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This paper presents the first time implementation of the eXtended Finite Element Method (XFEM) in the general purpose commercial software COMSOL Multiphysics. An enrichment strategy is proposed, consistent with the structure of the…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2021-09-08 Ahmad Jafari , Pooyan Broumand , Mohammad Vahab , Nasser Khalili

In this paper, we present a robust and efficient unfitted concurrent multiscale method for continuum-continuum coupling, based on the Cut Finite Element Method (CutFEM). The computational domain is defined using approximate signed distance…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2023-06-02 Ehsan Mikaeili , Pierre Kerfriden , Susanne Claus

We develop a general framework for construction and analysis of discrete extension operators with application to unfitted finite element approximation of partial differential equations. In unfitted methods so called cut elements intersected…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-01-26 Erik Burman , Peter Hansbo , Mats G. Larson

The oversampling multiscale finite element method (MsFEM) is one of the most popular methods for simulating composite materials and flows in porous media which may have many scales. But the method may be inapplicable or inefficient in some…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-11-16 Weibing Deng , Haijun Wu

Robust mixed finite element methods are developed for a quad-curl singular perturbation problem. Lower order H(grad curl)-nonconforming but H(curl)-conforming finite elements are constructed, which are extended to nonconforming finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-06-24 Xuehai Huang , Chao Zhang

We show that in the variational multiscale framework, the weak enforcement of essential boundary conditions via Nitsche's method corresponds directly to a particular choice of projection operator. The consistency, symmetry and penalty terms…

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

In this paper, we study arbitrary order extended finite element (XFE) methods based on two discontinuous Galerkin (DG) schemes in order to solve elliptic interface problems in two and three dimensions. Optimal error estimates in the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-04-22 Fei Wang , Yuanming Xiao , Jinchao Xu

We present an isoparametric unfitted finite element approach of the CutFEM or Nitsche-XFEM family for the simulation of two-phase Stokes problems with slip between phases. For the unfitted generalized Taylor--Hood finite element pair…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-01-26 Maxim Olshanskii , Annalisa Quaini , Qi Sun

We propose some multigrid methods for solving the algebraic systems resulting from finite element approximations of space fractional partial differential equations (SFPDEs). It is shown that our multigrid methods are optimal, which means…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-07-27 Yingjun Jiang , Xuejun Xu

This note describes the full approximation storage (FAS) multigrid scheme for an easy one-dimensional nonlinear boundary value problem. The problem is discretized by a simple finite element (FE) scheme. We apply both FAS V-cycles and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-02-03 Ed Bueler

In this article we propose a scalable shape optimization algorithm which is tailored for large scale problems and geometries represented by hierarchically refined meshes. Weak scalability and grid independent convergence is achieved via a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-05-09 Jose Pinzon , Martin Siebenborn

Traditionally, the geometric multigrid method is used with nested levels. However, the construction of a suitable hierarchy for very fine and unstructured grids is, in general, highly non-trivial. In this scenario, the non-nested multigrid…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-17 Marco Feder , Luca Heltai , Martin Kronbichler , Peter Munch

Computing the stiffness matrix for the finite element discretization of the nonlocal Laplacian on unstructured meshes is difficult, because the operator is nonlocal and can even be singular. In this paper, we focus on the $C^0$-piecewise…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-30 Changtao Sheng , Huiyuan Li , Huifang Yuan , Li-Lian Wang

The geometric multigrid algorithm is an efficient numerical method for solving a variety of elliptic partial differential equations (PDEs). The method damps errors at progressively finer grid scales, resulting in faster convergence compared…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-03-14 Francisco Holguin , GS Sidharth , Gavin Portwood

In this paper, we investigate the combination of multigrid methods and neural networks, starting from a Finite Element discretization of an elliptic PDE. Multigrid methods use interpolation operators to transfer information between…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-09-14 Claudio Tomasi , Rolf Krause

This paper presents an immersed, isogeometric finite element framework to predict the response of multi-material, multi-physics problems with complex geometries using locally refined discretizations. To circumvent the need to generate…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-12-05 Mathias Schmidt , Lise Noel , Keenan Doble , John A. Evans , Kurt Maute

Numerical modeling of wave propagation in heterogeneous media is important in many applications. Due to the complex nature, direct numerical simulations on the fine grid are prohibitively expensive. It is therefore important to develop…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-11-26 Eric T. Chung , Yalchin Efendiev , Wing Tat Leung

We develop a Nitsche finite element method for a model of Euler--Bernoulli beams with axial stiffness embedded in a two--dimensional elastic bulk domain. The beams have their own displacement fields, and the elastic subdomains created by…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-03-02 Peter Hansbo , Mats G. Larson

In this work, we propose an adaptive geometric multigrid method for the solution of large-scale finite cell flow problems. The finite cell method seeks to circumvent the need for a boundary-conforming mesh through the embedding of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-21 M. Saberi , A. Vogel