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We consider two methods for treating elastic contact problems with the finite element method; the penalty method and Nitsche's method. For the penalty method we discuss how the penalty parameter should be chosen. Both the theoretical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-05-29 Tom Gustafsson , Rolf Stenberg

We show quasi-optimality and a posteriori error estimates for the frictionless contact problem between two elastic bodies with a zero-gap function. The analysis is based on interpreting Nitsche's method as a stabilised finite element method…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-03-05 Tom Gustafsson , Rolf Stenberg , Juha Videman

We formulate and analyze a Nitsche-type algorithm for frictional contact problems. The method is derived from, and analyzed as, a stabilized finite element method and shown to be quasi-optimal, as well as suitable as an adaptive scheme…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-06-24 Tom Gustafsson , Juha Videman

We derive optimal a priori and a posteriori error estimates for Nitsche's method applied to unilateral contact problems. Our analysis is based on the interpretation of Nitsche's method as a stabilised finite element method for the mixed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-05-14 Tom Gustafsson , Rolf Stenberg , Juha Videman

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

Optimal a priori and a posteriori error estimates are derived for Nitsche's mortar finite elements. The analysis is based on the equivalence of the Nitsche's method and the stabilised mixed method. The Nitsche's method is defined so that it…

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

This paper analyzes an interface-unfitted numerical method for distributed optimal control problems governed by elliptic interface equations. We follow the variational discretization concept to discretize the optimal control problems, and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-05 Tao Wang , Chaochao Yang , Xiaoping Xie

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

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

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

We present a new composite mesh finite element method for fluid--structure interaction problems. The method is based on surrounding the structure by a boundary-fitted fluid mesh which is embedded into a fixed background fluid mesh. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-01-20 Andre Massing , Mats G. Larson , Anders Logg , Marie E. Rognes

We develop a Nitsche-based formulation for a general class of stabilized finite element methods for the Stokes problem posed on a pair of overlapping, non-matching meshes. By ex- tending the least-squares stabilization to the overlap…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-05-30 André Massing , Mats G. Larson , Anders Logg , Marie E. Rognes

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 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

In this paper, we propose a multiphysics mixed finite element method with Nitsche's technique for Stokes-poroelasticity problem. Firstly, we present a multiphysics reformulation of poroelasticity part of the original problem by introducing…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-24 Zhihao Ge , Jin'ge Pang , Jiwei Cao

The multimesh finite element method enables the solution of partial differential equations on a computational mesh composed by multiple arbitrarily overlapping meshes. The discretization is based on a continuous--discontinuous function…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-05-02 August Johansson , Mats G. Larson , Anders Logg

This paper develops and analyses numerical approximation for linear-quadratic optimal control problem governed by elliptic interface equations. We adopt variational discretization concept to discretize optimal control problem, and apply an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-06-04 Chao Chao Yang , Tao Wang , Xiaoping Xie

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

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

We design and analyse a Nitsche method for contact problems. Compared to the seminal work of Chouly and Hild (A Nitsche-based method for unilateral contact problems: numerical analysis. SIAM J. Numer. Anal. 51 (2013), no. 2) our method is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-09-14 Erik Burman , Peter Hansbo , Mats G. Larson
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