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Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-06-03 Jeremy E. Kozdon , Lucas C. Wilcox , Thomas Hagstrom , Jeffrey W. Banks

Fracture is a ubiquitous phenomenon in most composite engineering structures, and is often the responsible mechanism for catastrophic failure. Over the past several decades, many approaches have emerged to model and predict crack failure.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-06-06 Vinamra Agrawal , Brandon Runnels

We introduce a finite element method for numerical upscaling of second order elliptic equations with highly heterogeneous coefficients. The method is based on a mixed formulation of the problem and the concepts of the domain decomposition…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-10-11 Yalchin Efendiev , Raytcho Lazarov , Ke Shi

We consider the dynamic Biot model (see [Biot, M. A. J. Appl. Phys. 33, 1482--1498 (1962)]) describing the interaction between fluid flow and solid deformation including wave propagation phenomena in both the liquid and solid phases of a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-29 Johannes Kraus , Maria Lymbery , Kevin Osthues

Due to its computational robustness and versatility, the phase field fracture model has become the preferred tool for predicting a wide range of cracking phenomena. However, in its conventional form, its intrinsic tension-compression…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-08-23 Y. Navidtehrani , C. Betegón , E. Martínez-Pañeda

An $hp$-adaptive continuous Galerkin finite element method is developed to analyze a static anti-plane shear crack embedded in a nonlinear, strain-limiting elastic body. The geometrically linear material is described by a constitutive law…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-01 S. M. Mallikarjunaiah , Pavithra Venkatachalapthy

This paper proposes and analyzes two fully discrete mixed interior penalty discontinuous Galerkin (DG) methods for the fourth order nonlinear Cahn-Hilliard equation. Both methods use the backward Euler method for time discretization and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-02-24 Xiaobing Feng , Yukun Li , Yulong Xing

In this article, we employ discontinuous Galerkin (DG) methods for the finite element approximation of the frictionless unilateral contact problem using quadratic finite elements over simplicial triangulation. We first establish an optimal…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-05 Kamana Porwal , Tanvi Wadhawan

We present a multi-resolution approach for constructing model-based simulations of hydraulic fracturing, wherein flow through porous media is coupled with fluid-driven fracture. The approach consists of a hybrid scheme that couples a…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2022-07-05 Andre Costa , Matteo Cusini , Tao Jin , Randolph Settgast , John Dolbow

In this study, three-dimensional simulations of a reacting hydrogen jet in supersonic crossflow using a structure-preserving discontinuous Galerkin (DG) formulation are examined. The hydrogen jet, with a momentum flux ratio of five, is…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-08-13 Cal J. Rising , Eric J. Ching , Ryan F. Johnson

The accurate and efficient prediction of crack propagation in dielectric materials is a critical challenge in structural health monitoring and the design of smart systems. This work presents a hybrid modeling framework that combines an…

Computational Physics · Physics 2026-02-03 Aamir Dean , Jaykumar Mavani , Betim Bahtiri , Behrouz Arash , Raimund Rolfes

Discontinuous Galerkin (DG) methods for solving elliptic equations are gaining popularity in the computational physics community for their high-order spectral convergence and their potential for parallelization on computing clusters.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-10-25 Nils L. Vu

We propose an extrinsic, continuous-Galerkin (CG), extended finite element method (XFEM) that generalizes the work of Hansbo and Hansbo to allow multiple Heaviside enrichments within a single element in a hierarchical manner. This approach…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2021-11-24 M. Keith Ballard , Roman Amici , Varun Shankar , Lauren A. Ferguson , Michael Braginsky , Robert M. Kirby

This paper presents heavily grad-div and pressure jump stabilised, equal- and mixed-order discontinuous Galerkin finite element methods for non-isothermal incompressible flows based on the Oberbeck-Boussinesq approximation. In this…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-08-16 Philipp W. Schroeder , Gert Lube

We propose a new method, the continuous Galerkin method with globally and locally supported basis functions (CG-GL), to address the parametric robustness issues of reduced-order models (ROMs) by incorporating solution-based adaptivity with…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-10 Han Gao , Matthew J. Zahr

We present an energy-preserving mechanic formulation for dynamic quasi-brittle fracture in an Eulerian-Lagrangian formulation, where a second-order phase-field equation controls the damage evolution. The numerical formulation adapts in…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-02-23 Nicolas A. Labanda , Luis Espath , Victor Manuel Calo

In this paper we propose and analyze an interior penalty discontinuous Galerkin (IP-DG) method using piecewise linear polynomials for the elastic Helmholtz equations with the first order absorbing boundary condition. It is proved that the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-01-23 Xiaobing Feng , Cody Lorton

We extend the positivity-preserving method of Zhang & Shu (2010, JCP, 229, 3091-3120) to simulate the advection of neutral particles in phase space using curvilinear coordinates. The ability to utilize these coordinates is important for…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-06-23 Eirik Endeve , Cory D. Hauck , Yulong Xing , Anthony Mezzacappa

In this article, we present an Unfitted Space-Time Finite Element method for the scalar transport equation posed on moving domains. We consider the case of the domain boundary being transported by the same velocity field as the scalar…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Erik Burman , Fabian Heimann

We introduce an $hp$-version discontinuous Galerkin finite element method (DGFEM) for the linear Boltzmann transport problem. A key feature of this new method is that, while offering arbitrary order convergence rates, it may be implemented…

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