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A modular, maintainable and extensible particle beam simulation architecture is presented. Design considerations for single particle, multi particle, and rms envelope simulations (in two and three dimensions) are outlined. Envelope…

Computational Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Nicholas D. Pattengale , Christopher K. Allen

Fringe fields in multipole magnets can have a variety of effects on the linear and nonlinear dynamics of particles moving along an accelerator beamline. An accurate model of an accelerator must include realistic models of the magnet fringe…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2015-06-10 B. D. Muratori , J. K. Jones , A. Wolski

In this paper, we propose a new approach -- the Tempered Finite Element Method (TFEM) -- that extends the Finite Element Method (FEM) to classes of meshes that include zero-measure or nearly degenerate elements for which standard FEM…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-27 Antoine Quiriny , Václav Kučera , Jonathan Lambrechts , Nicolas Moës , Jean-François Remacle

In this work we propose an efficient and accurate multi-scale optical simulation algorithm by applying a numerical version of slowly varying envelope approximation in FEM. Specifically, we employ the fast iterative method to quickly compute…

Optics · Physics 2024-12-03 Fan Xiao , Jingwei Wang , Zhongfei Xiong , Yuntian Chen

The $\ell$FEM MATLAB package provides a simple, efficient, and flexible implementation of isoparametric finite elements in bulk domains and on surfaces. The finite element matrix assemblies are based on MATLAB's paged operators and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-15 Balázs Kovács , Michael Lantelme

This paper addresses the problem of evaluating the quality of finite element meshes for the purpose of structural mechanic simulations. It proposes the application of a machine learning model trained on data collected from expert…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-07-23 Joachim Sprave , Christian Drescher

The finite element simulation of dynamic wetting phenomena, requiring the computation of flow in a domain confined by intersecting a liquid-fluid free surface and a liquid-solid interface, with the three-phase contact line moving across the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2012-02-20 J. E. Sprittles , Y. D. Shikhmurzaev

The Landau-Lifshitz equation describes the dynamics of magnetization in ferromagnetic materials. Due to the essential nonlinearity and nonconvex constraint, it is typically solved numerically. In this paper, we developed a finite volume…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-18 Yunjie Gong , Jingrun Chen , Rui Du , Panchi Li

The performance evaluation of a potentially unstable slope involves two key components: the initiation of the slope failure and the post-failure runout. The Finite Element Method (FEM) excels at modeling the initiation of instability but…

Geophysics · Physics 2022-06-16 Brent Sordo , Ellen Rathje , Krishna Kumar

Computational simulations using methods such as the finite element (FE) method rely on high-quality meshes for achieving accurate results. This study introduces a method for creating a high-quality hexahedral mesh using the Open Anatomy…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-02-23 Andy Trung Huynh , Benjamin Zwick , Michael Halle , Adam Wittek , Karol Miller

Project/problem-based learning, as an active methodology, improves significantly the learning process, making students take an active role in the construction of their own knowledge, and at the same time, develop soft and social skills that…

Physics Education · Physics 2022-07-07 Arturo Pazmino , Luis Pabón , Esther Desiree Gutiérrez M. , Erick Lamilla , Eduardo Montero

Reinforcement learning holds tremendous promise in accelerator controls. The primary goal of this paper is to show how this approach can be utilised on an operational level on accelerator physics problems. Despite the success of model-free…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-01-27 Simon Hirlaender , Niky Bruchon

Finite element models without simplifying assumptions can accurately describe the spatial and temporal distribution of heat in machine tools as well as the resulting deformation. In principle, this allows to correct for displacements of the…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2018-11-20 Andreas Naumann , Daniel Ruprecht , Joerg Wensch

A new field of numerical astrophysics is introduced which addresses the solution of large, multidimensional structural or slowly-evolving problems (rotating stars, interacting binaries, thick advective accretion disks, four dimensional…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 David L. Meier

The paper is concerned with the development of efficient and accurate solution procedures for the isogeometric boundary element method (BEM) when applied to problems that contain inclusions that have elastic properties different to the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-10-28 Gernot Beer , Eugenio Ruocco , Christian Duenser , Vincenzo Mallardo

The finite element method (FEM) is a cornerstone numerical technique for solving partial differential equations (PDEs). Here, we present $\textbf{Qu-FEM}$, a fault-tolerant era quantum algorithm for the finite element method. In contrast to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-22 Ahmad M. Alkadri , Tyler D. Kharazi , K. Birgitta Whaley , Kranthi K. Mandadapu

The Finite Element Method (FEM) is a powerful modeling tool for predicting the behavior of soft robots. However, its use for control can be difficult for non-specialists of numerical computation: it requires an optimization of the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-07-24 Etienne Ménager , Tanguy Navez , Olivier Goury , Christian Duriez

Fixed-field Alternating Gradient (FFAG) accelerators offer the potential of high-quality, moderate energy ion beams at low cost. Modeling of these structures is challenging with conventional beam tracking codes because of the large radial…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2012-02-06 George I. Bell , Dan T. Abell

Finite element methods have been shown to achieve high accuracies in numerically solving the EEG forward problem and they enable the realistic modeling of complex geometries and important conductive features such as anisotropic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-08-25 Johannes Vorwerk , Christian Engwer , Sampsa Pursiainen , Carsten H. Wolters

In electromagnetic simulations of magnets and machines one is often interested in a highly accurate and local evaluation of the magnetic field uniformity. Based on local post-processing of the solution, a defect correction scheme is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-02-09 Ulrich Römer , Sebastian Schöps , Herbert De Gersem