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We present and analyze a new finite element method for solving interface problems on a triangular grid. The method locally modifies a given triangulation such that the interfaces are accurately resolved and the maximal angle condition…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-02 Peter Gangl , Ulrich Langer

The multimesh finite element method is a technique for solving partial differential equations on multiple non-matching meshes by enforcing interface conditions using Nitsche's method. Since the non-matching meshes can result in arbitrarily…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-07-15 Jørgen S. Dokken , August Johansson , André Massing , Simon W. Funke

A conforming discontinuous Galerkin finite element method is introduced for solving the biharmonic equation. This method, by its name, uses discontinuous approximations and keeps simple formulation of the conforming finite element method at…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-07-26 Xiu Ye , Shangyou Zhang

We study finite element approximations of the nonhomogeneous Dirichlet problem for the fractional Laplacian. Our approach is based on weak imposition of the Dirichlet condition and incorporating a nonlocal analogous of the normal derivative…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-02-05 Gabriel Acosta , Juan Pablo Borthagaray , Norbert Heuer

In this article, goal-oriented a posteriori error estimation for the biharmonic plate bending problem is considered. The error for approximation of goal functional is represented by an estimator which combines dual-weighted residual method…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-07-15 Gouranga Mallik

In this paper we present a new H(div)-conforming unfitted finite element method for the mixed Poisson problem which is robust in the cut configuration and preserves conservation properties of body-fitted finite element methods. The key is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-09-04 Christoph Lehrenfeld , Tim van Beeck , Igor Voulis

This contribution presents a model order reduction framework for real-time efficient solution of trimmed, multi-patch isogeometric Kirchhoff-Love shells. In several scenarios, such as design and shape optimization, multiple simulations need…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-10 Margarita Chasapi , Pablo Antolin , Annalisa Buffa

The eXtended Finite Element Method (XFEM) is used to solve interface problems with an unfitted mesh. We present an implementation of the XFEM in the FEM-library deal.II. The main parts of the implementation are (i) the appropriate…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-07-16 Thomas Carraro , Sven Wetterauer

We consider fourth order singularly perturbed boundary value problems with two small parameters, and the approximation of their solution by the $hp$ version of the Finite Element Method on the {\emph{Spectral Boundary Layer}} mesh from…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-08-06 C. Xenophontos , S. Franz , I. Sykopetritou

We present a hybrid mimetic finite-difference and virtual element formulation for coupled single-phase poromechanics on unstructured meshes. The key advantage of the scheme is that it is convergent on complex meshes containing highly…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-06-09 Andrea Borio , François Hamon , Nicola Castelletto , Joshua A. White , Randolph R. Settgast

In this paper, we consider a nonlinear beam equation with the p-biharmonic operator, where $1 < p < \infty$. Using a change of variable, we transform the problem into a system of differential equations and prove the existence, uniqueness…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-02-22 Rui M. P. Almeida , José C. M. Duque , Jorge Ferreira , Willian S. Panni

In this paper we derive a necessary condition for finite element method (FEM) convergence in $H^1(\Omega)$ as well as generalize known sufficient conditions. We deal with the piecewise linear conforming FEM on triangular meshes for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-01-13 Václav Kučera

For Kirchhoff plate bending problems on domains whose boundaries are curvilinear polygons a discretization method based on the consecutive solution of three second-order problems is presented. In Rafetseder and Zulehner (preprint,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-12-21 Katharina Rafetseder , Walter Zulehner

We propose two families of mixed finite elements for solving the classical Hellinger-Reissner mixed problem of the linear elasticity equations in three dimensions. First, a family of conforming mixed triangular prism elements is constructed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-04-28 Jun Hu , Rui Ma

This paper aims to develop an efficient adaptive finite element method for the second-order elliptic problem. Although the theory for adaptive finite element methods based on residual-type a posteriori error estimator and bisection…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-24 Jingjing Xiao , Ying Liu , Nianyu Yi

This paper presents a novel stabilized nonconforming finite element method for solving the surface biharmonic problem. The method extends the New-Zienkiewicz-type (NZT) element to polyhedral (approximated) surfaces by employing the Piola…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-06 Shuonan Wu , Hao Zhou

This paper is devoted to proposing and analyzing a robust $C^0$ interior penalty method for a gradient-elastic Kirchhoff plate (GEKP) model over a convex polygon. The numerical method is obtained by combining the triangular Hermite element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-30 Mingqing Chen , Jianguo Huang , Xuehai Huang

We present new rectangular mixed finite elements for linear elasticity. The approach is based on a modification of the Hellinger-Reissner functional in which the symmetry of the stress field is enforced weakly through the introduction of a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-03-04 Gerard Awanou

The fourth-order PDE that models the density variation of smectic A liquid crystals presents unique challenges in its (numerical) analysis beyond more common fourth-order operators, such as the classical biharmonic. While the operator is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-08-24 Patrick E. Farrell , Abdalaziz Hamdan , Scott P. MacLachlan

We present a simple finite element method for the discretization of Reissner--Mindlin plate equations. The finite element method is based on using the nonconforming Crouzeix-Raviart finite element space for the transverse displacement, and…

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