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An adaptive finite element method is presented for the elastic scattering of a time-harmonic plane wave by a periodic surface. First, the unbounded physical domain is truncated into a bounded computational domain by introducing the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-05-30 Xue Jiang , Peijun Li , Junliang Lv , Weiying Zheng

Advanced transition elements are of utmost importance in many applications of the finite element method (FEM) where a local mesh refinement is required. Considering problems that exhibit singularities in the solution, an adaptive…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-09-29 Sascha Duczek , Albert Artha Saputra , Hauke Gravenkamp

In this paper, we extend the classical quadrilateral based hierarchical Poincar\'e-Steklov (HPS) framework to triangulated geometries. Traditionally, the HPS method takes as input an unstructured, high-order quadrilateral mesh and relies on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-01 Gentian Zavalani

A robust $hp$-adaptive finite element framework is presented for the investigation of static cracks in materials characterized by complex, pointwise density variations. Within such heterogeneous media, the equilibrium equation governed by…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-29 S. M. Mallikarjunaiah

We discuss the $p$- and the $hp$-versions of the virtual element method for the approximation of eigenpairs of elliptic operators with a potential term on polygonal meshes. An application of this model is provided by the Schr\"odinger…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-12-24 O. Certik , F. Gardini , G. Manzini , L. Mascotto , G. Vacca

This article presents a higher-order spectral element method for the two-dimensional Stokes interface problem involving a piecewise constant viscosity coefficient. The proposed numerical formulation is based on least-squares formulation.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-14 Kishore Kumar Naraparaju , Shivangi Joshi , Subhashree Mohapatra

Spectral element methods (SEM), which are extensions of finite element methods (FEM), are important emerging techniques for solving partial differential equations in physics and engineering. SEM can potentially deliver better accuracy due…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-04-28 Jacob Jones , Rebecca Conley , Xiangmin Jiao

This study applies the high-fidelity spectral/hp element method using the open-source Nektar++ framework to simulate the unsteady, transitional flow around complex 3D geometries representative of the Formula 1 industry. This study extends…

A new MHD solver, based on the Nektar++ spectral/hp element framework, is presented in this paper. The velocity and electric potential quasi-static MHD model is used. The Hartmann flow in plane channel and its stability, the Hartmann flow…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-01-23 Alexander V. Proskurin , Anatoly M. Sagalakov

While Spectral Methods have long been used for Principal Component Analysis, this survey focusses on work over the last 15 years with three salient features: (i) Spectral methods are useful not only for numerical problems, but also discrete…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2010-04-09 Ravindran Kannan

A spectral element method (SEM) is developed to solve polarized radiative transfer in multidimensional participating medium. The angular discretization is based on the discrete-ordinates approach, and the spatial discretization is conducted…

Computational Physics · Physics 2011-05-09 J. M. Zhao , L. H. Liu , P. -f. Hsu , J. Y. Tan

A numerical scheme is presented for approximating fractional order Poisson problems in two and three dimensions. The scheme is based on reformulating the original problem posed over $\Omega$ on the extruded domain…

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

This work investigates two physics-based models that simulate the non-linear partial differential algebraic equations describing an electric double layer supercapacitor. In one model the linear dependence between electrolyte concentration…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2014-12-09 Ross Drummond , David A. Howey , Stephen R. Duncan

The solution of the elliptic partial differential equation has interface singularity at the points which are either the intersections of interfaces or the intersections of interfaces with the boundary of the domain. The singularities that…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-03-05 N. Kishore Kumar , Pankaj Biswas , B. Seshadri Reddy

The purpose of this research is to describe an efficient iterative method suitable for obtaining high accuracy solutions to high frequency time-harmonic scattering problems. The method allows for both refinement of local polynomial degree…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-12-26 Ryan Galagusz , Steve McFee

The purpose of this work is to introduce and analyze a numerical scheme to efficiently solve boundary value problems involving the spectral fractional Laplacian. The approach is based on a reformulation of the problem posed on a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-08-17 Dominik Meidner , Johannes Pfefferer , Klemens Schürholz , Boris Vexler

We present a hybrid spectral element-Fourier spectral method for solving the coupled system of Navier-Stokes and Cahn-Hilliard equations to simulate wall-bounded two-phase flows in a three-dimensional domain which is homogeneous in at least…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-10-10 S. H. Challa , S. Dong , L. D. Zhu

In this work, we exploit the capability of virtual element methods in accommodating approximation spaces featuring high-order continuity to numerically approximate differential problems of the form $\Delta^p u =f$, $p\ge1$. More…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-11-13 P. F. Antonietti , G. Manzini , M. Verani

We introduce new numerical integration operators which compose the mass and stiffness matrices of a modified spectral element method for simulation of elastic wave propagation. While these operators use the same quadrature nodes as does the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-02-18 Kei Hasegawa , Nobuaki Fuji , Kensuke Konishi

We demonstrate an application of the spectral method as a numerical approximation for solving Hyperbolic PDEs. In this method a finite basis is used for approximating the solutions. In particular, we demonstrate a set of such solutions for…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 P. Pedram , M. Mirzaei , S. S. Gousheh