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In a companion article (Part 1), we presented the development of a thick continuum-based (CB) shell finite element (FE) based on Mindlin-Reissner theory. We verified the accuracy, efficiency and locking insensitivity of the element in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-01-15 Bahareh Momenan , Michel R. Labrosse

This paper proposes a computational methodology for the integration of Computer Aided Design (CAD) and the Finite Cell Method (FCM) for models with "dirty geometries". FCM, being a fictitious domain approach based on higher order finite…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2019-05-01 Benjamin Wassermann , Stefan Kollmannsberger , Shuohui Yin , László Kudela , Ernst Rank

The paper studies a higher order unfitted finite element method for the Stokes system posed on a surface in three-dimensional space. The method employs generalized Taylor-Hood finite element pairs on tetrahedral bulk mesh to discretize the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-03-17 Thomas Jankuhn , Maxim A. Olshanskii , Arnold Reusken , Alexander Zhiliakov

The Finite Element Method (FEM) is a powerful computational tool for solving partial differential equations (PDEs). Although commercial and open-source FEM software packages are widely available, an independent implementation of FEM…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-02-06 Victor Dominguez , Alejandro Duque

Using Domain Decomposition (DD) algorithm on non--overlapping domains, we compare couplings of different discretisation models, such as Finite Element (FEM) and Reduced Order (ROM) models for separate subcomponents. In particular, we…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-05-14 Ivan Prusak , Davide Torlo , Monica Nonino , Gianluigi Rozza

This paper presents an extension of the discrete element method using a phase-field formulation to incorporate grain shape and its evolution. The introduction of a phase variable enables an effective representation of grain geometry and…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-04-09 Alexandre Sac-Morane , Manolis Veveakis , Hadrien Rattez

Multiscale Finite Element Methods (MsFEM) are finite element type approaches dedicated to multiscale problems. They first compute local, oscillatory, problem-dependent basis functions which generate a specific discretization space, and next…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-02-08 Rutger A. Biezemans , Claude Le Bris , Frederic Legoll , Alexei Lozinski

A new concept for the higher-order accurate approximation of partial differential equations on manifolds is proposed where a surface mesh composed by higher-order elements is automatically generated based on level-set data. Thereby, it…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2017-10-11 T. P. Fries , D. Schöllhammer

In this paper, we propose a unified framework, the Hessian discretisation method (HDM), which is based on four discrete elements (called altogether a Hessian discretisation) and a few intrinsic indicators of accuracy, independent of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-08-28 Jérôme Droniou , Bishnu P. Lamichhane , Devika Shylaja

We derive and analyze a broad class of finite element methods for numerically simulating the stationary, low Reynolds number flow of concentrated mixtures of several distinct chemical species in a common thermodynamic phase. The underlying…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-24 Aaron Baier-Reinio , Patrick E. Farrell

The multiscale nature of turbulent combustion necessitates accurate and computationally efficient methods for direct numerical simulations (DNS). The field has long been dominated by high-order finite differences, which lack the flexibility…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-01-24 Jack R. C. King

In this work we propose a simple but effective high order polynomial correction allowing to enhance the consistency of all kind of boundary conditions for the Euler equations (Dirichlet, characteristic far-field and slip-wall), both in 2D…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-09-30 Mirco Ciallella , Elena Gaburro , Marco Lorini , Mario Ricchiuto

In this paper, we propose an approach for solving PDEs on evolving surfaces using a combination of the trace finite element method and a fast marching method. The numerical approach is based on the Eulerian description of the surface…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-02-13 Maxim A. Olshanskii , Xianmin Xu

Thanks to a finite element method, we solve numerically parabolic partial differential equations on complex domains by avoiding the mesh generation, using a regular background mesh, not fitting the domain and its real boundary exactly. Our…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-03-22 Michel Duprez , Vanessa Lleras , Alexei Lozinski , Killian Vuillemot

In this paper, we discuss the second-order finite element method (FEM) and finite difference method (FDM) for numerically solving elliptic cross-interface problems characterized by vertical and horizontal straight lines, piecewise constant…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-04 Qiwei Feng

This paper presents compact, symmetric, and high-order finite difference methods (FDMs) for the variable Poisson equation on a $d$-dimensional hypercube. Our scheme produces a symmetric linear system: an important property that does not…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-14 Qiwei Feng , Bin Han , Michelle Michelle , Jiwoon Sim

Finite element method (FEM) suffers from a serious mesh distortion problem when used for high velocity impact analyses. The smooth particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method is appropriate for this class of problems involving severe damages but at…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2012-05-08 S. Swaddiwudhipong , M. J. Islam , Z. S. Liu

In this paper we present a high-order kernel method for numerically solving diffusion and reaction-diffusion partial differential equations (PDEs) on smooth, closed surfaces embedded in $\mathbb{R}^d$. For two-dimensional surfaces embedded…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-06-04 Edward J. Fuselier , Grady B. Wright

We develop two unfitted finite element methods for the Stokes equations using $H^{\text{div}}$-conforming finite elements. Both methods achieve optimal convergence for velocity, ensure pointwise divergence-free velocity fields, and produce…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-09-04 Thomas Frachon , Erik Nilsson , Sara Zahedi

In this paper, we propose new geometrically unfitted space-time Finite Element methods for partial differential equations posed on moving domains of higher order accuracy in space and time. As a model problem, the convection-diffusion…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-05-09 Fabian Heimann , Christoph Lehrenfeld , Janosch Preuß