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Computing the stiffness matrix for the finite element discretization of the nonlocal Laplacian on unstructured meshes is difficult, because the operator is nonlocal and can even be singular. In this paper, we focus on the $C^0$-piecewise…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-30 Changtao Sheng , Huiyuan Li , Huifang Yuan , Li-Lian Wang

The convergence of multigrid methods degrades significantly if a small number of low quality cells are present in a finite element mesh, and this can be a barrier to the efficient and robust application of multigrid on complicated geometric…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-02-21 Yuxuan Chen , Garth N. Wells

We consider within a finite element approach the usage of different adaptively refined meshes for different variables in systems of nonlinear, time-depended PDEs. To resolve different solution behaviours of these variables, the meshes can…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2010-05-27 Thomas Witkowski , Axel Voigt

This paper proposes a novel discretization workflow for contact problems in which the discretization of the contact interface is decoupled from that of the bulk domain. This separation enables independently tailored meshes for the contact…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Eugenia Gabriela Loera Villeda , Ivo Steinbrecher , Alexander Popp

In this article, we introduce a new partially penalized immersed finite element method (IFEM) for solving elliptic interface problems with multi-domains and triple-junction points. We construct new IFE functions on elements intersected with…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-03-04 Yuan Chen , Songming Hou , Xu Zhang

A novel method for complex fluid-structure interaction (FSI) involving large structural deformation and motion is proposed. The new approach is based on a hybrid fluid formulation that combines the advantages of purely Eulerian (fixed-grid)…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2018-08-02 Benedikt Schott , Christoph Ager , Wolfgang A. Wall

In this work, we present a framework for the matrix-free solution to a monolithic quasi-static phase-field fracture model with geometric multigrid methods. Using a standard matrix based approach within the Finite Element Method requires…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-10-28 Daniel Jodlbauer , Ulrich Langer , Thomas Wick

In this paper, we develop and analyze a trilinear immersed finite element method for solving three-dimensional elliptic interface problems. The proposed method can be utilized on interface-unfitted meshes such as Cartesian grids consisting…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-06-30 Ruchi Guo , Xu Zhang

Localized features such as singularities, sharp gradients, discontinuities, and moving sources require adaptive finite element discretizations. Conventional refinement strategies introduce significant computational overhead through…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2026-04-29 Jan Niklas Schmäke , Martin Ruess

This article presents an immersed finite element (IFE) method for solving the typical three-dimensional second order elliptic interface problem with an interface-independent Cartesian mesh. The local IFE space on each interface element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-05-30 Ruchi Guo , Tao Lin

Fourth-order differential equations play an important role in many applications in science and engineering. In this paper, we present a three-field mixed finite-element formulation for fourth-order problems, with a focus on the effective…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-10-13 Patrick E. Farrell , Abdalaziz Hamdan , Scott P. MacLachlan

This article presents new immersed finite element (IFE) methods for solving the popular second order elliptic interface problems on structured Cartesian meshes even if the involved interfaces have nontrivial geometries. These IFE methods…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-29 Tao Lin , Yanping Lin , Xu Zhang

This article presents an immersed virtual element method for solving a class of interface problems that combines the advantages of both body-fitted mesh methods and unfitted mesh methods. A background body-fitted mesh is generated…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-09-02 Shuhao Cao , Long Chen , Ruchi Guo , Frank Lin

In this paper, we propose a novel unfitted finite element method for the simulation of multiple body contact. The computational mesh is generated independently of the geometry of the interacting solids, which can be arbitrarily complex. The…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2017-04-10 Susanne Claus , Pierre Kerfriden

Many physical problems involving heterogeneous spatial scales, such as the flow through fractured porous media, the study of fiber-reinforced materials, or the modeling of the small circulation in living tissues -- just to mention a few…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-02 Luca Heltai , Paolo Zunino

In this paper, we consider the numerical solution of some nonlinear poroelasticity problems that are of Biot type and develop a general algorithm for solving nonlinear coupled systems. We discuss the difficulties associated with flow and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-08-11 Donald L. Brown , Maria Vasilyeva

The oversampling multiscale finite element method (MsFEM) is one of the most popular methods for simulating composite materials and flows in porous media which may have many scales. But the method may be inapplicable or inefficient in some…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-11-16 Weibing Deng , Haijun Wu

A method to treat frictional contact problems along embedded surfaces in the finite element framework is developed. Arbitrarily shaped embedded surfaces, cutting through finite element meshes, are handled by the X-FEM. The frictional…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2019-02-12 Basava Raju Akula , Julien Vignollet , Vladislav A. Yastrebov

In this paper, we study the stability and convergence of a decoupled and linearized mixed finite element method (FEM) for incompressible miscible displacement in a porous media whose permeability and porosity are discontinuous across some…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-06-18 Buyang Li , Hongxing Rui , Chaoxia Yang

In this article we consider two-grid finite element methods for solving semilinear interface problems in d space dimensions, for d=2 or d=3. We first describe in some detail the target problem class with discontinuous diffusion…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-03-05 Michael Holst , Ryan Szypowski , Yunrong Zhu