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We present a new composite mesh finite element method for fluid--structure interaction problems. The method is based on surrounding the structure by a boundary-fitted fluid mesh which is embedded into a fixed background fluid mesh. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-01-20 Andre Massing , Mats G. Larson , Anders Logg , Marie E. Rognes

We design and analyse a Nitsche method for contact problems. Compared to the seminal work of Chouly and Hild (A Nitsche-based method for unilateral contact problems: numerical analysis. SIAM J. Numer. Anal. 51 (2013), no. 2) our method is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-09-14 Erik Burman , Peter Hansbo , Mats G. Larson

In this work a Nitsche-based imposition of generalized Navier conditions on cut meshes for the Oseen problem is presented. Other methods from literature dealing with the generalized Navier condition impose this condition by means of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-02-14 M. Winter , B. Schott , A. Massing , W. A. Wall

The aim of these lectures is to show that the methods of classical Hamiltonian mechanics can be profitably used to solve certain classes of nonlinear partial differential equations. The prototype of these equations is the well-known…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2007-05-23 F. Magri , G. Falqui , M. Pedroni

We present guidelines for deriving new Nitsche Finite Element Methods to enforce equality and inequality constraints that act on the value of the unknown mechanical quantity. We first formulate the problem as a stabilized finite element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-01 Tom Gustafsson , Antti Hannukainen , Vili Kohonen , Juha Videman

We extend a distributed finite element method built upon model order reduction to arbitrary polynomial degree using a hybrid Nitsche scheme. The new method considerably simplifies the transformation of the finite element system to the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-13 Tom Gustafsson , Antti Hannukainen , Vili Kohonen , Juha Videman

This paper analyzes an interface-unfitted numerical method for distributed optimal control problems governed by elliptic interface equations. We follow the variational discretization concept to discretize the optimal control problems, and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-05 Tao Wang , Chaochao Yang , Xiaoping Xie

We consider discrete Poisson interface problems resulting from linear unfitted finite elements, also called cut finite elements (CutFEM). Three of these unfitted finite element methods known from the literature are studied. All three…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-07-27 Thomas Ludescher , Sven Gross , Arnold Reusken

In this paper, we analyze the Nitsche's method for the stationary Navier-Stokes equations on Lipschitz domains under minimal regularity assumptions. Our analysis provides a robust formulation for implementing slip (i.e. Navier) boundary…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-07-19 Aparna Bansal , Nicolás Alejandro Barnafi , Dwijendra Narain Pandey

In multi-phase fluid flow, fluid-structure interaction, and other applications, partial differential equations (PDEs) often arise with discontinuous coefficients and singular sources (e.g., Dirac delta functions). These complexities arise…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-07-24 Chung-Nan Tzou , Samuel Stechmann

We propose a new Nitsche-type approach for weak enforcement of normal velocity boundary conditions for a Lagrangian discretization of the compressible shock-hydrodynamics equations using high-order finite elements on curved boundaries.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-09-06 Nabil M. Atallah , Vladimir Z. Tomov , Guglielmo Scovazzi

We construct and analyse a $hp$-FE/BE coupling on non-matching meshes, based on Nitsche's method. Both the mesh size and the polynomial degree are changed to improve accuracy. Nitsche's method leads to a positive definite formulation, thus,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-14 Alexey Chernov , Peter Hansbo , Erik Marc Schetzke

A new approach is introduced for deriving a mixed variational formulation for Kirchhoff plate bending problems with mixed boundary conditions involving clamped, simply supported, and free boundary parts. Based on a regular decomposition of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-12-21 Katharina Rafetseder , Walter Zulehner

We present a novel approach that integrates unfitted finite element methods and neural networks to approximate partial differential equations on complex geometries. Easy-to-generate background meshes (e.g., a simple Cartesian mesh) that cut…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-04 Wei Li , Alberto F. Martín , Santiago Badia

A finite element methodology for large classes of variational boundary value problems is defined which involves discretizing two linear operators: (1) the differential operator defining the spatial boundary value problem; and (2) a Riesz…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-12-08 Brendan Keith , Socratis Petrides , Federico Fuentes , Leszek Demkowicz

Both Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids may exhibit complex slip behaviour at the boundary. We examine a broad class of slip boundary conditions that generalises the commonly used Navier slip, perfect slip, stick-slip and Tresca friction…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-02-14 Pablo Alexei Gazca-Orozco , Franz Gmeineder , Erika Maringová Kokavcová , Tabea Tscherpel

The Kirchhoff-Love shell theory is recasted in the frame of the tangential differential calculus (TDC) where differential operators on surfaces are formulated based on global, three-dimensional coordinates. As a consequence, there is no…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2018-10-11 D. Schöllhammer , T. P. Fries

We present a new framework for expressing finite element methods on multiple intersecting meshes: multimesh finite element methods. The framework enables the use of separate meshes to discretize parts of a computational domain that are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-08-28 August Johansson , Benjamin Kehlet , Mats G. Larson , Anders Logg

We show the stability of a penalty-free asymmetric Nitsche's method using N\'ed\'elec edge elements for solving curl-curl-type problems with tangential Dirichlet boundary conditions imposed weakly. The main result is an inf-sup stability…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-21 Tianwei Yu

In this paper we analyze Nitsche's method for the stationary Boussinesq system with Navier's slip and a nonlinear boundary condition. Our analysis of the formulation establishes the robustness of a finite elements scheme in arbitrarily…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-09 Aparna Bansal , Nicolás A. Barnafi , Gianmarco Sperone , Dwijendra N. Pandey