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In this paper we propose a new method to stabilise non-symmetric indefinite problems. The idea is to solve a forward and an adjoint problem simultaneously using a suitable stabilised finite element method. Both stabilisation of the element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-08-05 Erik Burman

We present a monolithic finite element formulation for (nonlinear) fluid-structure interaction in Eulerian coordinates. For the discretization we employ an unfitted finite element method based on inf-sup stable finite elements. So-called…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-02-02 Stefan Frei , Tobias Knoke , Marc C. Steinbach , Anne-Kathrin Wenske , Thomas Wick

By solving the Young Laplace equation of capillary hydrostatics one can accurately determine equilibrium shapes of droplets on relatively smooth solid surfaces. The solution, however of the Young Laplace equation becomes tricky when a…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2013-06-05 Nikolaos T. Chamakos , Michail E. Kavousanakis , Athanasios G. Papathanasiou

We study a nonlocal diffusion equation of porous medium type featuring a generalised fractional pressure with spatial anisotropy. We construct a finite element method for the numerical solution of the equation on a bounded open Lipschitz…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-15 Stefano Fronzoni

Introducing a reduced particle stiffness in discrete element method (DEM) allows for bigger time steps and therefore fewer total iterations in a simulation. Although this approach works well for dry non-adhesive particles, it has been shown…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-10-17 Sheng Chen , Wenwei Liu , Shuiqing Li

We formulate a cut finite element method for linear elasticity based on higher order elements on a fixed background mesh. Key to the method is a stabilization term which provides control of the jumps in the derivatives of the finite element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-02-05 Peter Hansbo , Mats G. Larson , Karl Larsson

A recently developed Eulerian finite element method is applied to solve advection-diffusion equations posed on hypersurfaces. When transport processes on a surface dominate over diffusion, finite element methods tend to be unstable unless…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-03-26 Maxim A. Olshanskii , Arnold Reusken , Xianmin Xu

We investigate connections between the continuum and atomistic descriptions of deformable crystals, using certain interesting results from number theory. The energy of a deformed crystal is calculated in the context of a lattice model with…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-07-02 Phoebus Rosakis

We consider the approximation of eigenvalue problems for elasticity equations with interface. This kind of problems can be efficiently discretized by using immersed finite element method (IFEM) based on Crouzeix-Raviart P1-nonconforming…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-06-04 Seungwoo Lee , Do Y. Kwak , Imbo Sim

We consider a space-time finite element method for the numerical solution of a distributed tracking-type optimal control problem subject to the heat equation with state constraints. The cost or regularization term is formulated in an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-10-10 Richard Löscher , Michael Reichelt , Olaf Steinbach

In this paper we consider the numerical approximation of the incompressible surface Navier--Stokes equations on an evolving surface. For the discrete representation of the moving surface we use parametric finite elements of degree $\ell…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-09 Harald Garcke , Robert Nürnberg

Despite its numerical challenges, finite element method is used to compute viscous fluid flow. A consensus on the cause of numerical problems has been reached; however, general algorithms---allowing a robust and accurate simulation for any…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2019-02-05 Bilen Emek Abali

We develop a new spatial semidiscrete multiscale method based upon the edge multiscale methods to solve semilinear parabolic problems with heterogeneous coefficients and smooth initial data. This method allows for a cheap spatial…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-16 Leonardo A. Poveda , Shubin Fu , Guanglian Li , Eric Chung

A simple and efficient interface-fitted mesh generation algorithm is developed in this paper. This algorithm can produce a local anisotropic fitting mixed mesh which consists of both triangles and quadrilaterals near the interface. A new…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-05-13 Jun Hu , Hua Wang

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

We present a strongly-coupled immersed-boundary method for flow-structure interaction problems involving thin deforming bodies. The method is stable for arbitrary choices of solid-to-fluid mass ratios and for large body motions. As with…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-10-05 Andres Goza , Tim Colonius

Based on a recent novel formulation of parametric anisotropic curve shortening flow, we analyse a fully discrete numerical method of this geometric evolution equation. The method uses piecewise linear finite elements in space and a backward…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-03-01 Klaus Deckelnick , Robert Nürnberg

Wetting flows are controlled by the contact line motion. We derive an equation that describes the slow time evolution of the triple solid-liquid-fluid contact line for an arbitrary distribution of defects on a solid surface. The capillary…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-01-26 Vadim Nikolayev , D. Beysens

This work describes three diffuse-interface methods for the simulation of immiscible, compressible multiphase fluid flows and elastic-plastic deformation in solids. The first method is the localized-artificial-diffusivity approach of Cook…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-09-21 Suhas S. Jain , Michael C. Adler , Jacob R. West , Ali Mani , Parviz Moin , Sanjiva K. Lele

We introduce a coupled system of PDEs for the modeling of the fluid-fluid and fluid-solid interaction in a poroelastic material with a single static fracture. The fluid flow in the fracture is modeled by a lower-dimensional Darcy equation,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-08-15 Katja K. Hanowski , Oliver Sander