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Ill-conditioning of the system matrix is a well-known complication in immersed finite element methods and trimmed isogeometric analysis. Elements with small intersections with the physical domain yield problematic eigenvalues in the system…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-12-17 F. de Prenter , C. V. Verhoosel , E. H. van Brummelen , J. A. Evans , C. Messe , J. Benzaken , K. Maute

We present an approach to solid-state electronic-structure calculations based on the finite-element method. In this method, the basis functions are strictly local, piecewise polynomials. Because the basis is composed of polynomials, the…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 J. E. Pask , B. M. Klein , C. Y. Fong , P. A. Sterne

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

We develop an efficient $hp$-finite element method for piecewise-smooth differential equations with periodic boundary conditions, using orthogonal polynomials defined on circular arcs. The operators derived from this basis are banded and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-23 Daniel VandenHeuvel , Sheehan Olver

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

In this paper we propose a method to generate suitably refined finite element meshes using neural networks. As a model problem we consider a linear elasticity problem on a planar domain (possibly with holes) having a polygonal boundary. We…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-03-16 Chiu Ling Chan , Felix Scholz , Thomas Takacs

The rigorous convergence analysis of adaptive finite element methods for regularized variational models of quasi-static brittle fracture in strain-limiting elastic solids is presented. This work introduces two novel adaptive mesh refinement…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-19 Ram Manohar , S. M. Mallikarjunaiah

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

The present work develops hybrid multigrid methods for high-order discontinuous Galerkin discretizations of elliptic problems. Fast matrix-free operator evaluation on tensor product elements is used to devise a computationally efficient PDE…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-06-24 Niklas Fehn , Peter Munch , Wolfgang A. Wall , Martin Kronbichler

We define a generalized finite element method for the discretization of elliptic partial differential equations in heterogeneous media. An adaptive local finite element basis (AL basis) on a coarse mesh which does not resolve the matrix of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-03-21 Monika Weymuth

This study investigates high-order face and edge elements in finite element methods, with a focus on their geometric attributes, indexing management, and practical application. The exposition begins by a geometric decomposition of Lagrange…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-05-09 Chunyu Chen , Long Chen , Xuehai Huang , Huayi Wei

This work introduces a novel, fully robust and highly-scalable, $h$-adaptive aggregated unfitted finite element method for large-scale interface elliptic problems. The new method is based on a recent distributed-memory implementation of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-04-07 Eric Neiva , Santiago Badia

This article considers the extension of two-grid $hp$-version discontinuous Galerkin finite element methods for the numerical approximation of second-order quasilinear elliptic boundary value problems of monotone type to the case when…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-10 Scott Congreve , Paul Houston

This paper addresses a multi-scale finite element method for second order linear elliptic equations with arbitrarily rough coefficient. We propose a local oversampling method to construct basis functions that have optimal local…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-08-04 Thomas Y. Hou , Pengfei Liu

An $hp$-adaptive continuous Galerkin finite element method is developed to analyze a static anti-plane shear crack embedded in a nonlinear, strain-limiting elastic body. The geometrically linear material is described by a constitutive law…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-01 S. M. Mallikarjunaiah , Pavithra Venkatachalapthy

Hybridizable \(H(\textrm{div})\)-conforming finite elements for symmetric tensors on simplices with barycentric refinement are developed in this work for arbitrary dimensions and any polynomial order. By employing barycentric refinement and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-27 Long Chen , Xuehai Huang

In the framework of generalized finite element methods for elliptic equations with rough coefficients, efficiency and accuracy of the numerical method depend critically on the use of appropriate basis functions. This work explores several…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-12-20 Ke Chen , Qin Li , Jianfeng Lu , Stephen J. Wright

The construction of $C^m$ conforming finite elements on simplicial meshes has recently advanced through the groundbreaking work of Hu, Lin, and Wu (Found. Comput. Math. 24, 2024). Their framework characterizes smoothness via moments of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-29 Chunyu Chen , Long Chen , Tingyi Gao , Xuehai Huang , Huayi Wei

In this article, a new generic higher-order finite-element framework for massively parallel simulations is presented. The modular software architecture is carefully designed to exploit the resources of modern and future supercomputers.…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2018-05-28 Nils Kohl , Dominik Thönnes , Daniel Drzisga , Dominik Bartuschat , Ulrich Rüde

In this paper, we discuss an adaptive hybrid stress finite element method on quadrilateral meshes for linear elasticity problems. To deal with hanging nodes arising in the adaptive mesh refinement, we propose new transition types of hybrid…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-07-03 Feiteng Huang , Xiaoping Xie , Chen-Song Zhang