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In this paper the hp-version of the boundary element method is applied to the electric field integral equation on a piecewise plane (open or closed) Lipschitz surface. The underlying meshes are supposed to be quasi-uniform. We use…

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We present a method to discretize the Kohn-Sham Hamiltonian matrix in the pseudopotential framework by a small set of basis functions automatically contracted from a uniform basis set such as planewaves. Each basis function is localized…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 Lin Lin , Lexing Ying

This article considers a model problem of elastoplasticity with linearly kinematic hardening and presents hp-finite element discretizations of two equivalent weak formulations each having their respective advantages. A mixed variational…

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The formulation of a new prism finite element is presented for the nonlinear analysis of solid shells subject to large strains and large displacements. The element is based on hierarchical, heterogeneous, and anisotropic shape functions. As…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-10-20 Lukasz Kaczmarczyk , Hoang Nguyen , Zahur Ullah , Mebratu Wakeni , Chris Pearce

This work presents a numerical study of the Dirichlet problem for the fractional Laplacian $(-\Delta)^s$ with $s\in(0,1)$ using Finite Element methods with non-standard bases. Classical approaches based on piece-wise linear basis yield…

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An energy-based modeling framework for the nonlinear dynamics of spatial Cosserat rods undergoing large displacements and rotations is proposed. The mixed formulation features independent displacement, velocity and stress variables and is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-11 Philipp L. Kinon , Simon R. Eugster , Peter Betsch

In the analysis of composite materials with heterogeneous microstructures, full resolution of the heterogeneities using classical numerical approaches can be computationally prohibitive. This paper presents a micromechanics-enhanced finite…

Materials Science · Physics 2011-11-08 J. Novák , Ł. Kaczmarczyk , P. Grassl , J. Zeman , C. J. Pearce

A family of mixed finite elements is proposed for solving the first order system of linear elasticity equations in any space dimension, where the stress field is approximated by symmetric finite element tensors. This family of elements has…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-04-22 Jun Hu , Hongying Man , Shangyou Zhang

We present stable mixed finite elements for planar linear elasticity on general quadrilateral meshes. The symmetry of the stress tensor is imposed weakly and so there are three primary variables, the stress tensor, the displacement vector…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-04-22 Douglas N. Arnold , Gerard Awanou , Weifeng Qiu

The relaxed micromorphic model is a generalized continuum model that is well-posed in the space $X = [H^1]^3 \times [H(\textrm{curl})]^3$. Consequently, finite element formulations of the model rely on $H^1$-conforming subspaces and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-01-05 Adam Sky , Ingo Muench , Gianluca Rizzi , Patrizio Neff

In this work we develop a novel fully discrete version of the plates complex, an exact Hilbert complex relevant for the mixed formulation of fourth-order problems. The derivation of the discrete complex follows the discrete de Rham…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-30 Daniele A. Di Pietro , Jérôme Droniou

In this paper, we propose a robust low-order stabilization-free virtual element method on quadrilateral meshes for linear elasticity that is based on the stress-hybrid principle. We refer to this approach as the Stress-Hybrid Virtual…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-11-28 Alvin Chen , N. Sukumar

We develop multipoint stress mixed finite element methods for linear elasticity with weak stress symmetry on cuboid grids, which can be reduced to a symmetric and positive definite cell-centered system. The methods employ the lowest-order…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-02-04 Ibrahim Yazici , Ivan Yotov

A method to simulate orthotropic behaviour in thin shell finite elements is proposed. The approach is based on the transformation of shape function derivatives, resulting in a new orthogonal basis aligned to a specified preferred direction…

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New interpolation and quasi-interpolation operators of Cl\'ement- and Scott-Zhang-type are analyzed on anisotropic polygonal and polyhedral meshes. Since no reference element is available, an appropriate linear mapping to a reference…

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Pressure-robust discretizations for incompressible flows have been in the focus of research for the past years. Many publications construct exactly divergence-free methods or use a reconstruction approach [13] for existing methods like the…

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This paper is concerned with the finite element discretization of the data driven approach according to arXiv:1510.04232 for the solution of PDEs with a material law arising from measurement data. To simplify the setting, we focus on a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-03-13 Christian Meyer , Annika Müller

We revisit finite element discretizations of the Reissner-Mindlin plate in the case of non-simply connected (holey) domains with mixed boundary conditions. Guided by the de Rham complex, we develop conditions under which schemes deliver…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-30 Mark Ainsworth , Charles Parker

A family of conforming mixed finite elements with mass lumping on triangular grids are presented for linear elasticity. The stress field is approximated by symmetric $H({\rm div})-P_k (k\geq 3)$ polynomial tensors enriched with higher order…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-05-12 Yan Yang , Xiaoping Xie

A robust $hp$-adaptive finite element framework is presented for the investigation of static cracks in materials characterized by complex, pointwise density variations. Within such heterogeneous media, the equilibrium equation governed by…

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