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We consider the numerical approximation of a continuum model of antiferromagnetic and ferrimagnetic materials. The state of the material is described in terms of two unit-length vector fields, which can be interpreted as the magnetizations…
We construct four variants of space-time finite element discretizations based on linear tensor-product and simplex-type finite elements. The resulting discretizations are continuous in space, and continuous or discontinuous in time. In a…
In this paper, we develop a new multiphysics finite element method for a nonlinear poroelastic model with Hencky-Mises stress tensor. By introducing some new notations, we reformulate the original model into a fluid-fluid coupling problem,…
In this paper, we propose a fully discrete mixed finite element method for solving the time-dependent Ginzburg--Landau equations, and prove the convergence of the finite element solutions in general curved polyhedra, possibly nonconvex and…
We propose a numerical method to solve general hyperbolic systems in any space dimension using forward Euler time stepping and continuous finite elements on non-uniform grids. The properties of the method are based on the introduction of an…
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We design a primal-dual stabilized finite element method for the numerical approximation of a data assimilation problem subject to the acoustic wave equation. For the forward problem, piecewise affine, continuous, finite element functions…
A proposal to link the equation of state of a monocomponent hard-disk fluid to the equation of state of a polydisperse hard-disk mixture is presented. Event-driven molecular dynamics simulations are performed to obtain data for the…
Finite element calculations of dynamic fracture based on embedding cohesive surfaces in a continuum indicate that the predictions are sensitive to the cohesive law used. Simulations were performed on a square block in plane strain with an…
We show strong uniform convergence of monotone P1 finite element methods to the viscosity solution of isotropic parabolic Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equations with mixed boundary conditions on unstructured meshes and for possibly degenerate…
The modeling of electric machines and power transformers typically involves systems of nonlinear magnetostatics or -quasistatics, and their efficient and accurate simulation is required for the reliable design, control, and optimization of…
We study the mechanical contact between a deformable body with a wavy surface and a rigid flat taking into account pressurized fluid trapped in the interface. A finite element model is formulated for a general problem of trapped fluid for…
We present a finite element approach for diffusion problems with thermal fluctuations based on a fluctuating hydrodynamics model. The governing transport equations are stochastic partial differential equations with a fluctuating forcing…
We consider linear, hyperbolic systems of balance laws in several space dimensions. They possess non-trivial steady states, which result from the equilibrium between derivatives of the unknowns in different directions, and the sources.…
For most finite element simulations, boundary-conforming meshes have significant advantages in terms of accuracy or efficiency. This is particularly true for complex domains. However, with increased complexity of the domain, generating a…
We propose an adaptive polygonal finite element formulation for collapse plastic analysis of solids. The article contributes into four crucial points: 1) Wachspress shape functions at vertex and bubble nodes handled at a primal-mesh level;…
A widely used electrostatics model in the biomolecular modeling community, the nonlinear Poisson-Boltzmann equation, along with its finite element approximation, are analyzed in this paper. A regularized Poisson-Boltzmann equation is…
For a parabolic surface partial differential equation coupled to surface evolution, convergence of the spatial semidiscretization is studied in this paper. The velocity of the evolving surface is not given explicitly, but depends on the…
The Reynolds equation, combined with the Elrod algorithm for including the effect of cavitation, resembles a nonlinear convection-diffusion-reaction (CDR) equation. Its solution by finite elements is prone to oscillations in…