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This paper presents an adaptive discretization strategy for level set topology optimization of structures based on hierarchical B-splines. This work focuses on the influence of the discretization approach and the adaptation strategy on the…

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In this work, we develop an adaptive nonconforming finite element algorithm for the numerical approximation of phase-field parameterized topology optimization governed by the Stokes system. We employ the conforming linear finite element…

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Solving optimisation problems is a promising near-term application of quantum computers. Quantum variational algorithms leverage quantum superposition and entanglement to optimise over exponentially large solution spaces using an…

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Most variational forms of isogeometric analysis use highly-continuous basis functions for both trial and test spaces. For a partial differential equation with a smooth solution, isogeometric analysis with highly-continuous basis functions…

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We introduce an optimisation method for variational quantum algorithms and experimentally demonstrate a 100-fold improvement in efficiency compared to naive implementations. The effectiveness of our approach is shown by obtaining…

We study the fully mixed formulation of the Biot equations, which is characterized by a symmetric coupling between flow and deformation. This structure enables the use of stable mixed finite elements for each subproblem without a strong…

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In this review we identify a new category of structural optimization methods that has emerged over the last 20 years, which we propose to call feature-mapping methods. The two defining aspects of these methods are that the design is…

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In this paper, we propose a numerical method for the solution of time-dependent flow problems in mixed form. Such problems can be efficiently approximated on hierarchical grids, obtained from an unstructured coarse triangulation by using a…

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A mixed finite element method for the Navier-Stokes equations is introduced in which the stress is a primary variable. The variational formulation retains the mathematical structure of the Navier-Stokes equations and the classical theory…

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We present a new adaptive method for electronic structure calculations based on novel fast algorithms for reduction of multivariate mixtures. In our calculations, spatial orbitals are maintained as Gaussian mixtures whose terms are selected…

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In this work, we propose a mixed finite element method for solving elliptic multiscale problems based on a localized orthogonal decomposition (LOD) of Raviart-Thomas finite element spaces. It requires to solve local problems in small…

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Topology optimization (TO) is a family of computational methods that derive near-optimal geometries from formal problem descriptions. Despite their success, established TO methods are limited to generating single solutions, restricting the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-18 Andreas Radler , Eric Volkmann , Johannes Brandstetter , Arturs Berzins

This work investigates a fully discrete mixed finite element method for the stochastic Boussinesq system driven by multiplicative noise. The spatial discretization is performed using a standard mixed finite element method, while the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-25 Liet Vo

A probabilistic approach to phase-field brittle and ductile fracture with random material and geometric properties is proposed within this work. In the macroscopic failure mechanics, materials properties and exactness of spatial quantities…

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In the present work, a highly efficient Moving Morphable Component (MMC) based approach for multi-resolution topology optimization is proposed. In this approach, high-resolution optimization results can be obtained with much less number of…

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Quantum algorithms based on the variational principle have found applications in diverse areas with a huge flexibility. But as the circuit size increases the variational landscapes become flattened, causing the so-called Barren plateau…

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Modularity is appealing for solving many problems in optimization. It brings the benefits of manufacturability and reconfigurability to structural optimization, and enables a trade-off between the computational performance of a Periodic…

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This paper presents a method for the optimization of multi-component structures comprised of two and three materials considering large motion sliding contact and separation along interfaces. The structural geometry is defined by an explicit…

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