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In this paper, we propose an efficient numerical treatment for solving contact problems with friction between deformable bodies. The discretized normal and tangential constraints at the candidate contact interface are expressed by using…

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We propose a new nonconforming \(P_1\) finite element method for elliptic interface problems. The method is constructed on a locally anisotropic mixed mesh, which is generated by fitting the interface through a simple connection of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-08 Chenchen Geng , Hua Wang , Qichen Zhang

We present an efficient numerical method, inspired by transformation optics, for solving the Poisson equation in complex and arbitrarily shaped geometries. The approach operates by mapping the physical domain to a uniform computational…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-03 Deepak Gautam , Bhooshan Paradkar

In this paper, we propose a novel unfitted finite element method for the simulation of multiple body contact. The computational mesh is generated independently of the geometry of the interacting solids, which can be arbitrarily complex. The…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2017-04-10 Susanne Claus , Pierre Kerfriden

In this paper, we want to clarify the Gibbs phenomenon when continuous and discontinuous finite elements are used to approximate discontinuous or nearly discontinuous PDE solutions from the approximation point of view. For a simple step…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-08-03 Shun Zhang

Slender beam-like structures frequently occur in engineering applications and often interact at discrete locations through joints or connectors. Accurate modeling of such interactions is particularly challenging when different numerical…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2026-04-13 Ivo Steinbrecher , Nora Hagmeyer , Christoph Meier , Alexander Popp

A numerical method for coupled 3D-1D problems with discontinuous solutions at the interfaces is derived and discussed. This extends a previous work on the subject where only continuous solutions were considered. Thanks to properly defined…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-03-04 Stefano Berrone , Denise Grappein , Stefano Scialò

The convergence and optimality of adaptive mixed finite element methods for the Poisson equation are established in this paper. The main difficulty for mixed finite element methods is the lack of minimization principle and thus the failure…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2010-01-12 Long Chen , Michael Holst , Jinchao Xu

In this paper, we study, from both variational and numerical points of view, a dynamic contact problem between a viscoelastic-viscoplastic piezoelectric body and a deformable obstacle. The contact is modelled using the classical normal…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-03-14 M. Campo , J. R. Fernández , Á. Rodríguez-Arós , J. M. Rodríguez

This work introduces a contact interaction methodology for an unbiased treatment of contacting surfaces without assigning surfaces as master and slave. The contact tractions between interacting discrete segments are evaluated with respect…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-06-06 Indrajeet Sahu , Nik Petrinic

Elliptic Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) play a central role in computing the equilibrium conditions of physical problems (heat, gravitation, electrostatics, etc.). Efficient solutions to elliptic PDEs are also relevant to computer…

Graphics · Computer Science 2026-02-13 Zhiyuan Zhang , Amir Vaxman , Stefanos-Aldo Papanicolopulos , Kartic Subr

In multi-phase fluid flow, fluid-structure interaction, and other applications, partial differential equations (PDEs) often arise with discontinuous coefficients and singular sources (e.g., Dirac delta functions). These complexities arise…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-07-24 Chung-Nan Tzou , Samuel Stechmann

The derivative-free projection method (DFPM) is an efficient algorithm for solving monotone nonlinear equations. As problems grow larger, there is a strong demand for speeding up the convergence of DFPM. This paper considers the application…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-23 Jiachen Jin , Hongxia Wang , Kangkang Deng

A new variational formulation is herein proposed for the solution of adhesive contact problems for non-planar profiles of arbitrary shape indenting a deformable half-plane. The method exploits the original idea of accounting for the shape…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-05-21 Marco Paggi , José Reinoso

The paper presents a new reduction method designed for dynamic contact problems. Recently, we have proposed an efficient reduction scheme for the node-to-node formulation, that leads to Linear Complementarity Problems (LCP). Here, we…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-09-07 Diana Manvelyan , Bernd Simeon , Utz Wever

We present a consistent approach that allows to solve challenging general nonlinear fluid-structure-contact interaction (FSCI) problems. The underlying continuous formulation includes both "no-slip" fluid-structure interaction as well as…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2019-05-24 Christoph Ager , Alexander Seitz , Wolfgang A. Wall

The electrostatic potential of a highly charged disc (clay platelet) in an electrolyte is investigated in detail. The corresponding non-linear Poisson-Boltzmann (PB) equation is solved numerically, and we show that the far-field behaviour…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 R. Agra , E. Trizac , L. Bocquet

This paper investigates a framework (CATCH-FORM-3D) for the precise contact force control and surface deformation regulation in viscoelastic material manipulation. A partial differential equation (PDE) is proposed to model the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-04-14 Hongjun Ma , Weichang Li

This paper introduces BFEMP, a new approach for monolithically coupling the Material Point Method (MPM) with the Finite Element Method (FEM) through barrier energy-based particle-mesh frictional contact using a variational time-stepping…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-02-02 Xuan Li , Yu Fang , Minchen Li , Chenfanfu Jiang

Consider the Poisson equation with the Dirichlet boundary condition on a three-dimensional polyhedral domain. For singular solutions from the non-smoothness of the domain boundary, we propose new anisotropic tetrahedral mesh refinement…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-12-21 Hengguang Li