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An error control technique aimed to assess the quality of smoothed finite element approximations is presented in this paper. Finite element techniques based on strain smoothing appeared in 2007 were shown to provide significant advantages…

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This work develops and analyzes a variational-monolithic unfitted finite element formulation of a linear fluid-structure interaction problem in Eulerian coordinates with a fixed interface. The overall discretization is based on a backward…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-27 Stefan Frei , Tobias Knoke , Marc C. Steinbach , Anne-Kathrin Wenske , Thomas Wick

We propose an enriched finite element formulation to address the computational modeling of contact problems and the coupling of non-conforming discretizations in the small deformation setting. The displacement field is augmented by enriched…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2021-12-30 Dongyu Liu , Sanne J. van den Boom , Angelo Simone , Alejandro M. Aragón

We propose a Nitsche-based fictitious domain method for the three field Stokes problem in which the boundary of the domain is allowed to cross through the elements of a fixed background mesh. The dependent variables of velocity, pressure…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-02-23 Erik Burman , Susanne Claus , André Massing

Modeling microstructural evolution at large strains requires mechanical formulations that remain thermodynamically consistent while capturing significant lattice rotations and transformation-induced stresses. However, most existing…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-11-21 Tushar Jogi

We consider mechanics of composite materials in which thin inclusions are modeled by lower-dimensional manifolds. By successively applying the dimensional reduction to junctions and intersections within the material, a geometry of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-03-06 Wietse M. Boon , Jan M. Nordbotten

When discretizing symmetric stress tensors in variational problems arising in continuum mechanics, one has to choose how to enforce the symmetry of the stress tensor: (i) strongly by requiring the discrete tensors to be pointwise symmetric…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-21 Pablo Brubeck , Charles Parker , Umberto Zerbinati

In this paper, we formulate, analyse and implement the discrete formulation of the Brinkman problem with mixed boundary conditions, including slip boundary condition, using the Nitsche's technique for virtual element methods. The divergence…

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A robust nonconforming mixed finite element method is developed for a strain gradient elasticity (SGE) model. In two and three dimensional cases, a lower order $C^0$-continuous $H^2$-nonconforming finite element is constructed for the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-09-25 Mingqing Chen , Jianguo Huang , Xuehai Huang

We analyse a finite-element discretisation of a differential equation describing an axisymmetrically loaded thin shell. The problem is singularly perturbed when the thickness of the shell becomes small. We prove robust convergence of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-06-23 Norbert Heuer , Torsten Linß

Variable viscosity arises in many flow scenarios, often imposing numerical challenges. Yet, discretisation methods designed specifically for non-constant viscosity are few, and their analysis is even scarcer. In finite element methods for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-05 Felipe Galarce , Douglas R. Q. Pacheco

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

A low-order finite element method is constructed and analysed for an incompressible non-Newtonian flow problem with power-law rheology. The method is based on a continuous piecewise linear approximation of the velocity field and piecewise…

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In this paper we introduce a finite element method for the Stokes equations with a massless immersed membrane. This membrane applies normal and tangential forces affecting the velocity and pressure of the fluid. Additionally, the points…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-05-01 Kyle Dunn , Roger Lui , Marcus Sarkis

The paper develops and analyzes a higher-order unfitted finite element method for the incompressible Stokes equations, which yields a strongly divergence-free velocity field up to the physical boundary. The method combines an isoparametric…

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Lemaitre's ductile damage model and a simplified variant excluding kinematic hardening were studied and implemented into computer code. For purposes of verifying the model, results from computations with the finite element method are…

Computational Physics · Physics 2013-02-12 Robert Lee Gates

This paper interprets the stabilized finite element method via residual minimization as a variational multiscale method. We approximate the solution to the partial differential equations using two discrete spaces that we build on a…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2023-05-23 Juan F. Giraldo , Victor M. Calo

We consider the numerical approximation of a continuum model of antiferromagnetic and ferrimagnetic materials. The state of the material is described in terms of two unit-length vector fields, which can be interpreted as the magnetizations…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-12-11 Hywel Normington , Michele Ruggeri

In this study, we propose a parametric finite element method for a degenerate multi-phase Stefan problem with triple junctions. This model describes the energy-driven motion of a surface cluster whose distributional solution was studied by…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-11 Tokuhiro Eto , Harald Garcke , Robert Nürnberg