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When solving elliptic partial differential equations in a region containing immersed interfaces (possibly evolving in time), it is often desirable to approximate the problem using an independent background discretisation, not aligned with…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-10-29 Luca Heltai , Nella Rotundo

We begin by addressing the time-domain full-waveform inversion using the adjoint method. Next, we derive the scaled boundary semi-weak form of the scalar wave equation in heterogeneous media through the Galerkin method. Unlike conventional…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-14 Alireza Daneshyar , Stefan Kollmannsberger

In the hyperbolic community, discontinuous Galerkin approaches are mainly applied when finite element methods are considered. As the name suggested, the DG framework allows a discontinuity at the element interfaces, which seems for many…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-04-20 Rémi Abgrall , Jan Nordström , Philipp Öffner , Svetlana Tokareva

This work focuses on a class of elliptic boundary value problems with diffusive, advective and reactive terms, motivated by the study of three-dimensional heterogeneous physical systems composed of two or more media separated by a selective…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-04-20 Riccardo Sacco , Aurelio Giancarlo Mauri , Giovanna Guidoboni

The flux-mortar mixed finite element method was recently developed for a general class of domain decomposition saddle point problems on non-matching grids. In this work we develop the method for Darcy flow using the multipoint flux…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-01-18 Wietse M. Boon , Dennis Gläser , Rainer Helmig , Ivan Yotov

The scaled boundary finite element method (SBFEM) is a relatively recent boundary element method that allows the approximation of solutions to PDEs without the need of a fundamental solution. A theoretical framework for the convergence…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-03-23 Fleurianne Bertrand , Daniele Boffi , Gonzalo G. de Diego

Implicitly described domains are a well established tool in the simulation of time dependent problems, e.g. using level-set methods. In order to solve partial differential equations on such domains, a range of numerical methods was…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2016-01-16 Christian Engwer , Andreas Nüßing

Implicit neural representations have emerged as a powerful approach for encoding complex geometries as continuous functions. These implicit models are widely used in computer vision and 3D content creation, but their integration into…

We review the main features of an unfitted finite element method for interface and fluid-structure interaction problems based on a distributed Lagrange multiplier in the spirit of the fictitious domain approach. We recall our theoretical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-03 Najwa Alshehri , Daniele Boffi , Fabio Credali , Lucia Gastaldi

In this paper, we introduce a novel way to represent the interface for two-phase flows with phase change. We combine a level-set method with a Cartesian embedded boundary method and take advantage of both. This is part of an effort to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-12-28 A. Limare , S. Popinet , C. Josserand , Z. Xue , A. Ghigo

This paper presents an approach to enhance volume conservation in the immersed boundary (IB) method by using regularized delta functions derived from composite B-splines. The conventional IB method, while effective for fluid-structure…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-14 Cole Gruninger , Boyce E. Griffith

This work presents a comprehensive framework for enhanced diffusion modeling in fluid-structure interactions by combining the Immersed Boundary Method (IBM) with stochastic trajectories and high-order spectral boundary conditions. Using…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-10-31 Rômulo Damasclin Chaves dos Santos , Jorge Henrique de Oliveira Sales

We present a compatible space-time hybridizable/embedded discontinuous Galerkin discretization for nonlinear free-surface waves. We pose this problem in a two-fluid (liquid and gas) domain and use a time-dependent level-set function to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-07-10 Giselle Sosa Jones , Sander Rhebergen

During design optimization, a smooth description of the geometry is important, especially for problems that are sensitive to the way interfaces are resolved, e.g., wave propagation or fluid-structure interaction. A levelset description of…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2021-12-28 Sanne J. van den Boom , Jian Zhang , Fred van Keulen , Alejandro M. Aragón

The level-set method is a popular interface tracking method in two-phase flow simulations. An often-cited reason for using it is that the method naturally handles topological changes in the interface, e.g. merging drops, due to the implicit…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2014-09-29 Åsmund Ervik , Karl Yngve Lervåg , Svend Tollak Munkejord

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

Irregular terrain has a pronounced effect on the propagation of seismic and acoustic wavefields but is not straightforwardly reconciled with structured finite-difference (FD) methods used to model such phenomena. Methods currently detailed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-09-08 Edward Caunt , Rhodri Nelson , Fabio Luporini , Gerard Gorman

A level-set method is developed for numerically capturing the equilibrium solute-solvent interface that is defined by the recently proposed variational implicit solvent model (Dzubiella, Swanson, and McCammon, Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 104},…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 L. -T. Cheng , J. Dzubiella , J. A. McCammon , B. Li

When modeling scientific and industrial problems, geometries are typically modeled by explicit boundary representations obtained from computer-aided design software. Unfitted (also known as embedded or immersed) finite element methods offer…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-05-24 Pere A. Martorell , Santiago Badia

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