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In this paper we analyze a space-time unfitted finite element method for the discretization of scalar surface partial differential equations on evolving surfaces. For higher order approximations of the evolving surface we use the technique…

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We present a cut finite element method for the heat equation on two overlapping meshes: a stationary background mesh and an overlapping mesh that evolves inside/"on top" of it. Here the overlapping mesh is prescribed a simple discontinuous…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-03-02 Mats G. Larson , Carl Lundholm

We present a new framework for expressing finite element methods on multiple intersecting meshes: multimesh finite element methods. The framework enables the use of separate meshes to discretize parts of a computational domain that are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-08-28 August Johansson , Benjamin Kehlet , Mats G. Larson , Anders Logg

We consider the reliable implementation of high-order unfitted finite element methods on Cartesian meshes with hanging nodes for elliptic interface problems. We construct a reliable algorithm to merge small interface elements with their…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-08-16 Zhiming Chen , Yong Liu

For domains that are easily represented by structured meshes, robust geometric multigrid solvers can quickly provide the numerical solution to many discretized elliptic PDEs. However, for complicated domains with unstructured meshes,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-11 Nicolas Nytko , Scott MacLachlan , J. David Moulton , Luke N. Olson , Andrew Reisner , Matthew West

The purpose of this research is to describe an efficient iterative method suitable for obtaining high accuracy solutions to high frequency time-harmonic scattering problems. The method allows for both refinement of local polynomial degree…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-12-26 Ryan Galagusz , Steve McFee

We develop a convergence theory of space-time discretizations for the linear, 2nd-order wave equation in polygonal domains $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^2$, possibly occupied by piecewise homogeneous media with different propagation speeds.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-08-29 Pratyuksh Bansal , Andrea Moiola , Ilaria Perugia , Christoph Schwab

We analyse a Eulerian Finite Element method, combining a Eulerian time-stepping scheme applied to the time-dependent Stokes equations using the CutFEM approach with inf-sup stable Taylor-Hood elements for the spatial discretisation. This is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-08-12 Henry von Wahl , Thomas Richter , Christoph Lehrenfeld

Fine scale elastic structures are widespread in nature, for instances in plants or bones, whenever stiffness and low weight are required. These patterns frequently refine towards a Dirichlet boundary to ensure an effective load transfer.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-11-13 Nora Lüthen , Martin Rumpf , Sascha Tölkes , Orestis Vantzos

We present locally stabilized, conforming space-time finite element methods for parabolic evolution equations on hexahedral decompositions of the space-time cylinder. Tensor-product decompositions allow for anisotropic a priori error…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-03-26 Ulrich Langer , Andreas Schafelner

We develop a cut finite element method (CutFEM) for the convection problem in a so called fractured domain which is a union of manifolds of different dimensions such that a $d$ dimensional component always resides on the boundary of a $d+1$…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-02-05 Erik Burman , Peter Hansbo , Mats G. Larson , Karl Larsson

In this contribution we present a new computational method for coupled bulk-surface problems on time-dependent domains. The method is based on a space-time formulation using discontinuous piecewise linear elements in time and continuous…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-05-25 Peter Hansbo , Mats G. Larson , Sara Zahedi

We consider a stabilized finite element method based on a spacetime formulation, where the equations are solved on a global (unstructured) spacetime mesh. A unique continuation problem for the wave equation is considered, where data is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-05-10 Erik Burman , Ali Feizmohammadi , Arnaud Munch , Lauri Oksanen

Finite element plate and shell formulations are ubiquitous in structural analysis for modeling all kinds of slender structures, both for static and dynamic analyses. The latter are particularly challenging as the high order nature of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Giuliano Guarino , Yannis Voet , Pablo Antolin , Annalisa Buffa

In this letter we briefly investigate the mathematical structure of space-time in the framework of discretization. It is shown that the discreteness of space-time may result in a new mechanical system which differ from the usual quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-03-29 An-Wei Zhang

We present a novel framework based on semi-bounded spatial operators for analyzing and discretizing initial boundary value problems on moving and deforming domains. This development extends an existing framework for well-posed problems and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-02-14 Tomas Lundquist , Arnaud Malan , Jan Nordström

This work introduces ``generalized meshes", a type of meshes suited for the discretization of partial differential equations in non-regular geometries. Generalized meshes extend regular simplicial meshes by allowing for overlapping elements…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-01-02 Martin Averseng , Xavier Claeys , Ralf Hiptmair

We study a general family of space-time discretizations of the KPZ equation and show that they converge to its solution. The approach we follow makes use of basic elements of the theory of regularity structures [M. Hairer, A theory of…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-01-11 Giuseppe Cannizzaro , Konstantin Matetski

The use of multigrid and related preconditioners with the finite element method is often limited by the difficulty of applying the algorithm effectively to a problem, especially when the domain has a complex shape or adaptive refinement. We…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2015-03-19 Peter R. Brune , Matthew G. Knepley , L. Ridgway Scott

In [Heimann, Lehrenfeld, Preu{\ss}, SIAM J. Sci. Comp. 45(2), 2023, B139 - B165] new geometrically unfitted space-time Finite Element methods for partial differential equations posed on moving domains of higher-order accuracy in space and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-14 Fabian Heimann , Christoph Lehrenfeld