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In this paper, a novel varying order NURBS discretization method is proposed to enhance the performance of isogeometric analysis within the framework of computational contact mechanics. The method makes use of higher-order NURBS for contact…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2020-06-03 Vishal Agrawal , Sachin S. Gautam

Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods remain the mainstay of Bayesian estimation of structural equation models (SEM), though they often incur a high computational cost. We present a bespoke approximate Bayesian approach to SEM, drawing on…

Methodology · Statistics 2026-05-20 Haziq Jamil , Håvard Rue

In the present work, a new methodology is proposed for building surrogate parametric models of engineering systems based on modular assembly of pre-solved modules. Each module is a generic parametric solution considering parametric…

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We compare convergence of isogeometric analysis (IGA), a spline modification of finite element method (FEM), with FEM in the context of our real space code for ab-initio electronic structure calculations of non-periodic systems. The…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-01-07 Robert Cimrman , Matyáš Novák , Radek Kolman , Miroslav Tůma , Jiří Vackář

In this work, we develop a localized numerical scheme with low regularity requirements for solving time-fractional integro-differential equations. First, a fully discrete numerical scheme is constructed. Specifically, for temporal…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-02 Lijing Zhao , Rui Zhao , Wenyi Tian , Yufeng Nie

Elliptic partial differential equations on surfaces play an essential role in geometry, relativity theory, phase transitions, materials science, image processing, and other applications. They are typically governed by the Laplace-Beltrami…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-01-03 Andrea Bonito , Alan Demlow , Justin Owen

In the present paper we introduce a Virtual Element Method (VEM) for the approximate solution of general linear second order elliptic problems in mixed form, allowing for variable coefficients. We derive a theoretical convergence analysis…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-06-25 L. Beirao da Veiga , F. Brezzi , L. D. Marini , A. Russo

We consider an adaptive algorithm for finite element methods for the isogeometric analysis (IGAFEM) of elliptic (possibly non-symmetric) second-order partial differential equations in arbitrary space dimension $d\ge2$. We employ…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-11-20 Gregor Gantner , Daniel Haberlik , Dirk Praetorius

Partial differential equations can be solved on general polygonal and polyhedral meshes, through Polytopal Element Methods (PEMs). Unfortunately, the relation between geometry and analysis is still unknown and subject to ongoing research in…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2022-11-23 Daniela Cabiddu , Giuseppe Patanè , Michela Spagnuolo

Neural operators (NOs) struggle with high-contrast multiscale partial differential equations (PDEs), where fine-scale heterogeneities cause large errors. To address this, we use the Generalized Multiscale Finite Element Method (GMsFEM) that…

Shape optimisation of thin-shell structures requires a flexible, differentiable geometric representation suitable for gradient-based optimisation. We propose a neural parametric representation (NRep) for the shell mid-surface based on a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-09 Xiao Xiao , Fehmi Cirak

Isogeometric Analysis (IgA) is a versatile method for the discretization of partial differential equations on complex domains, which arise in various applications of science and engineering. Some complex geometries can be better described…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-05-13 Alexandra Bünger , Tom-Christian Riemer , Martin Stoll

Geometry Independent Field approximaTion (GIFT) was proposed as a generalization of Isogeometric analysis (IGA), where different types of splines are used for the parameterization of the computational domain and approximation of the unknown…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2022-10-11 Javier Videla , Ahmed Mostafa Shaaban , Elena Atroshchenko

The boundary element method (BEM) provides an efficient numerical framework for solving multiple scattering problems in unbounded homogeneous domains, since it reduces the discretization to the domain boundaries, thereby condensing the…

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We investigate the isogeometric analysis for surface PDEs based on the extended Loop subdivision approach. The basis functions consisting of quartic box-splines corresponding to each subdivided control mesh are utilized to represent the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-11-06 Qing Pan , Timon Rabczuk , Gang Xu , Chong Chen

We present a new parallel spectral element solver, FNPF-SEM, for simulating linear and fully nonlinear potential flow-based water waves and their interaction with offshore structures. The tool is designed as a general-purpose wave model for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-12 Jens Visbech , Anders Melander , Allan Peter Engsig-Karup

In the frame of isogeometric analysis, we consider a Galerkin boundary element discretization of the hyper-singular integral equation associated with the 2D Laplacian. We propose and analyze an adaptive algorithm which locally refines the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-03-03 Gregor Gantner , Dirk Praetorius , Stefan Schimanko

The recent development of spectral method has been praised for its high-order convergence in simulating complex physical problems. The combination of embedded boundary method and spectral method becomes a mainstream way to tackle…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-03-08 Po-Yi Wu , Cheng-Hong Robert Kao , Tony Wen-Hann Sheu

The Virtual Element Method (VEM) is a well-established framework for solving partial differential equations on polygonal and polyhedral meshes. In this paper, we introduce a novel hybrid VEM that integrates both conforming and nonconforming…

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