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In this paper, we introduce the locally conservative enriched immersed finite element method (EIFEM) to tackle the elliptic problem with interface. The immersed finite element is useful for handling interface with mesh unfit with the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-01-05 Gwanghyun Jo , Do Young Kwak , Young Ju Lee

A fluid-structure interaction technique for the simulation of inflatable structures is introduced. The presented finite-element/boundary-element (FEBE) technique couples an isogeometric finite element discretization of a flexible shell…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-06-16 T. M. van Opstal

This paper presents a new finite element (FE) formulation for liquid shells that is based on an explicit, 3D surface discretization using $C^1$-continuous finite elements constructed from NURBS interpolation. Both displacement-based and…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2017-01-04 Roger A. Sauer , Thang X. Duong , Kranthi K. Mandadapu , David J. Steigmann

We consider the approximation of elliptic eigenvalue problem with an immersed interface. The main aim of this paper is to prove the stability and convergence of an immersed finite element method (IFEM) for eigenvalues using Crouzeix-Raviart…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-12-11 Seungwoo Lee , Do Y. Kwak , Imbo Sim

The approximation properties of a quadratic iso-parametric finite element method for a typical cavitation problem in nonlinear elasticity are analyzed. More precisely, (1) the finite element interpolation errors are established in terms of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-01-06 Chunmei Su , Zhiping Li

We consider a large-scale quadratic eigenvalue problem (QEP), formulated using P1 finite elements on a fine scale reference mesh. This model describes damped vibrations in a structural mechanical system. In particular we focus on problems…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-10-21 Axel Målqvist , Daniel Peterseim

We develop a new finite element method for solving planar elasticity problems involving of heterogeneous materials with a mesh not necessarily aligning with the interface of the materials. This method is based on the `broken'…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-06-23 Do Y. Kwak , Sangwon Jin , Dae H. Kyeong

A finite element method for elliptic problems with discontinuous coefficients is presented. The discontinuity is assumed to take place along a closed smooth curve. The proposed method allows to deal with meshes that are not adapted to the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2007-07-12 Gunther H. Peichl , Rachid Touzani

We introduce an enriched unfitted finite element method to solve 1D elliptic interface problems with discontinuous solutions, including those having implicit or Robin-type interface jump conditions. We present a novel approach to construct…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-08-10 So-Hsiang Chou , Champike Attanayake

The immersed finite element-finite difference (IFED) method is a computational approach to modeling interactions between a fluid and an immersed structure. This method uses a finite element (FE) method to approximate the stresses and forces…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-02-01 David Wells , Ben Vadala-Roth , Jae H. Lee , Boyce E. Griffith

The particle-in-cell (PIC) method has been widely used for plasma simulation, because of its noise-reduction capability and moderate computational cost. The immersed finite element (IFE) method is efficient for solving interface problems on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-10-18 Jinwei Bai , Yong Cao , Yuchuan Chu , Xu Zhang

In this paper, we derive a priori error estimates for a class of interior penalty discontinuous Galerkin (DG) methods using immersed finite element (IFE) functions for a classic second-order elliptic interface problem. The error estimation…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-11-02 Tao Lin , Qing Yang , Xu Zhang

An important requirement in the standard finite element method (FEM) is that all elements in the underlying mesh must be tangle-free i.e., the Jacobian must be positive throughout each element. To relax this requirement, an isoparametric…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-03-21 Bhagyashree Prabhune , Krishnan Suresh

In this paper, we introduce an immersed $C^0$ interior penalty method for solving two-dimensional biharmonic interface problems on unfitted meshes. To accommodate the biharmonic interface conditions, high-order immersed finite element (IFE)…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-27 Yuan Chen , Xu Zhang

The Intrinsic Surface Finite Element Method (ISFEM) was recently proposed to solve Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) on surfaces. ISFEM proceeds by writing the PDE with respect to a local coordinate system anchored to the surface and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-10-08 Elena Bachini , Mario Putti

We study the approximation properties of a wide class of finite element differential forms on curvilinear cubic meshes in n dimensions. Specifically, we consider meshes in which each element is the image of a cubical reference element under…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-11-13 Douglas N. Arnold , Daniele Boffi , Francesca Bonizzoni

In this article, we study superconvergence properties of immersed finite element methods for the one dimensional elliptic interface problem. Due to low global regularity of the solution, classical superconvergence phenomenon for finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-02-16 Waixiang Cao , Xu Zhang , Zhimin Zhang

Damping of structures and systems is often dominated by frictional dissipation in connections, the prediction of which remains a longstanding scientific challenge. Previous studies have shown that the actual topography of contact interfaces…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2026-03-30 Hendrik D. Linder , David A. Najera-Flores , Robert J. Kuether , Malte Krack

We consider an open, bounded, simply connected (Lipschitz) domain in $\mathbb{R}^d$, which contains a closed polyhedral surface or polygonal contour, referred to as the interface. From this interface, forces are exerted in the normal…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-15 Sabia Asghar , Qiyao Peng , Etelvina Javierre , Fred J. Vermolen

We review the main features of an unfitted finite element method for interface and fluid-structure interaction problems based on a distributed Lagrange multiplier in the spirit of the fictitious domain approach. We recall our theoretical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-03 Najwa Alshehri , Daniele Boffi , Fabio Credali , Lucia Gastaldi