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We introduce a new $hp$-adaptive strategy for self-adjoint elliptic boundary value problems that does not rely on using classical a posteriori error estimators. Instead, our approach is based on a generally applicable prediction strategy…

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We consider hyperelastic problems and their numerical solution using a conforming finite element discretization and iterative linearization algorithms. For these problems, we present equilibrated, weakly symmetric, $H(\rm{div)}$-conforming…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-10-19 Michele Botti , Rita Riedlbeck

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…

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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

In this work, we formulate and analyze a geometric multigrid method for the iterative solution of the discrete systems arising from the finite element discretization of symmetric second-order linear elliptic diffusion problems. We show that…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-17 Michael Innerberger , Ani Miraçi , Dirk Praetorius , Julian Streitberger

We determine the effective behavior of a class of composites in finite-strain crystal plasticity, based on a variational model for materials made of fine parallel layers of two types. While one component is completely rigid in the sense…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-04-13 Fabian Christowiak , Carolin Kreisbeck

We study the finite element approximation of the solid isotropic material with penalization method (SIMP) for the topology optimization problem of minimizing the compliance of a linearly elastic structure. To ensure the existence of a local…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-21 Ioannis P. A. Papadopoulos

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

A nonlinear Helmholtz (NLH) equation with high frequencies and corner singularities is discretized by the linear finite element method (FEM). After deriving some wave-number-explicit stability estimates and the singularity decomposition for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-05-28 Run Jiang , Haijun Wu , Yifeng Xu , Jun Zou

Quantitative characterization of tissue properties, known as elasticity imaging, can be cast as solving an ill-posed inverse problem. The finite element methods (FEMs) in magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) imaging are based on solving a…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-29 Narges Mohammadi , Marvin M. Doyley , Mujdat Cetin

This paper presents an $hp$ a posteriori error analysis for the 2D Helmholtz equation that is robust in the polynomial degree $p$ and the wave number $k$. For the discretization, we consider a discontinuous Galerkin formulation that is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-01-31 Scott Congreve , Joscha Gedicke , Ilaria Perugia

We investigate a finite element discretization of an elastic bending-plate model with an effective prestrain. The model has been obtained via homogenization and dimension reduction by B\"onlein at al. (2023). Its energy functional is the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-13 Klaus Böhnlein , Stefan Neukamm , Oliver Sander

We present a finite element discretisation to model the interaction between a poroelastic structure and an elastic medium. The consolidation problem considers fully coupled deformations across an interface, ensuring continuity of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-06-21 S. Badia , M. Hornkjøl , A. Khan , K. -A. Mardal , A. F. Martín , R. Ruiz-Baier

Accurately solving PDEs with localised features requires refined meshes that adapt to the solution. Traditional numerical methods, such as finite elements, are linear in nature and often ineffective for such problems, as the mesh is not…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-27 Alexandre Magueresse , Santiago Badia

For the spectral fractional diffusion operator of order $2s\in (0,2)$ in bounded, curvilinear polygonal domains $\Omega$ we prove exponential convergence of two classes of $hp$ discretizations under the assumption of analytic data, without…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-07-25 Lehel Banjai , Jens M. Melenk , Christoph Schwab

In this paper we address three aspects of nonlinear computational homogenization of elastic solids by two-scale finite element methods. First, we present a nonlinear formulation of the finite element heterogeneous multiscale method FE-HMM…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-12-24 Bernhard Eidel , Andreas Fischer , Ajinkya Gote

When discretizing symmetric stress tensors in variational problems arising in continuum mechanics, one has to choose how to enforce the symmetry of the stress tensor: (i) strongly by requiring the discrete tensors to be pointwise symmetric…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-21 Pablo Brubeck , Charles Parker , Umberto Zerbinati

In this work, we study a primal hybrid finite element method for the approximation of linear elasticity problems, posed in terms of displacement, an auxiliary pressure field, and a Lagrange multiplier related to the traction. We develop a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-30 Giovanni Taraschi , Maicon Ribeiro Correa

In the discretization of differential problems on complex geometrical domains, discretization methods based on polygonal and polyhedral elements are powerful tools. Adaptive mesh refinement for such kind of problems is very useful as well…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-12-12 Stefano Berrone , Andrea Borio , Alessandro D'Auria