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For most finite element simulations, boundary-conforming meshes have significant advantages in terms of accuracy or efficiency. This is particularly true for complex domains. However, with increased complexity of the domain, generating a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-04-07 Jan Helmig , Fabian Key , Marek Behr , Stefanie Elgeti

Starting from a recent a posteriori error estimator for the finite element solution of the wave equation with explicit time-stepping [Grote, Lakkis, Santos, 2024], we devise a space-time adaptive strategy which includes both time evolving…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-07 Marcus J. Grote , Omar Lakkis , Carina S. Santos

Compressible Mooney-Rivlin theory has been used to model hyperelastic solids, such as rubber and porous polymers, and more recently for the modeling of soft tissues for biomedical tissues, undergoing large elastic deformations. We propose a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-20 Suzanne M. Shontz , Stephen A. Vavasis

Fitted finite element methods are constructed for a singularly perturbed convection-diffusion problem in two space dimensions. Exponential splines as basis functions are combined with Shishkin meshes to obtain a stable parameter-uniform…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-03 Alan F. Hegarty , Eugene O'Riordan

Adaptive multilevel finite element methods are developed and analyzed for certain elliptic systems arising in geometric analysis and general relativity. This class of nonlinear elliptic systems of tensor equations on manifolds is first…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2010-01-12 Michael Holst

An adaptive moving mesh finite element method is studied for the numerical solution of the porous medium equation with and without variable exponents and absorption. The method is based on the so-called moving mesh partial differential…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-01-03 Cuong Ngo , Weizhang Huang

We analyze a goal-oriented adaptive algorithm that aims to efficiently compute the quantity of interest $G(u^\star)$ with a linear goal functional $G$ and the solution $u^\star$ to a general second-order nonsymmetric linear elliptic partial…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-18 Philipp Bringmann , Maximilian Brunner , Dirk Praetorius , Julian Streitberger

When modelling discontinuities (interfaces) using the finite element method, the standard approach is to use a conforming finite-element mesh in which the mesh matches the interfaces. However, this approach can prove cumbersome if the…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-06-06 Jedrzej Dobrzanski , Kajetan Wojtacki , Stanislaw Stupkiewicz

As inelastic structures are ubiquitous in many engineering fields, a central task in computational mechanics is to develop accurate, robust and efficient tools for their analysis. Motivated by the poor performances exhibited by standard…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-09-21 Nicola A. Nodargi

A new family of mixed finite element methods$-$compatible-strain mixed finite element methods (CSFEMs)$-$are introduced for three-dimensional compressible and incompressible nonlinear elasticity. A Hu-Washizu-type functional is extremized…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2019-10-23 Mostafa Faghih Shojaei , Arash Yavari

In this paper, we present a unified analysis of both convergence and optimality of adaptive mixed finite element methods for a class of problems when the finite element spaces and corresponding a posteriori error estimates under…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-01-05 Jun Hu , Guozhu Yu

Motivated by the need for efficient and accurate simulation of the dynamics of the polar ice sheets, we design high-order finite element discretizations and scalable solvers for the solution of nonlinear incompressible Stokes equations. We…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2015-11-05 Tobin Isaac , Georg Stadler , Omar Ghattas

This work surveys an r-adaptive moving mesh finite element method for the numerical solution of premixed laminar flame problems. Since the model of chemically reacting flow involves many different modes with diverse length scales, the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-08-26 Zhen Sun , Malte Braack , Jens Lang

An important step in shape optimization with partial differential equation constraints is to adapt the geometry during each optimization iteration. Common strategies are to employ mesh-deformation or re-meshing, where one or the other…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-06-27 Jorgen S. Dokken , Simon W. Funke , August Johansson , Stephan Schmidt

The aim of this paper is to propose an efficient adaptive finite element method for eigenvalue problems based on the multilevel correction scheme and inverse power method. This method involves solving associated boundary value problems on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-02-25 Qichen Hong , Hehu Xie , Fei Xu

We define a new finite element method for a steady state elliptic problem with discontinuous diffusion coefficients where the meshes are not aligned with the interface. We prove optimal error estimates in the $L^2$ norm and $H^1$ weighted…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-10-18 Johnny Guzman , Manuel A. Sanchez , Marcus Sarkis

This paper presents a technique for stress and fracture analysis by using the scaled boundary finite element method (SBFEM) with quadtree mesh of high-order elements. The cells of the quadtree mesh are modelled as scaled boundary polygons…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-19 Hou Man , Chongmin Song , Sundararajan Natarajan , Ean Tat Ooi , Carolin Birk

We prove that for compactly perturbed elliptic problems, where the corresponding bilinear form satisfies a Garding inequality, adaptive mesh-refinement is capable of overcoming the preasymptotic behavior and eventually leads to convergence…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-01-30 Alex Bespalov , Alexander Haberl , Dirk Praetorius

Finite elasticity problems commonly include material and geometric nonlinearities and are solved using various numerical methods. However, for highly nonlinear problems, achieving convergence is relatively difficult and requires small load…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-05-01 Yue Mei , Daniel E. Hurtado , Sanjay Pant , Ankush Aggarwal

A new finite element method (FEM) using meshes that do not necessarily align with the interface is developed for two- and three-dimensional anisotropic elliptic interface problems with nonhomogeneous jump conditions. The degrees of freedom…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-05-20 Haifeng Ji , Zhilin Li