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The paper develops and analyzes a higher-order unfitted finite element method for the incompressible Stokes equations, which yields a strongly divergence-free velocity field up to the physical boundary. The method combines an isoparametric…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-16 Michael Neilan , Maxim Olshanskii , Henry von Wahl

We study a model of scalar quantum field theory in which space-time is a discrete set of points obtained by repeatedly subdividing a triangle into three triangles at the centroid. By integrating out the field variable at the centroid we get…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-09-18 Arnab Kar , Fred Moolekamp , S. G. Rajeev

In this paper, we define new unfitted finite element methods for numerically approximating the solution of surface partial differential equations using bulk finite elements. The key idea is that the $n$-dimensional hypersurface, $\Gamma…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-03-21 Klaus Deckelnick , Charles M. Elliott , Thomas Ranner

We propose a new class of finite element approximations to ideal compressible magnetohydrodynamic equations in smooth regime. Following variational approximations developed for fluid models in the last decade, our discretizations are built…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-02-29 Valentin Carlier , Martin Campos-Pinto

A novel numerical formulation for solving fluid-structure interaction (FSI) problems is proposed where the fluid field is spatially discretized using smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) and the structural field using the finite element…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2021-06-16 Sebastian L. Fuchs , Christoph Meier , Wolfgang A. Wall , Christian J. Cyron

Block copolymers provide a wonderful platform in studying the soft condensed matter systems. Many fascinating ordered structures have been discovered in bulk and confined systems. Among various theories, the self-consistent field theory…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-05-01 Huayi Wei , Ming Xu , Wei Si , Kai Jiang

We develop a monotone finite volume method for the time fractional Fokker-Planck equations and theoretically prove its unconditional stability. We show that the convergence rate of this method is order 1 in space and if the space grid…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-11-03 Yingjun Jiang , Xuejun Xu

We explore the connection between fractional order partial differential equations in two or more spatial dimensions with boundary integral operators to develop techniques that enable one to efficiently tackle the integral fractional…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-05-27 Mark Ainsworth , Christian Glusa

Discrete ordinate ($S_N$) and filtered spherical harmonics ($FP_N$) based schemes have been proven to be robust and accurate in solving the Boltzmann transport equation but they have their own strengths and weaknesses in different physical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-08-09 Maitraya K Bhattacharyya , David Radice

This paper studies the stability of velocity-pressure mixed approximations of the Stokes problem when different finite element (FE) spaces for each component of the velocity field are considered. We consider some new combinations of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-12-01 F. Guillén González , J. R. Rodríguez Galván

We study cut finite element discretizations of a Darcy interface problem based on the mixed finite element pairs $\textbf{RT}_k\times Q_k$, $k\geq 0$. Here $Q_k$ is the space of discontinuous polynomial functions of degree less or equal to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-26 Thomas Frachon , Peter Hansbo , Erik Nilsson , Sara Zahedi

We present a stable discretization of sea-ice dynamics on triangular grids that can straightforwardly be coupled to an ocean model on a triangular grid with Arakawa C-type staggering. The approach is based on a nonconforming finite element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-02-04 Carolin Mehlmann , Peter Korn

We present a novel structure-preserving semi-implicit finite volume method on vertex-based staggered meshes for the compatible discretization of first order systems of time-dependent partial differential equations (PDEs). The method…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-24 Elena Bernardelli , Elena Gaburro , Michael Dumbser

We study a higher-order surface finite element (SFEM) penalty-based discretization of the tangential surface Stokes problem. Several discrete formulations are investigated which are equivalent in the continuous setting. The impact of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-11 Hanne Hardering , Simon Praetorius

In this paper, we construct and analyze divergence-free finite element methods for the Stokes problem on smooth domains. The discrete spaces are based on the Scott-Vogelius finite element pair of arbitrary polynomial degree greater than…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-04-23 Rebecca Durst , Michael Neilan

In this paper, a finite element space is presented on quadrilateral grids which can provide consistent discretization for the biharmonic equations. The space consists of piecewise quadratic polynomials and is of minimal degree for the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-12-05 Shuo Zhang

We construct several smooth finite element spaces defined on three--dimensional Worsey--Farin splits. In particular, we construct $C^1$, $H^1(\curl)$, and $H^1$-conforming finite element spaces and show the discrete spaces satisfy local…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-07-12 Johnny Guzman , Anna Lischke , Michael Neilan

In this paper, we propose a discretization for the (nonlinearized) compressible Stokes problem with a linear equation of state $\rho=p$, based on Crouzeix-Raviart elements. The approximation of the momentum balance is obtained by usual…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2008-09-18 Thierry Gallouët , Raphaele Herbin , Jean-Claude Latché

The Reynolds equation, combined with the Elrod algorithm for including the effect of cavitation, resembles a nonlinear convection-diffusion-reaction (CDR) equation. Its solution by finite elements is prone to oscillations in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-12 Hauke Gravenkamp , Simon Pfeil , Ramon Codina

A finite element method using B-splines is presented and compared with a conventional finite element method of Lagrangian type. The efficiency of both methods has been investigated at the example of a coupled non-linear system of Dirac…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 W. Poeschl