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We consider a time-dependent coupled Navier--Stokes/generalized poroelastic flow problem and propose a unified and monolithic finite element discretization based on implicit time stepping. To handle the fluid-structure interface we employ a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-19 Aparna Bansal , Nicolas A. Barnafi , Dwijendra Narain Pandey , Ricardo Ruiz-Baier

We present a stabilized finite element method for the numerical solution of cavitation in lubrication, modeled as an inequality-constrained Reynolds equation. The cavitation model is written as a variable coefficient saddle-point problem…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-05-09 Tom Gustafsson , K. R. Rajagopal , Rolf Stenberg , Juha Videman

This paper is concerned with the analysis and implementation of robust finite element approximation methods for mixed formulations of linear elasticity problems where the elastic solid is almost incompressible. Several novel a posteriori…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-06-15 Arbaz Khan , Catherine E. Powell , David J. Silvester

We present a barrier method for treating frictional contact on interfaces embedded in finite elements. The barrier treatment has several attractive features, including: (i) it does not introduce any additional degrees of freedom or…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-06-17 Yidong Zhao , Jinhyun Choo , Yupeng Jiang , Minchen Li , Chenfanfu Jiang , Kenichi Soga

With the development of multi-layer elastic systems in the field of engineering mechanics, the corresponding variational inequality theory and algorithm design have received more attention and research. In this study, a class of equivalent…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-09-11 Zhizhuo Zhang , Mikaël Barboteu , Xiaobing Nie , Serge Dumont , Mahmoud Abdel-Aty , Jinde Cao

In this paper, we formulate, analyse and implement the discrete formulation of the Brinkman problem with mixed boundary conditions, including slip boundary condition, using the Nitsche's technique for virtual element methods. The divergence…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-06-13 David Mora , Jesus Vellojin , Nitesh Verma

This article discusses the well-posedness and error analysis of the coupling of finite and boundary elements for transmission or contact problems in nonlinear elasticity. It concerns W^{1,p}-monotone Hencky materials with an unbounded…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-03-09 Heiko Gimperlein , Ernst P. Stephan

This work develops user-friendly a posteriori error estimates of finite element methods, based on smoothers of linear iterative solvers. The proposed method employs simple smoothers, such as Jacobi or Gauss-Seidel iteration, on an auxiliary…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-24 Yuwen Li , Han Shui

In this paper we introduce an abstract nonsmooth optimization problem and prove existence and uniqueness of its solution. We present a numerical scheme to approximate this solution. The theory is later applied to a sample static contact…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-03-12 Michal Jureczka , Anna Ochal

In this note we show that the non-symmetric version of the classical Nitsche's method for the weak imposition of boundary conditions is stable without penalty term. We prove optimal $H^1$-error estimates and $L^2$-estimates that are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-11-07 Erik Burman

We design and analyze a hybridized cut finite element method for elliptic interface problems. In this method very general meshes can be coupled over internal unfitted interfaces, through a skeletal variable, using a Nitsche type approach.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-30 Erik Burman , Daniel Elfverson , Peter Hansbo , Mats G. Larson , Karl Larsson

We present a finite element discretisation to model the interaction between a poroelastic structure and an elastic medium. The consolidation problem considers fully coupled deformations across an interface, ensuring continuity of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-06-21 S. Badia , M. Hornkjøl , A. Khan , K. -A. Mardal , A. F. Martín , R. Ruiz-Baier

In the present work, we derive functional upper bounds for the potential error arising from finite-element boundary-element coupling formulations for a nonlinear Poisson-type transmission problem. The proposed a posteriori error estimates…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-17 Alexander Freiszlinger , Dirk Pauly , Dirk Praetorius , Michael Schomburg

The multimesh finite element method is a technique for solving partial differential equations on multiple non-matching meshes by enforcing interface conditions using Nitsche's method. Since the non-matching meshes can result in arbitrarily…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-07-15 Jørgen S. Dokken , August Johansson , André Massing , Simon W. Funke

In this paper we propose a new method to stabilise non-symmetric indefinite problems. The idea is to solve a forward and an adjoint problem simultaneously using a suitable stabilised finite element method. Both stabilisation of the element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-08-05 Erik Burman

In this paper, we introduce a novel unfitted finite element method to solve the quad-curl interface problem. We adapt Nitsche's method for curlcurl-conforming elements and double the degrees of freedom on interface elements. To ensure…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-11-28 Hailong Guo , Mingyan Zhang , Qian Zhang , Zhimin Zhang

The paper presents error estimates within a unified abstract framework for the analysis of FEM for boundary value problems with linear diffusion-convection-reaction equations and boundary conditions of mixed type. Since neither conformity…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-04 Lutz Angermann , Peter Knabner , Andreas Rupp

Collisions and contacts of elastic materials are numerically and theoretically investigated. Using a two-dimensional spring-mass model with defect particles under the free boundary condition, we reproduce the Hertzian contact theory at…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 Hiroto Kuninaka , Hisao Hayakawa

In a wide range of practical problems, such as forming operations and impact tests, assuming that one of the contacting bodies is rigid is an excellent approximation to the physical phenomenon. In this work, the well-established dual mortar…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2022-10-07 R. Pinto Carvalho , A. M. Couto Carneiro , F. M. Andrade Pires , A. Popp

This paper presents a new isogeometric mortar contact formulation based on an extended finite element interpolation to capture physical pressure discontinuities at the contact boundary. The so called two-half-pass algorithm is employed,…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2018-07-13 Thang Xuan Duong , Laura De Lorenzis , Roger A. Sauer