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A handy technique for the Finite Element Method (FEM) is presented that uses the null space for the implementation of Dirichlet and constraint boundary conditions. The focus of this method is to present an illustrative approach to modeling…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-03-12 Stefan Schoder

This article presents an error analysis of the recently introduced Frenet immersed finite element (IFE) method. The Frenet IFE space employed in this method is constructed to be locally conforming to the function space of the associated…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-04 Slimane Adjerid , Tao Lin , Haroun Meghaichi

We explore a new way to handle flux boundary conditions imposed on level sets. The proposed approach is a diffuse interface version of the shifted boundary method (SBM) for continuous Galerkin discretizations of conservation laws in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-05-11 Dmitri Kuzmin , Jan-Phillip Bäcker

We present a robust and efficient numerical framework based on a median filter scheme for solving a broad class of interface-related optimization problems, from image segmentation to topology optimization. A key innovation of our work is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-24 Sihao Cheng , Ziming Shao , Dong Wang

We develop a high order cut finite element method for the Stokes problem based on general inf-sup stable finite element spaces. We focus in particular on composite meshes consisting of one mesh that overlaps another. The method is based on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-05-05 August Johansson , Mats G. Larson , Anders Logg

We propose and analyze an unfitted finite element method for solving elliptic problems on domains with curved boundaries and interfaces. The approximation space on the whole domain is obtained by the direct extension of the finite element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-28 Fanyi Yang , Xiaoping Xie

We discuss how slip conditions for the Stokes equation can be handled using Nitsche method, for a stabilized finite element discretization. Emphasis is made on the interplay between stabilization and Nitsche terms. Well-posedness of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-04-16 Rodolfo Araya , Alfonso Caiazzo , Franz Chouly

This article's main scope is the presentation of a computational method for the simulation of contact problems within the finite element method involving complex and rough surfaces. The approach relies on the MPJR (eMbedded Profile for…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-04-03 Jacopo Bonari , Marco Paggi , Daniele Dini

Fluid-structure systems occur in a range of scientific and engineering applications. The immersed boundary(IB) method is a widely recognized and effective modeling paradigm for simulating fluid-structure interaction(FSI) in such systems,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-06-10 Ebrahim M. Kolahdouz , Amneet Pal Singh Bhalla , Brent A. Craven , Boyce E. Griffith

A surface integral representation of Maxwell's equations allows the efficient electromagnetic (EM) modeling of three-dimensional structures with a two-dimensional discretization, via the boundary element method (BEM). However, existing BEM…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-14 Shashwat Sharma , Piero Triverio

Isogeometric analysis was proposed to bridge the gap between computer-aided design and numerical discretization. However, standard multi-patch isogeometric analysis mandates conformal discretizations across patch interfaces, posing…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2026-04-09 Yusuf T. Elbadry , Giuliano Guarino , Pablo Antolín , Oliver Weeger

A finite element method is introduced to track interface evolution governed by the level set equation. The method solves for the level set indicator function in a narrow band around the interface. An extension procedure, which is essential…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-10 Maxim Olshanskii , Arnold Reusken , Paul Schwering

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…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-04-12 Michel Make , Norbert Hosters , Marek Behr , Stefanie Elgeti

We propose the Compact Coupling Interface Method (CCIM), a finite difference method capable of obtaining second-order accurate approximations of not only solution values but their gradients, for elliptic complex interface problems with…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-06-21 Ray Zirui Zhang , Li-Tien Cheng

When solving elliptic partial differential equations in a region containing immersed interfaces (possibly evolving in time), it is often desirable to approximate the problem using an independent background discretisation, not aligned with…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-10-29 Luca Heltai , Nella Rotundo

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

A Nitche's method is presented to couple different mechanical models. They include coupling of a solid and a beam and of a solid and a plate. Both conforming and non-conforming formulations are presented. In a non-conforming for- mulation,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-20 Vinh Phu Nguyen , Pierre Kerfriden , Susanne Claus , Stephane P. A. Bordas

The simulation of certain flow problems requires a means for modeling a free fluid surface; examples being viscoelastic die swell or fluid sloshing in tanks. In a finite-element context, this type of problem can, among many other options,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-09-21 Florian Zwicke , Sebastian Eusterholz , Stefanie Elgeti

We consider an interface problem often arising in transport problems: a coupled system of partial differential equations with one (elliptic) transport equation on a bounded domain and one equation (in this case the Laplace problem) on the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-05-24 Christoph Erath , Robert Schorr

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