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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 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

Chaotic free surface flows are challenging problems to simulate numerically, mainly due to the significant changes in geometry and frequent topological changes. Methods that track the evolution of the fluid in a Lagrangian formulation are a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-12-24 Thomas Leyssens , Jonathan Lambrechts , Jean-François Remacle

We propose a Pretrained Finite Element Method (PFEM),a physics driven framework that bridges the efficiency of neural operator learning with the accuracy and robustness of classical finite element methods (FEM). PFEM consists of a physics…

This work presents an Iterative Constraint Energy Minimizing Generalized Multiscale Finite Element Method (ICEM-GMsFEM) for solving the contact problem with high contrast coefficients. The model problem can be characterized by a variational…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-06-06 Zishang Li , Changqing Ye , Eric T. Chung

Numerical modeling of slope failures seeks to predict two key phenomena: the initiation of failure and the post-failure runout. Currently, most modeling methods for slope failure analysis excel at one of these two but are deficient in the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-07-09 Brent Sordo , Ellen Rathje , Krishna Kumar

A surface integral representation of Maxwell's equations allows the efficient electromagnetic (EM) modeling of three-dimensional structures with a two-dimensional discretization, via the boundary element method (BEM). However, existing BEM…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-14 Shashwat Sharma , Piero Triverio

Many problems in electrical engineering or fluid mechanics can be modeled by parabolic-elliptic interface problems, where the domain for the exterior elliptic problem might be unbounded. A possibility to solve this class of problems…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-05-15 Christoph Erath , Robert Schorr

We present a coupling of the Finite Element and the Boundary Element Method in an isogeometric framework to approximate either two-dimensional Laplace interface problems or boundary value problems consisting in two disjoint domains. We…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-07-24 Mehdi Elasmi , Christoph Erath , Stefan Kurz

This article's main scope is the presentation of a computational method for the simulation of contact problems within the finite element method involving complex and rough surfaces. The approach relies on the MPJR (eMbedded Profile for…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-04-03 Jacopo Bonari , Marco Paggi , Daniele Dini

The immersed finite element-finite difference (IFED) method is a computational approach to modeling interactions between a fluid and an immersed structure. This method uses a finite element (FE) method to approximate the stresses and forces…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-02-01 David Wells , Ben Vadala-Roth , Jae H. Lee , Boyce E. Griffith

This paper revisits the fundamental equations for the solution of the frictionless unilateral normal contact problem between a rough rigid surface and a linear elastic half-plane using the boundary element method (BEM). After recasting the…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-02 A. Bemporad , M. Paggi

We propose an energy-stable parametric finite element method (ES-PFEM) for simulating solid-state dewetting of thin films in two dimensions via a sharp-interface model, which is governed by surface diffusion and contact line (point)…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-06-08 Quan Zhao , Wei Jiang , Weizhu Bao

In this paper we present a finite element method (FEM) for two-phase incompressible flows with moving contact lines. We use a sharp interface Navier-Stokes model for the bulk phase fluid dynamics. Surface tension forces, including Marangoni…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-10-13 A. Reusken , X. Xu , L. Zhang

The simulation of soil-structure interaction problems involving two-phase materials poses significant challenges in geotechnical engineering. These challenges arise due to differences in material stiffnesses, the interaction between…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-03-03 Chihun Sung , Shyamini Kularathna , Krishna Kumar

This paper considers flow problems in multiscale heterogeneous porous media. The multiscale nature of the modeled process significantly complicates numerical simulations due to the need to compute huge and ill-conditioned sparse matrices,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-10-16 Djulustan Nikiforov , Leonardo A. Poveda , Dmitry Ammosov , Yesy Sarmiento , Juan Galvis

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

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

This paper focuses on the study of the Filament Based Lamellipodium Model (FBLM) and the corresponding Finite Element Method (FEM) from a numerical point of view. We study fundamental numerical properties of the FEM and justify the further…

Cell Behavior · Quantitative Biology 2018-01-30 Nikolaos Sfakianakis , Aaron Brunk

The peridynamic theory brings advantages in dealing with discontinuities, dynamic loading, and non-locality. The integro-differential formulation of peridynamics poses challenges to numerical solutions of complicated and practical problems.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-06-01 Xue Liang , Linjuan Wang , Jifeng Xu , Jianxiang Wang