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Numerical homogenization for mechanical multiscale modeling by means of the finite element method (FEM) is an elegant way of obtaining structure-property relations, if the behavior of the constituents of the lower scale is well understood.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-07 Nils Lange , Geralf Hütter , Bjoern Kiefer

In recent years, the immersed finite element methods (IFEM) introduced in \cite{Li2003}, \cite{Li2004} to solve elliptic problems having an interface in the domain due to the discontinuity of coefficients are getting more attentions of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-07-06 Do Y. Kwak , Juho Lee

We develop a cut finite element method (CutFEM) for convection-diffusion problems posed on mixed-dimensional domains, i.e., unions of manifolds of different dimensions arranged in a hierarchical structure where lower-dimensional components…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-09 Erik Burman , Peter Hansbo , Mats G. Larson , Karl Larsson , Shantiram Mahata

The MFEM (Modular Finite Element Methods) library is a high-performance C++ library for finite element discretizations. MFEM supports numerous types of finite element methods and is the discretization engine powering many computational…

We review the recent researches of numerical simulations on faulting, which are interpreted in this paper as the evolution of the state of the fault plane and the evolution of fault structure. The theme includes the fault constitutive…

Geophysics · Physics 2010-07-26 Hideo Aochi , Ryosuke Ando

Calculations of the photonic band structure, transmission coefficients, and quality factors of various two-dimensional, periodic and aperiodic, dielectric photonic crystals by using the finite element method (FEM) are reported. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 Imanol Andonegui , Angel J. Garcia-Adeva

We consider a randomised implementation of the finite element method (FEM) for elliptic partial differential equations on high-dimensional models. This is motivated by applications where model predictions are essential for real-time process…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-07-30 Yue Wu , Dimitris Kamilis , Nick Polydorides

The Finite element method (FEM) has long served as the computational backbone for topology optimization (TO). However, for designing structures undergoing large deformations, conventional FEM-based TO often exhibits numerical instabilities…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Rahul Kumar Padhy , Aaditya Chandrasekhar , Krishnan Suresh

Particle breakage due to collisional interactions plays a vital role in the development of several phenomena in science and engineering. The nonlinear collisional breakage equations (NCBEs) are a significant set of equations in this…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-14 Arushi Arushi , Naresh Kumar

In fractured natural formations, the equations governing fluid flow and geomechanics are strongly coupled. Hydrodynamical properties depend on the mechanical configuration, and they are therefore difficult to accurately resolve using…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-04-07 Matteo Cusini , Joshua A. White , Nicola Castelletto , Randolph R. Settgast

The phase field model is a widely used mathematical approach for describing crack propagation in continuum damage fractures. In the context of phase field fracture simulations, adaptive finite element methods (AFEM) are often employed to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-05-30 Tian Tian , Chen Chunyu , He Liang , Wei Huayi

Finite element method (FEM) modeling of the volumetric expansion phenomenon associated with the accumulation of irradiation was performed on rocks in a concrete for nuclear power plant. The FEM mesh of sandstone, tuff, and granite was…

In this paper, we present a new immersed finite element scheme for solving elliptic interface problems on unfitted meshes by combining the skeletal finite element method (FEM) with the standard FEM. The skeletal FEM is used for the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-17 Lin Yang , Qilong Zhai

We present a methodology combining neural networks with physical principle constraints in the form of partial differential equations (PDEs). The approach allows to train neural networks while respecting the PDEs as a strong constraint in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-09-06 Sebastian K. Mitusch , Simon W. Funke , Miroslav Kuchta

In this work a novel method for the analysis with trimmed CAD surfaces is presented. The method involves an additional mapping step and the attraction stems from its sim- plicity and ease of implementation into existing Finite Element (FEM)…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2015-01-28 Gernot Beer , Benjamin Marussig , Jürgen Zechner

The finite element method can be viewed as a machine that automates the discretization of differential equations, taking as input a variational problem, a finite element and a mesh, and producing as output a system of discrete equations.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-12-05 Anders Logg

This paper is concerned with the analysis of a new stable space-time finite element method (FEM) for the numerical solution of parabolic evolution problems in moving spatial computational domains. The discrete bilinear form is elliptic on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-05-14 Stephen Edward Moore

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

This document summarizes the main concepts of the finite element (FE) theory and constitutive relations as implemented in the open-source code phase-field multiphysics materials simulator PHIMATS https://github.com/ahcomat/PHIMATS. PHIMATS…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-15 Abdelrahman Hussein

The Finite Element Method (FEM) is a well-established procedure for computing approximate solutions to deterministic engineering problems described by partial differential equations. FEM produces discrete approximations of the solution with…