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The computational modeling of many engineering problems using the Finite Element method involves the modeling of two or more bodies that meet through an interface. The interface can be physical, as in multi-physics and contact problems, or…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2009-09-30 G. Haikal

We present guidelines for deriving new Nitsche Finite Element Methods to enforce equality and inequality constraints that act on the value of the unknown mechanical quantity. We first formulate the problem as a stabilized finite element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-01 Tom Gustafsson , Antti Hannukainen , Vili Kohonen , Juha Videman

The purpose of this work is to study mortar methods for linear elasticity using standard low order finite element spaces. Based on residual stabilization, we introduce a stabilized mortar method for linear elasticity and compare it to the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-12-28 Tom Gustafsson , Peter Råback , Juha Videman

We demonstrate the ability of a stabilized finite element method, inspired by the weighted Nitsche approach, to alleviate spurious traction oscillations at interlaminar interfaces in multi-ply multi-directional composite laminates. In…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2020-08-21 Gourab Ghosh , Ravindra Duddu , Chandrasekhar Annavarapu

This article is a review on basic concepts and tools devoted to a posteriori error estimation for problems solved with the Finite Element Method. For the sake of simplicity and clarity, we mostly focus on linear elliptic diffusion problems,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-10-06 Ludovic Chamoin , Frederic Legoll

Nitsche's method is a numerical approach that weakly enforces boundary conditions for partial differential equations. In recent years, Nitsche's method has experienced a revival owing to its natural application in modern computational…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-05-13 Hiroki Ishizaka

We show the stability of a penalty-free asymmetric Nitsche's method using N\'ed\'elec edge elements for solving curl-curl-type problems with tangential Dirichlet boundary conditions imposed weakly. The main result is an inf-sup stability…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-21 Tianwei Yu

We present a finite element method for the Stokes equations involving two immiscible incompressible fluids with different viscosities and with surface tension. The interface separating the two fluids does not need to align with the mesh. We…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-03-20 Peter Hansbo , Mats G. Larson , Sara Zahedi

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

This work develops and analyzes a variational-monolithic unfitted finite element formulation of a linear fluid-structure interaction problem in Eulerian coordinates with a fixed interface. The overall discretization is based on a backward…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-27 Stefan Frei , Tobias Knoke , Marc C. Steinbach , Anne-Kathrin Wenske , Thomas Wick

In this paper, we study the stability of the nonsymmetric version of Nitsche's method without penalty for compressible and incompressible elasticity. For the compressible case we prove the convergence of the error in the $H^1$- and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-07-28 Thomas Boiveau , Erik Burman

We derive a priori error estimates for Nitsche's method applied to elliptic problems on approximate domains. Such approximations arise, for example, in unfitted finite element methods, data-driven simulations, and evolving domain problems,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-02 Mats G. Larson , Karl Larsson , Shantiram Mahata

In this work we develop an a posteriori error analysis of a conforming mixed finite element method for solving the coupled problem arising in the interaction between a free fluid and a fluid in a poroelastic medium on isotropic meshes in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-04-23 Koffi Wilfrid Houédanou

An optimal and robust low-order nonconforming finite element method is developed for the strain gradient elasticity (SGE) model in arbitrary dimension. An $H^2$-nonconforming quadratic vector-valued finite element in arbitrary dimension is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-30 Jianguo Huang , Xuehai Huang , Zheqian Tang

We propose an unfitted finite element method for flow in fractured porous media. The coupling across the fracture uses a Nitsche type mortaring, allowing for an accurate representation of the jump in the normal component of the gradient of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-05-03 Erik Burman , Peter Hansbo , Mats G. Larson , David Samvin

We introduce a stabilised finite element formulation for the Kirchhoff plate obstacle problem and derive both a priori and residual-based a posteriori error estimates using conforming $C^1$-continuous finite elements. We implement the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-02-09 Tom Gustafsson , Rolf Stenberg , Juha Videman

We construct and analyse a $hp$-FE/BE coupling on non-matching meshes, based on Nitsche's method. Both the mesh size and the polynomial degree are changed to improve accuracy. Nitsche's method leads to a positive definite formulation, thus,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-14 Alexey Chernov , Peter Hansbo , Erik Marc Schetzke

Finite element methods are used to study non-adhesive, frictionless contact between elastic solids with self-affine surfaces. We find that the total contact area rises linearly with load at small loads. The mean pressure in the contact…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-10 S. Hyun , L. Pei , J. -F. Molinari , M. O. Robbins

We develop a finite element method for elliptic partial differential equations on so called composite surfaces that are built up out of a finite number of surfaces with boundaries that fit together nicely in the sense that the intersection…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-01-03 Peter Hansbo , Tobias Jonsson , Mats G. Larson , Karl Larsson

In recent years, a number of finite element methods have been formulated for the solution of partial differential equations on complex geometries based on non-matching or overlapping meshes. Examples of such methods include the fictitious…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-10-29 André Massing , Mats G. Larson , Anders Logg