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This paper presents a novel variational formulation to simulate linear free-surface flow. The variational formulation is suitable for higher-order finite elements and higher-order and higher-continuity shape functions as employed in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-03-12 I. Akkerman , J. H. A. Meijer , M. ten Eikelder

We outline the construction of compatible B-splines on 3D surfaces that satisfy the continuity requirements for electromagnetic scattering analysis with the boundary element method (method of moments). Our approach makes use of Non-Uniform…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-04-04 Robert N. Simpson , Zhaowei Liu , Ráfael Vazquez , John A. Evans

A novel approach to the simulation with the boundary element method using trimmed NURBS patches is presented. The advantage of this approach is its efficiency and easy implementation. The analysis with trimmed NURBS is achieved by double…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2014-06-16 Gernot Beer , Benjamin Marussig , Jürgen Zechner , Christian Dünser , Thomas-Peter Fries

The finite element simulation of dynamic wetting phenomena, requiring the computation of flow in a domain confined by intersecting a liquid-fluid free surface and a liquid-solid interface, with the three-phase contact line moving across the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2012-02-20 J. E. Sprittles , Y. D. Shikhmurzaev

Isogeometrically enriched finite elements offer efficient localized isogeometric analysis (IGA) enrichment for numerical simulations involving large computational domains. This is achieved by employing surface enriched elements to interface…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-11-30 Raheel Rasool , Maximilian Harmel , Roger A. Sauer

A novel method for complex fluid-structure interaction (FSI) involving large structural deformation and motion is proposed. The new approach is based on a hybrid fluid formulation that combines the advantages of purely Eulerian (fixed-grid)…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2018-08-02 Benedikt Schott , Christoph Ager , Wolfgang A. Wall

We propose a hybrid method, the Neural Enrichment Finite Element Method (NEFEM), designed for problems involving strong oscillations or interface problems with weak discontinuities. This method is based on the stable generalized finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-12 Shihan Guo , Thomas Richter

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

In this paper the numerical solution of potential problems defined on 3D unbounded domains is addressed with Boundary Element Methods (BEMs), since in this way the problem is studied only on the boundary, and thus any finite approximation…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-05-06 Antonella Falini , Carlotta Giannelli , Tadej Kanduc , Maria Lucia Sampoli , Alessandra Sestini

Accurately depicting multiphysics interactions in interfacial systems requires computational frameworks capable of reconciling geometric adaptability with strict conservation fidelity. However, traditional spatiotemporal discretisation…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-11-18 Suhaib Ardah , Francisco J. Profito , Daniele Dini

The interaction between thin structures and incompressible Newtonian fluids is ubiquitous both in nature and in industrial applications. In this paper we present an isogeometric formulation of such problems which exploits a boundary…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-02-17 Luca Heltai , Josef Kiendl , Antonio DeSimone , Alessandro Reali

This work develops and analyzes a variational-monolithic unfitted finite element formulation of a linear fluid-structure interaction problem in Eulerian coordinates with a fixed interface. The overall discretization is based on a backward…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-27 Stefan Frei , Tobias Knoke , Marc C. Steinbach , Anne-Kathrin Wenske , Thomas Wick

Cut finite element method (CutFEM) based approaches towards challenging fluid-structure interaction (FSI) are proposed. The different considered methods combine the advantages of competing novel Eulerian (fixed-grid) and established…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2018-07-31 Benedikt Schott , Christoph Ager , Wolfgang A. Wall

In this paper, we define new unfitted finite element methods for numerically approximating the solution of surface partial differential equations using bulk finite elements. The key idea is that the $n$-dimensional hypersurface, $\Gamma…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-03-21 Klaus Deckelnick , Charles M. Elliott , Thomas Ranner

Isogeometric cohesive elements are presented for modeling two and three dimensional delaminated composite structures. We exploit the knot insertion algorithm offered by NURBS (Non Uniform Rational B-splines) to generate cohesive elements…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-10-07 Vinh Phu Nguyen , Pierre Kerfriden , Stephane Bordas

This work addresses research questions arising from the application of geometrically exact beam theory in the context of fluid-structure interaction (FSI). Geometrically exact beam theory has proven to be a computationally efficient way to…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2022-07-13 Nora Hagmeyer , Matthias Mayr , Ivo Steinbrecher , Alexander Popp

We introduce a new Eulerian simulation framework for liquid animation that leverages both finite element and finite volume methods. In contrast to previous methods where the whole simulation domain is discretized either using the finite…

Graphics · Computer Science 2023-01-18 Tatsuya Koike , Shigeo Morishima , Ryoichi Ando

Spline functions have long been used in numerical solution of differential equations. Recently it revives as isogeometric analysis, which offers integration of finite element analysis and NURBS based CAD into a single unified process.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-08-08 Guohui Zhao

Topology optimization methods face serious challenges when applied to structural design with fluid-structure interaction (FSI) loads, specially for high Reynolds fluid flow. This paper devises an explicit boundary method that employs…

A novel adaptive local surface refinement technique based on Locally Refined Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines (LR NURBS) is presented. LR NURBS can model complex geometries exactly and are the rational extension of LR B-splines. The local…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2017-09-19 Christopher Zimmermann , Roger A. Sauer