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In this work, we describe a simple finite element approach that is able to resolve weak discontinuities in interface problems accurately. The approach is based on a fixed patch mesh consisting of quadrilaterals, that will stay unchanged…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-06-05 Stefan Frei , Thomas Richter , Thomas Wick

In this paper, we introduce the locally conservative enriched immersed finite element method (EIFEM) to tackle the elliptic problem with interface. The immersed finite element is useful for handling interface with mesh unfit with the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-01-05 Gwanghyun Jo , Do Young Kwak , Young Ju Lee

This article presents new immersed finite element (IFE) methods for solving the popular second order elliptic interface problems on structured Cartesian meshes even if the involved interfaces have nontrivial geometries. These IFE methods…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-29 Tao Lin , Yanping Lin , Xu Zhang

In this paper, we define new unfitted finite element methods for numerically approximating the solution of surface partial differential equations using bulk finite elements. The key idea is that the $n$-dimensional hypersurface, $\Gamma…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-03-21 Klaus Deckelnick , Charles M. Elliott , Thomas Ranner

In this paper we introduce and analyze the residual-based a posteriori error estimation of the partially penalized immersed finite element method for solving elliptic interface problems. The immersed finite element method can be naturally…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-10-18 Cuiyu He , Xu Zhang

This paper presents the development and analysis of an asymptotically compatible (AC) unfitted finite element method for one-dimensional nonlocal elliptic interface problems. The proposed method achieves optimal error estimates through…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-23 Haixia Dong , Ziqing Xie , Jiwei Zhang

In this paper, we develop an efficient preconditioned unfitted finite element method for the elliptic interface problem, based on the reconstructed discontinuous approximation. The approximation method for interface problems is originally…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-28 Ruo Li , Qicheng Liu , Fanyi Yang , Shuhai Zhao

The convergence of an adaptive mixed finite element method for general second order linear elliptic problems defined on simply connected bounded polygonal domains is analyzed in this paper. The main difficulties in the analysis are posed by…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-02-14 Asha K. Dond , Neela Nataraj , Amiya K. Pani

In this paper, an important discovery has been found for nonconforming immersed finite element (IFE) methods using the integral values on edges as degrees of freedom for solving elliptic interface problems. We show that those IFE methods…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-05-17 Haifeng Ji , Feng Wang , Jinru Chen , Zhilin Li

When modelling discontinuities (interfaces) using the finite element method, the standard approach is to use a conforming finite-element mesh in which the mesh matches the interfaces. However, this approach can prove cumbersome if the…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-06-06 Jedrzej Dobrzanski , Kajetan Wojtacki , Stanislaw Stupkiewicz

The computational modeling of many engineering problems using the Finite Element method involves the modeling of two or more bodies that meet through an interface. The interface can be physical, as in multi-physics and contact problems, or…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2009-09-30 G. Haikal

The paper develops an unfitted finite element method for solving the Darcy system of equations posed in a network of fractures embedded in a porous matrix. The approach builds on the Hughes--Masud stabilized formulation of the Darcy problem…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-09-04 Alexey Y. Chernyshenko , Maxim A. Olshanskii

In this paper, we develop sixth-order hybrid finite difference methods (FDMs) for the elliptic interface problem $-\nabla \cdot( a\nabla u)=f$ in $\Omega\backslash \Gamma$, where $\Gamma$ is a smooth interface inside $\Omega$. The variable…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-11-13 Qiwei Feng , Bin Han , Peter Minev

This work develops and analyzes a variational-monolithic unfitted finite element formulation of a linear fluid-structure interaction problem in Eulerian coordinates with a fixed interface. The overall discretization is based on a backward…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-27 Stefan Frei , Tobias Knoke , Marc C. Steinbach , Anne-Kathrin Wenske , Thomas Wick

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

We consider discrete Poisson interface problems resulting from linear unfitted finite elements, also called cut finite elements (CutFEM). Three of these unfitted finite element methods known from the literature are studied. All three…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-07-27 Thomas Ludescher , Sven Gross , Arnold Reusken

We introduce a new class of unfitted finite element methods with high order accurate numerical integration over curved surfaces and volumes which are only implicitly defined by level set functions. An unfitted finite element method which is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-12-10 Christoph Lehrenfeld

This paper presents a high-order method for solving an interface problem for the Poisson equation on embedded meshes through a coupled finite element and integral equation approach. The method is capable of handling homogeneous or…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-08-29 Natalie N. Beams , Andreas Klöckner , Luke N. Olson

This article presents an immersed finite element (IFE) method for solving the typical three-dimensional second order elliptic interface problem with an interface-independent Cartesian mesh. The local IFE space on each interface element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-05-30 Ruchi Guo , Tao Lin

A new higher-order accurate method is proposed that combines the advantages of the classical $p$-version of the FEM on body-fitted meshes with embedded domain methods. A background mesh composed by higher-order Lagrange elements is used.…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2016-04-04 Samir Omerović , Thomas-Peter Fries