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An isogeometric boundary element method for problems in elasticity is presented, which is based on an independent approximation for the geometry, traction and displacement field. This enables a flexible choice of refinement strategies,…

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We develop a sparse hierarchical $hp$-finite element method ($hp$-FEM) for the Helmholtz equation with variable coefficients posed on a two-dimensional disk or annulus. The mesh is an inner disk cell (omitted if on an annulus domain) and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-10 Ioannis P. A. Papadopoulos , Sheehan Olver

We propose and analyze a general framework for space-time finite element methods that is based on least-squares finite element methods for solving a first-order reformulation of the thick parabolic obstacle problem. Discretizations based on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-12 José Joaquín Carvajal , Davood Damircheli , Thomas Führer , Francisco Fuica , Michael Karkulik

We consider a two-dimensional singularly perturbed transmission problem with two different diffusion coefficients, in a domain with smooth (analytic) boundary. The solution will contain boundary layers only in the part of the domain where…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-04-06 Serge Nicaise , Xenophontos Christos

A numerical method for approximating weak solutions of an aggregation equation with degenerate diffusion is introduced. The numerical method consists of a stabilized finite element method together with a mass lumping technique and an extra…

In this article we study adaptive finite element methods (AFEM) with inexact solvers for a class of semilinear elliptic interface problems. We are particularly interested in nonlinear problems with discontinuous diffusion coefficients, such…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-08-24 Michael Holst , Ryan Szypowski , Yunrong Zhu

The Helmholtz equation arises in the study of electromagnetic radiation, optics, acoustics, etc. In spherical coordinates, its general solution can be written as a spherical harmonic series which satisfies the radiation condition at…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2012-04-13 Youngae Han

The aim of this paper is to establish convergence, properties and error bounds for the fully discrete solutions of a class of nonlinear systems of reaction-diffusion nonlocal type with moving boundaries, using the finite element method with…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-10-13 Rui M. P. Almeida , José C. M. Duque , Jorge Ferreira , Rui J. Robalo

We present a finite element scheme for fractional diffusion problems with varying diffusivity and fractional order. We consider a symmetric integral form of these nonlocal equations defined on general geometries and in arbitrary bounded…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-06-28 Wenyu Lei , George Turkiyyah , Omar Knio

A precise domain triangulation is recognized as indispensable for the accurate numerical approximation of differential operators within collocation methods, leading to a substantial reduction in discretization errors. An efficient finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-15 G. Shylaja , V. Kesavulu Naidu , B. Venkatesh , S. M. Mallikarjunaiah

We present a finite element approach for diffusion problems with thermal fluctuations based on a fluctuating hydrodynamics model. The governing transport equations are stochastic partial differential equations with a fluctuating forcing…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-03-21 P. Martínez-Lera , M. De Corato

We extend our analysis on the Oldroyd-B model in Barrett and Boyaval [1] to consider the finite element approximation of the FENE-P system of equations, which models a dilute polymeric fluid, in a bounded domain $D $\subset$ R d , d = 2 or…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-04-05 John Barrett , Sébastien Boyaval

Electrical machines employing superconductors are attractive solutions in a variety of application domains. Numerical models are powerful and necessary tools to optimize their design and predict their performance. The electromagnetic…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-07-04 Roberto Brambilla , Francesco Grilli , Luciano Martini , Marco Bocchi , Giuliano Angeli

Miniaturized optical resonators with spatial dimensions of the order of the wavelength of the trapped light offer prospects for a variety of new applications like quantum processing or construction of meta-materials. Light propagation in…

Computational Physics · Physics 2009-05-28 L. Zschiedrich , S. Burger , B. Kettner , F. Schmidt

In this paper, we study a generalized finite element method for solving second-order elliptic partial differential equations with rough coefficients. The method uses local approximation spaces computed by solving eigenvalue problems on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-17 Christian Alber , Peter Bastian , Moritz Hauck , Robert Scheichl

We discuss the implementation details and the numerical performance of the recently introduced nonconforming Trefftz virtual element method for the 2D Helmholtz problem. In particular, we present a strategy to significantly reduce the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-02-20 L. Mascotto , I. Perugia , A. Pichler

We consider a constrained optimization problem arising from the study of the Helmholtz equation in unbounded domains. The optimization problem provides an approximation of the solution in a bounded computational domain. In this paper we…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-01-09 Giulio Ciraolo

In this paper we consider the convergence analysis of adaptive finite element method for elliptic optimal control problems with pointwise control constraints. We use variational discretization concept to discretize the control variable and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-08-31 Wei Gong , Ningning Yan

Discrete ordinate ($S_N$) and filtered spherical harmonics ($FP_N$) based schemes have been proven to be robust and accurate in solving the Boltzmann transport equation but they have their own strengths and weaknesses in different physical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-08-09 Maitraya K Bhattacharyya , David Radice

We propose a discontinuous least squares finite element method for solving the Helmholtz equation. The method is based on the L2 norm least squares functional with the weak imposition of the continuity across the interior faces as well as…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-05-06 Ruo Li , Qicheng Liu , Fanyi Yang