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In this article, we develop and analyze a finite element method with the first family N\'ed\'elec elements of the lowest degree for solving a Maxwell interface problem modeled by a $\mathbf{H}(\text{curl})$-elliptic equation on unfitted…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-11-25 Ruchi Guo , Yanping Lin , Jun Zou

The Multiscale Finite Element Method (MsFEM) is developed in the vein of Crouzeix-Raviart element for solving viscous incompressible flows in genuine heterogeneous media. Such flows are relevant in many branches of engineering, often at…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-04-11 Bagus Putra Muljadi , Jacek Narski , Alexei Lozinski , Pierre Degond

We consider the discretization of a stationary Stokes interface problem in a velocity-pressure formulation. The interface is described implicitly as the zero level of a scalar function as it is common in level set based methods. Hence, the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-05-16 Philip Lederer , Carl-Martin Pfeiler , Christoph Wintersteiger , Christoph Lehrenfeld

We present the first convergence proof for an iso-parametric finite element discretization of two-phase Stokes flow in $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^d$, $d=2,3$, with interface dynamics governed by mean curvature. The proof relies on a crucial…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-25 Genming Bai , Harald Garcke , Shravan Veerapaneni

This paper presents a new parameter free partially penalized immersed finite element method and convergence analysis for solving second order elliptic interface problems. A lifting operator is introduced on interface edges to ensure the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-02-23 Haifeng Ji , Feng Wang , Jinru Chen , Zhilin Li

We present an efficient and accurate immersed boundary (IB) finite element (FE) solver for numerically solving incompressible Navier--Stokes equations. Particular emphasis is given to internal flows with complex geometries (blood flow in…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2020-07-07 G. C. Bourantas , D. L. Lampropoulos , B. F. Zwick , V. C. Loukopoulos , A. Wittek , K. Miller

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 present a parametric finite element approximation of two-phase flow. This free boundary problem is given by the Navier--Stokes equations in the two phases, which are coupled via jump conditions across the interface. Using a novel…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-06-02 John W. Barrett , Harald Garcke , Robert Nürnberg

We develop two unfitted finite element methods for the Stokes equations using $H^{\text{div}}$-conforming finite elements. Both methods achieve optimal convergence for velocity, ensure pointwise divergence-free velocity fields, and produce…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-09-04 Thomas Frachon , Erik Nilsson , Sara Zahedi

In this paper, we propose and analyze the least squares finite element methods for the linear elasticity interface problem in the stress-displacement system on unfitted meshes. We consider the cases that the interface is $C^2$ or polygonal,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-06-16 Fanyi Yang

We propose a new nonconforming finite element method for solving Stokes interface problems. The method is constructed on local anisotropic mixed meshes, which are generated by fitting the interface through simple connection of intersection…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-04 Geng Chenchen , Hua Wang , Fengren Zou

A stationary Stokes problem with a piecewise constant viscosity coefficient in multiple subdomains is considered in the paper. For standard finite element pairs, a robust inf-sup condition is required to show the robustness of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-22 Yuxiang Liang , Shun Zhang

The locally modified finite element method, which is introduced in [Frei, Richter: SINUM 52(2014), p. 2315-2334], is a simple fitted finite element method that is able to resolve weak discontinuities in interface problems. The method is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-05-01 Stefan Frei , Gozel Judakova , Thomas Richter

A discontinuous viscosity coefficient makes the jump conditions of the velocity and normal stress coupled together, which brings great challenges to some commonly used numerical methods to obtain accurate solutions. To overcome the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-02-17 Haixia Dong , Shuwang Li , Wenjun Ying , Zhongshu Zhao

We present a simple and efficient variational finite difference method for simulating time-dependent Stokes flow in the presence of irregular free surfaces and moving solid boundaries. The method uses an embedded boundary approach on…

Computational Physics · Physics 2011-05-25 Christopher Batty , Robert Bridson

We consider the approximation of eigenvalue problems for elasticity equations with interface. This kind of problems can be efficiently discretized by using immersed finite element method (IFEM) based on Crouzeix-Raviart P1-nonconforming…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-06-04 Seungwoo Lee , Do Y. Kwak , Imbo Sim

The Immersed Boundary method is a simple, efficient, and robust numerical scheme for solving PDE in general domains, yet for fluid problems it only achieves first-order spatial accuracy near embedded boundaries for the velocity field and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-03-08 David B. Stein , Robert D. Guy , Becca Thomases

This paper is dedicated to the rigorous numerical analysis of a Multiscale Finite Element Method (MsFEM) for the Stokes system, when dealing with highly heterogeneous media, as proposed in [B.P.~Muljadi et al., arXiv:1404.2837]. The method…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-02-14 Gaspard Jankowiak , Alexei Lozinski

Finite element approximation of the velocity-pressure formulation of the surfaces Stokes equations is challenging because it is typically not possible to enforce both tangentiality and $H^1$ conformity of the velocity field. Most previous…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-12 Alan Demlow , Michael Neilan

In this article, we analyse a stabilised equal-order finite element approximation for the Stokes equations on anisotropic meshes. In particular, we allow arbitrary anisotropies in a sub-domain, for example along the boundary of the domain,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-12 Stefan Frei