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We introduce a new class of unfitted finite element methods with high order accurate numerical integration over curved surfaces and volumes which are only implicitly defined by level set functions. An unfitted finite element method which is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-12-10 Christoph Lehrenfeld

We study local approximation properties in hierarchical spline spaces through a twofold approach. First, we design and analyze a robust adaptive refinement algorithm to construct locally graded meshes. Second, we establish rigorous…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-22 Gustavo A. Fernandez Lezcano , Eduardo M. Garau , Bárbara Ivaniszyn

Mesh adaptivity is a technique to provide detail in numerical solutions without the need to refine the mesh over the whole domain. Mesh adaptivity in isogeometric analysis can be driven by Truncated Hierarchical B-splines (THB-splines)…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-20 H. M. Verhelst , A. Mantzaflaris , M. Möller , J. H. Den Besten

This paper proposes an Adaptive Isogeometric Topology Optimization framework for shell structures based on PHT-splines (PHT-AITO). In this framework, the design domain, displacement, and density are represented by PHT-splines. Leveraging…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-12-14 Zepeng Wen , Qiong Pan , Xiaoya Zhai , Hongmei Kang , Falai Chen

Reachable Minimally supported (RM) B-splines have been recently introduced as a novel B-spline--like basis. They feature local linear independence and admit a fast de Boor--like evaluation algorithm. These properties make them particularly…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-01 Francesco Patrizi

In this paper we propose and analyze a new Multiscale Method for solving semi-linear elliptic problems with heterogeneous and highly variable coefficient functions. For this purpose we construct a generalized finite element basis that spans…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-02-20 Patrick Henning , Axel Malqvist , Daniel Peterseim

This paper discusses the dimensions of biquadratic C1 spline spaces and bicubic C2 spline spaces over hierarchical T-meshes using the smoothing cofactor-conformality method. We obtain the dimension formula of biquadratic C1 spline spaces…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-03-24 Chao Zeng , Fang Deng , Xin Li , Jiansong Deng

We analyze the space of geometrically continuous piecewise polynomial functions or splines for quadrangular and triangular patches with arbitrary topology and general rational transition maps. To define these spaces of G 1 spline functions,…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2016-03-24 Bernard Mourrain , Raimundas Vidunas , Nelly Villamizar

We introduce manifold-based basis functions for isogeometric analysis of surfaces with arbitrary smoothness, prescribed $C^0$ continuous creases and boundaries. The utility of the manifold-based surface construction techniques in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-02-19 Qiaoling Zhang , Fehmi Cirak

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…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-01-30 Katharina Rafetseder , Walter Zulehner

We present a novel method for solving high-order partial differential equations (PDEs) over planar multi-patch geometries demonstrated on the basis of the polyharmonic equation of order $m$, $m \geq 1$, which is a particular linear elliptic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-22 Mario Kapl , Aljaž Kosmač , Vito Vitrih

We propose an innovative isogeometric space-time method for the heat equation, with smooth splines approximation in both space and time. To enhance the stability of the method we add a stabilizing term, based on a linear combination of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-08-30 Gabriele Loli , Giancarlo Sangalli , Paolo Tesini

Although Galerkin discretizations have been intensively employed in the IgA context, an efficient implementation requires special numerical quadrature rules when constructing the system of equations. To avoid this issue, isogeometric…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-11-30 Fabio Roman

With the renewed and growing interest in geometric continuity in mind, this article gives a general definition of geometrically continuous polygonal surfaces and geometrically continuous spline functions on them. Polynomial splines defined…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-10-27 Raimundas Vidunas

This contribution investigates the connection between isogeometric analysis and integral equation methods for full-wave electromagnetic problems up to the low-frequency limit. The proposed spline-based integral equation method allows for an…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Maximilian Nolte , Riccardo Torchio , Sebastian Schöps , Jürgen Dölz , Felix Wolf , Albert E. Ruehli

Isogeometric analysis has brought a paradigm shift in integrating computational simulations with geometric designs across engineering disciplines. This technique necessitates analysis-suitable parameterization of physical domains to fully…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-03-18 Ye Ji , Matthias Möller , Yingying Yu , Chungang Zhu

In this paper, a methodology for fine scale modeling of large scale structures is proposed, which combines the variational multiscale method, domain decomposition and model order reduction. The influence of the fine scale on the coarse…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2023-07-06 Philipp Diercks , Karen Veroy , Annika Robens-Radermacher , Jörg F. Unger

The question of adaptive mesh generation for approximation by splines has been studied for a number of years by various authors. The results have numerous applications in computational and discrete geometry, computer aided geometric design,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-01-14 Yuliya Babenko

The modern design of industrial structures leads to very complex simulations characterized by nonlinearities, high heterogeneities, tortuous geometries... Whatever the modelization may be, such an analysis leads to the solution to a family…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-08-22 Pierre Gosselet , Christian Rey

We propose an adaptive mesh refinement strategy for immersed isogeometric analysis, with application to steady heat conduction and viscous flow problems. The proposed strategy is based on residual-based error estimation, which has been…