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The finite element method (FEM) is a well-established numerical method for solving partial differential equations (PDEs). However, its mesh-based nature gives rise to substantial computational costs, especially for complex multiscale…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-06-24 Weihang Ouyang , Yeonjong Shin , Si-Wei Liu , Lu Lu

This work provides an efficient virtual element scheme for the modeling of nonlinear elastodynamics undergoing large deformations. The virtual element method (VEM) has been applied to various engineering problems such as elasto-plasticity,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-02-10 M. Cihan , F. Aldakheel , B. Hudobivnik , P. Wriggers

A novel multi-scale finite element formulation for contact mechanics between nominally smooth but microscopically rough surfaces is herein proposed. The approach integrates the interface finite element method (FEM) for modelling interface…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-04-03 Jacopo Bonari , Maria R. Marulli , Nora Hagmeyer , Matthias Mayr , Alexander Popp , Marco Paggi

We present a novel probabilistic finite element method (FEM) for the solution and uncertainty quantification of elliptic partial differential equations based on random meshes, which we call random mesh FEM (RM-FEM). Our methodology allows…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-06-17 Assyr Abdulle , Giacomo Garegnani

This document contains working annotations on the Virtual Element Method (VEM) for the approximate solution of diffusion problems with variable coefficients. To read this document you are assumed to have familiarity with concepts from the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-12-30 Gianmarco Manzini

Standard Virtual Element Methods (VEM) are based on polynomial projections and require a stabilization term to evaluate the contribution of the non-polynomial component of the discrete space. However, the stabilization term is not uniquely…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-10 Paola Pia Foligno , Daniele Boffi , Fabio Credali , Riccardo Vescovini

Recovered finite element methods (R-FEM) have been recently introduced for meshes consisting of simplicial and/or box-type meshes. Here, utilising the flexibility of R-FEM framework, we extend their definition on polygonal and polyhedral…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-04-24 Zhaonan Dong , Emmanuil H. Georgoulis , Tristan Pryer

We propose an effective and flexible way to assemble finite element stiffness and mass matrices in MATLAB. We apply this for problems discretized by edge finite elements. Typical edge finite elements are Raviart-Thomas elements used in…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2015-05-12 Immanuel Anjam , Jan Valdman

Current multi-physics Finite Element Method (FEM) solvers are complex systems in terms of both their mathematical complexity and lines of code. This paper proposes a skeleton generic FEM solver, named MetaFEM, in total about 5,000 lines of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-04-27 Jiaxi Xie , Kornel Ehmann , Jian Cao

We propose a Pretrained Finite Element Method (PFEM),a physics driven framework that bridges the efficiency of neural operator learning with the accuracy and robustness of classical finite element methods (FEM). PFEM consists of a physics…

Nonlinear energy functionals appearing in the calculus of variations can be discretized by the finite element (FE) method and formulated as a sum of energy contributions from local elements. A fast evaluation of energy functionals…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2022-05-11 Alexej Moskovka , Jan Valdman

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

This tutorial gives a quick introduction to Variational Bayes (VB), also called Variational Inference or Variational Approximation, from a practical point of view. The paper covers a range of commonly used VB methods and an attempt is made…

Computation · Statistics 2021-03-03 Minh-Ngoc Tran , Trong-Nghia Nguyen , Viet-Hung Dao

In this paper we introduce the Functional Modelling System (FMS). The system introduces the Functional Modelling Language (FML), which is a modelling language for NP-complete search problems based on concepts of functional programming.…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2018-08-24 Ingmar Dasseville , Gerda Janssens

Modern cars exist in an vast number of variants. Thus, variability has to be dealt with in all phases of the development process, in particular during model-based development of software-intensive functionality using Matlab/Simulink.…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2014-08-26 Arne Haber , Carsten Kolassa , Peter Manhart , Pedram Mir Seyed Nazari , Bernhard Rumpe , Ina Schaefer

When using the finite element method (FEM) in inverse problems, its discretization error can produce parameter estimates that are inaccurate and overconfident. The Bayesian finite element method (BFEM) provides a probabilistic model for the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-26 Anne Poot , Iuri Rocha , Pierre Kerfriden , Frans van der Meer

Deformable fractured porous media appear in many geoscience applications. While the extended finite element (XFEM) has been successfully developed within the computational mechanics community for accurate modeling of the deformation, its…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-04-07 Fanxiang Xu , Hadi Hajibeygi , Lambertus J. Sluys

We revisit the cell-based smoothed finite element method (SFEM) for quadrilateral elements and extend it to arbitrary polygons and polyhedrons in 2D and 3D, respectively. We highlight the similarity between the SFEM and the virtual element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-10-08 Sundararajan Natarajan , Stéphane P. A. Bordas , Ean Tat Ooi

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

In this thesis, a computational framework for microstructural modelling of transverse behaviour of heterogeneous materials is presented. The context of this research is part of the broad and active field of Computational Micromechanics,…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2021-10-05 Marco Lo Cascio