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In this paper, a generalized finite element method (GFEM) with optimal local approximation spaces for solving high-frequency heterogeneous Helmholtz problems is systematically studied. The local spaces are built from selected eigenvectors…

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We present a new finite element method, called $\phi$-FEM, to solve numerically elliptic partial differential equations with natural (Neumann or Robin) boundary conditions using simple computational grids, not fitted to the boundary of the…

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We present the generalization of our FEM-based topology optimization framework to 3D blazed metasurfaces operating in reflection over the visible and near-infrared range [400-1,500]nm. The design region is described through a density-based…

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High-order partial differential equations (PDEs) require derivative regularity that standard $C^0$ finite element infrastructures do not directly provide on unstructured meshes. We propose a mesh-intrinsic generalized finite element method…

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A finite element method for elliptic problems with discontinuous coefficients is presented. The discontinuity is assumed to take place along a closed smooth curve. The proposed method allows to deal with meshes that are not adapted to the…

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This article considers the NURBS-Enhanced Finite Element Method (NEFEM) applied to the compressible Navier-Stokes equations. NEFEM, in contrast to conventional finite element formulations, utilizes a NURBS-based computational domain…

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An important requirement in the standard finite element method (FEM) is that all elements in the underlying mesh must be tangle-free i.e., the Jacobian must be positive throughout each element. To relax this requirement, an isoparametric…

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We propose an adaptive iteratively linearized finite element method (AILFEM) in the context of strongly monotone nonlinear operators in Hilbert spaces. The approach combines adaptive mesh-refinement with an energy-contractive linearization…

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Computational Physics · Physics 2025-11-14 Qi Sun , Ebrahim M. Kolahdouz , Boyce E. Griffith

Topology optimization is used for the design of high-performance structures but remains fundamentally limited by its iterative nature, requiring repeated finite element analyses that prevent real-time deployment and large-scale design…

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