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This paper introduces general methodologies for constructing closed-form solutions to linear constant-coefficient partial differential equations (PDEs) with polynomial right-hand sides in two and three spatial dimensions. Polynomial…
This work presents a numerical formulation to model isotropic viscoelastic material behavior for membranes and thin shells. The surface and the shell theory are formulated within a curvilinear coordinate system, which allows the…
We propose a Nitsche method for multiscale partial differential equations, which retrieves the macroscopic information and the local microscopic information at one stroke. We prove the convergence of the method for second order elliptic…
We introduce a stabilised finite element formulation for the Kirchhoff plate obstacle problem and derive both a priori and residual-based a posteriori error estimates using conforming $C^1$-continuous finite elements. We implement the…
We propose a stabilized Nitsche-based cut finite element formulation for the Oseen problem in which the boundary of the domain is allowed to cut through the elements of an easy-to-generate background mesh. Our formulation is based on the…
The weak imposition of essential boundary conditions is an integral aspect of unfitted finite element methods, where the physical boundary does not in general coincide with the computational domain. In this regard, the symmetric Nitsche's…
A thin shell finite element approach based on Loop's subdivision surfaces is proposed, capable of dealing with large deformations and anisotropic growth. To this end, the Kirchhoff-Love theory of thin shells is derived and extended to allow…
In this paper, we study the stability of the non symmetric version of the Nitsche's method without penalty for domain decomposition. The Poisson problem is considered as a model problem. The computational domain is divided into two…
We present an isogeometric method for Kirchhoff-Love shell analysis of shell structures with geometries composed of multiple patches and which possibly possess extraordinary vertices, i.e. vertices with a valency different to four. The…
We discuss how slip conditions for the Stokes equation can be handled using Nitsche method, for a stabilized finite element discretization. Emphasis is made on the interplay between stabilization and Nitsche terms. Well-posedness of the…
In this work, we propose and develop efficient and accurate numerical methods for solving the Kirchhoff-Love plate model in domains with complex geometries. The algorithms proposed here employ curvilinear finite-difference methods for…
In many situations with finite element discretizations it is desirable or necessary to impose boundary or interface conditions not as essential conditions -- i.e. through the finite element space -- but through the variational formulation.…
We consider the two-dimensional Kirchhoff-Love plate equation in the context of elasticity modeling the stresses and deformations in thin plates subjected to forces and moments. We establish global recovery of the material parameters like…
For Kichhoff-Love shell problems a new mixed formulation solely based on standard $H^1$ spaces is presented. This allows for flexibility in the construction of discretization spaces, e.g., standard $C^0$-coupling of multi-patch isogeometric…
We observe a dramatic lack of robustness of the DPG method when solving problems on large domains and where stability is based on a Poincar\'e-type inequality. We show how robustness can be re-established by using appropriately scaled test…
This paper derives some discrete maximum principles for $P1$-conforming finite element approximations for quasi-linear second order elliptic equations. The results are extensions of the classical maximum principles in the theory of partial…
Efficient and accurate numerical algorithms are developed to solve a generalized Kirchhoff-Love plate model subject to three common physical boundary conditions: (i) clamped; (ii) simply supported; and (iii) free. We solve the model…
We develop an efficient reduced basis method for the frictional contact problem formulated using Nitsche's method. We focus on the regime of small deformations and on Tresca friction. The key idea ensuring the computational efficiency of…
We extend the analysis and discretization of the Kirchhoff-Love plate bending problem from [T. F\"uhrer, N. Heuer, A.H. Niemi, An ultraweak formulation of the Kirchhoff-Love plate bending model and DPG approximation, arXiv:1805.07835, 2018]…
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…