsystems. This decomposition has the principle benefit of reducing computational time for dynamic simulation…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2020-07-01 Thomas Simpson , Dimitrios Giagopoulos , Vasilis Dertimanis , Eleni Chatzi

In this paper we consider a class of fictitious domain finite element methods known from the literature. These methods use standard finite element spaces on a fixed unfitted triangulation combined with the Nitsche technique and a ghost…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-07-05 Sven Gross , Arnold Reusken

This paper investigates a computational strategy for studying the interactions between multiple through-the-width delaminations and global or local buckling in composite laminates taking into account possible contact between the delaminated…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-09-03 Karin Saavedra , Olivier Allix , Pierre Gosselet

Immersed finite element methods generally suffer from conditioning problems when cut elements intersect the physical domain only on a small fraction of their volume. De Prenter et al. [Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering,…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2019-12-17 Frits de Prenter , Clemens Verhoosel , Harald van Brummelen

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

In this paper, gradient-based optimization methods are combined with finite-element modeling for improving electric devices. Geometric design parameters are considered by affine decomposition of the geometry or by the design element…