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In this work we define a spline complex preserving the cohomological structure of the continuous de Rham complex when the underlying physical domain is a toroidal solid. In the spirit of the isogeometric analysis, the spaces involved will…
Multiply connected freeform surface features are widely encountered in industrial components, where toolpath generation often suffers from discontinuities, sharp turns, non-uniform scallop heights, and incomplete boundary coverage. This…
Subdivision surfaces are proven to be a powerful tool in geometric modeling and computer graphics, due to the great flexibility they offer in capturing irregular topologies. This paper discusses the robust and efficient implementation of an…
We develop a method for solving elliptic partial differential equations on surfaces described by CAD patches that may have gaps/overlaps. The method is based on hybridization using a three-dimensional mesh that covers the gap/overlap…
The Laplace eigenvalue problem on circular sectors has eigenfunctions with corner singularities. Standard methods may produce suboptimal approximation results. To address this issue, a novel numerical algorithm that enhances standard…
We consider large linear systems arising from the isogeometric discretization of the Poisson problem on a single-patch domain. The numerical solution of such systems is considered a challenging task, particularly when the degree of the…
Isogeometric analysis uses the same class of basis functions for both, representing the geometry of the computational domain and approximating the solution. In practical applications, geometrical patches are used in order to get flexibility…
In this paper we describe an adaptive refinement strategy for LR B-splines. The presented strategy ensures, at each iteration, local linear independence of the obtained set of LR B-splines. This property is then exploited in two…
In this paper we develop an isogeometric B\'ezier dual mortar method for the biharmonic problem on multi-patch domains. The well-posedness of the discrete biharmonic problem requires a discretization with $C^1$ continuous basis functions.…
In this paper, we address the problem of constructing $C^2$ cubic spline functions on a given arbitrary triangulation $\mathcal{T}$. To this end, we endow every triangle of $\mathcal{T}$ with a Wang-Shi macro-structure. The $C^2$ cubic…
In this paper we study the dimension of bivariate polynomial splines of mixed smoothness on polygonal meshes. Here, "mixed smoothness" refers to the choice of different orders of smoothness across different edges of the mesh. To study the…
We study local approximation properties in hierarchical spline spaces through a twofold approach. First, we design and analyze a robust adaptive refinement algorithm to construct locally graded meshes. Second, we establish rigorous…
Isogeometric Analysis is a spline-based discretization method to partial differential equations which shows the approximation power of a high-order method. The number of degrees of freedom, however, is as small as the number of degrees of…
Using a deterministic framework allows us to estimate a function with the purpose of interpolating data in spatial statistics. Radial basis functions are commonly used for scattered data interpolation in a d-dimensional space, however,…
Isogeometric Analysis (IgA) is a framework for setting up spline-based discretizations of partial differential equations, which has been introduced around a decade ago and has gained much attention since then. If large spline degrees are…
We present an isogeometric method for Kirchhoff-Love shell analysis of shell structures with geometries composed of multiple patches and which possibly possess extraordinary vertices, i.e. vertices with a valency different to four. The…
We present computational methods for constructing orthogonal/orthonormal polynomials over arbitrary polygonal domains in $\mathbb{R}^2$ using bivariate spline functions. Leveraging a mature MATLAB implementation which generates spline…
We develop a new spatial semidiscrete multiscale method based upon the edge multiscale methods to solve semilinear parabolic problems with heterogeneous coefficients and smooth initial data. This method allows for a cheap spatial…
We study the local approximation properties in hierarchical spline spaces through multiscale quasi-interpolation operators. This construction suggests the analysis of a subspace of the classical hierarchical spline space (Vuong et al.,…
We explain four variants of an adaptive finite element method with cubic splines and compare their performance in simple elliptic model problems. The methods in comparison are Truncated Hierarchical B-splines with two different refinement…