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In this paper, we present and compare four methods to enforce Dirichlet boundary conditions in Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) and Variational Physics-Informed Neural Networks (VPINNs). Such conditions are usually imposed by adding…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-08-08 S. Berrone , C. Canuto , M. Pintore , N. Sukumar

Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) solve partial differential equations (PDEs) by embedding governing equations and boundary/initial conditions into the loss function. However, enforcing Dirichlet boundary conditions accurately…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-01-15 Nahil Sobh , Rini Jasmine Gladstone , Hadi Meidani

In this work, we have applied physics-informed neural networks (PINN) for solving mesh deformation problems. We used the collocation PINN method to capture the new positions of the vertex nodes while preserving the connectivity information.…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-01-18 Atakan Aygun , Romit Maulik , Ali Karakus

In this study, we propose a new numerical scheme for physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) that enables precise and inexpensive solution for partial differential equations (PDEs) in case of arbitrary geometries while strictly enforcing…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-07-30 Hamed Saidaoui , Luis Espath , Rául Tempone

Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) are central to modeling complex systems across physical, biological, and engineering domains, yet traditional numerical methods often struggle with high-dimensional or complex problems. Physics-Informed…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-11 Chenggong Zhang

We present a systematic method for exactly enforcing Dirichlet, Neumann, and Robin type conditions on general quadrilateral domains with arbitrary curved boundaries. Our method is built upon exact mappings between general quadrilateral…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-24 Suchuan Dong , Yuchuan Zhang

In theory, boundary and initial conditions are important for the wellposedness of partial differential equations (PDEs). Numerically, these conditions can be enforced exactly in classical numerical methods, such as finite difference method…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-08-05 Liyao Lyu , Keke Wu , Rui Du , Jingrun Chen

Deep neural network approaches show promise in solving partial differential equations. However, unlike traditional numerical methods, they face challenges in enforcing essential boundary conditions. The widely adopted penalty-type methods,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-06 Haijun Yu , Shuo Zhang

We show that the physics-informed neural networks (PINNs), in combination with some recently developed discontinuity capturing neural networks, can be applied to solve optimal control problems subject to partial differential equations…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-16 Ming-Chih Lai , Yongcun Song , Xiaoming Yuan , Hangrui Yue , Tianyou Zeng

I provide an introduction to the application of deep learning and neural networks for solving partial differential equations (PDEs). The approach, known as physics-informed neural networks (PINNs), involves minimizing the residual of the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2024-03-04 Hubert Baty

Since their advent nearly a decade ago, physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) have been studied extensively as a novel technique for solving forward and inverse problems in physics and engineering. The neural network discretization of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-18 Conor Rowan , Kai Hampleman , Kurt Maute , Alireza Doostan

This paper develops and investigates a new method for the application of Dirichlet boundary conditions for computational models defined by point clouds. Point cloud models often stem from laser or structured-light scanners which are used to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-11-15 Frank Hartmann , Stefan Kollmannsberger

Physics informed neural networks (PINNs) have emerged as a powerful tool to provide robust and accurate approximations of solutions to partial differential equations (PDEs). However, PINNs face serious difficulties and challenges when…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-07-11 Rajat Arora

Form-finding of unilateral membrane structures is commonly addressed by solving equilibrium equations with Finite Element Methods (FEMs). This paper investigates Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) as an alternative, where the…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2026-05-05 Luigi Sibille , Sigrid Adriaenssens , Carlo Olivieri

Boundary conditions (BCs) are a key component in every Physics-Informed Neural Network (PINN). By defining the solution to partial differential equations (PDEs) along domain boundaries, BCs constrain the underlying boundary value problem…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-10-05 Sebastian Barschkis

In recent work it has been established that deep neural networks are capable of approximating solutions to a large class of parabolic partial differential equations without incurring the curse of dimension. However, all this work has been…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-08-18 Philipp Grohs , Lukas Herrmann

In this paper, we present a Wachspress-based transfinite formulation on convex polygonal domains for exact enforcement of Dirichlet boundary conditions in physics-informed neural networks. This approach leverages prior advances in geometric…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-22 N. Sukumar , Ritwick Roy

Physics-informed neural networks have attracted significant attention in scientific machine learning for their capability to solve forward and inverse problems governed by partial differential equations. However, the accuracy of PINN…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-06 Shota Deguchi , Mitsuteru Asai

Partial differential equations (PDEs) with Dirichlet boundary conditions defined on boundaries with simple geometry have been succesfuly treated using sigmoidal multilayer perceptrons in previous works. This article deals with the case of…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2007-05-23 I. E. Lagaris , A. Likas , D. G. Papageorgiou

The solution of partial differential equations (PDEs) on complex domains often presents a significant computational challenge by requiring the generation of fitted meshes. The Diffuse Domain Method (DDM) is an alternative which reformulates…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-13 Luke Benfield , Andreas Dedner
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