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This paper establishes optimal error estimates in the $L^2$ for the non-symmetric Nitsche method in an unfitted interface finite element setting. Extending our earlier work, we give a complete analysis for the Poisson interface model and,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-15 Gang Chen , Chaoran Liu , Yangwen Zhang

A posteriori error estimators for the symmetric mixed finite element methods for linear elasticity problems of Dirichlet and mixed boundary conditions are proposed. Stability and efficiency of the estimators are proved. Finally, we provide…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-05-12 Long Chen , Jun Hu , Xuehai Huang , Hongying Man

We propose a partitioned method for the monolithic formulation of the Stokes-Biot system that incorporates Lagrange multipliers enforcing the interface conditions. The monolithic system is discretized using finite elements, and we establish…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-21 Amy de Castro , Hyesuk Lee

We discuss how slip conditions for the Stokes equation can be handled using Nitsche method, for a stabilized finite element discretization. Emphasis is made on the interplay between stabilization and Nitsche terms. Well-posedness of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-04-16 Rodolfo Araya , Alfonso Caiazzo , Franz Chouly

This paper derives a posteriori error estimates for the mixed numerical approximation of the Laplace eigenvalue problem with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions. In particular, the resulting error estimator constitutes an upper bound…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-01-26 Fleurianne Bertrand , Daniele Boffi , Rolf Stenberg

We consider the unilateral contact problem between an elastic body and a rigid foundation in a description that includes both Tresca and Coulomb friction conditions. For this problem, we present an a posteriori error analysis based on an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-08 Ilaria Fontana , Daniele A. Di Pietro

Nitsche's method is a popular approach to implement Dirichlet-type boundary conditions in situations where a strong imposition is either inconvenient or simply not feasible. The method is widely applied in the context of unfitted finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-12-17 Frits de Prenter , Christoph Lehrenfeld , André Massing

We propose and analyze a posteriori error estimators for an optimal control problem that involves an elliptic partial differential equation as state equation and a control variable that enters the state equation as a coefficient; pointwise…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-03-31 Francisco Fuica , Enrique Otarola

We prove an optimal error estimate for the flux variable for a stabilized unfitted Nitsche finite element method applied to an elliptic interface problem with discontinuous constant coefficients. Our result shows explicitly that this error…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-10-18 Erik Burman , Johnny Guzman , Manuel A. Sanchez , Marcus Sarkis

The Biot problem of poroelasticity is extended by Signorini contact conditions. The resulting Biot contact problem is formulated and analyzed as a two field variational inequality problem of a perturbed saddle point structure. We present an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-02-07 L. Banz , F. Bertrand

We devise and analyze a reliable and efficient a posteriori error estimator for a semilinear control-constrained optimal control problem in two and three dimensional Lipschitz, but not necessarily convex, polytopal domains. We consider a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-11-22 Alejandro Allendes , Francisco Fuica , Enrique Otarola , Daniel Quero

In this article we propose a novel nonstationary iterated Tikhonov (NIT) type method for obtaining stable approximate solutions to ill-posed operator equations modeled by linear operators acting between Hilbert spaces. Geometrical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-11-12 R. Boiger , A. Leitao , B. F. Svaiter

We establish the convergence of an adaptive spline-based finite element method of a fourth order elliptic problem with weakly-imposed Dirichlet boundary conditions using polynomial B-splines.

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-12-21 Ibrahim Al Balushi

This work deals with the a posteriori error estimates for the Darcy-Forchheimer problem. We introduce the corresponding variational formulation and discretize it by using the finite-element method. A posteriori error estimate with two types…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-02-24 Georges Semaan , Toni Sayah , Faouzi Triki

This article considers a unilateral contact problem for the wave equation. The problem is reduced to a variational inequality for the Dirichlet-to-Neumann operator for the wave equation on the boundary, which is solved in a saddle point…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-02-06 Heiko Gimperlein , Fabian Meyer , Ceyhun Oezdemir , Ernst P. Stephan

In this paper, we study the "a posteriori" error estimate corresponding to the Brinkman-Darcy-Forchheimer problem. We introduce the variational formulation discretised by using the finite element method. Then, we establish an "a posteriori"…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-04-29 Toni Sayah

Internal interfaces in a domain could exist as a material defect or they can appear due to propagations of cracks. Discretization of such geometries and solution of the contact problem on the internal interfaces can be computationally…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-02-08 Hardik Kothari , Rolf Krause

We introduce novel a posteriori error indicators for a nonlinear least-squares solver for smooth solutions of the Monge--Amp\`ere equation on convex polygonal domains in $\mathbb{R}^2$. At each iteration, our iterative scheme decouples the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-09 Alexandre Caboussat , Anna Peruso , Marco Picasso

We propose an unfitted finite element method for numerically solving the time-harmonic Maxwell equations on a smooth domain. The model problem involves a Lagrangian multiplier to relax the divergence constraint of the vector unknown. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-07-13 Fanyi Yang , Xiaoping Xie

In this paper, we propose a novel iterative multiscale framework for solving high-contrast contact problems of Signorini type. The method integrates the constrained energy minimizing generalized multiscale finite element method (CEM-GMsFEM)…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-28 Zishang Li , Changqing Ye , Eric T. Chung