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In this paper, we propose an unfitted finite element method to solve PDE-constrained shape optimization problems via shape gradient flow. The shape gradient flow system consists of the state equation, the adjoint equation, the velocity…

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Motivated by applications to numerical simulation of flows in highly heterogeneous porous media, we develop multiscale finite element methods for second order elliptic equations. We discuss a multiscale model reduction technique in the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-06-15 Y. Efendiev , J. Galvis , R. Lazarov , M. Moon , M. Sarkis

This paper interprets the stabilized finite element method via residual minimization as a variational multiscale method. We approximate the solution to the partial differential equations using two discrete spaces that we build on a…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2023-05-23 Juan F. Giraldo , Victor M. Calo

In this paper, we propose an extended mixed finite element method for elliptic interface problems. By adding some stabilization terms, we present a mixed approximation form based on Brezzi-Douglas-Marini element space and the piecewise…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-03-14 Pei Cao , Jinru Chen , Feng Wang

Elliptic interface problems whose solutions are $C^0$ continuous have been well studied over the past two decades. The well-known numerical methods include the strongly stable generalized finite element method (SGFEM) and immersed FEM…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-02-28 Champike Attanayake , So-Hsiang Chou , Quanling Deng

Finite element methods provide accurate and efficient methods for the numerical solution of partial differential equations by means of restricting variational problems to finite-dimensional approximating spaces. However, they do not…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-24 Robert C. Kirby , John D. Stephens

A multilevel correction scheme is proposed to solve defective and nodefective of nonsymmetric partial differential operators by the finite element method. The method includes multi correction steps in a sequence of finite element spaces. In…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-09-27 Hehu Xie , Zhimin Zhang

This paper develops and analyses numerical approximation for linear-quadratic optimal control problem governed by elliptic interface equations. We adopt variational discretization concept to discretize optimal control problem, and apply an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-06-04 Chao Chao Yang , Tao Wang , Xiaoping Xie

This paper presents a space-time interface-fitted finite element method for solving a parabolic advection-diffusion problem with a nonstationary interface. The jumping diffusion coefficient gives rise to the discontinuity of the solution…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-13 Quang Huy Nguyen , Van Chien Le , Phuong Cuc Hoang , Thi Thanh Mai Ta

We design an adaptive unfitted finite element method on the Cartesian mesh with hanging nodes. We derive an hp-reliable and efficient residual type a posteriori error estimate on K-meshes. A key ingredient is a novel hp-domain inverse…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-10-12 Zhiming Chen , Ke Li , Xueshuang Xiang

In this article, we introduce a new partially penalized immersed finite element method (IFEM) for solving elliptic interface problems with multi-domains and triple-junction points. We construct new IFE functions on elements intersected with…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-03-04 Yuan Chen , Songming Hou , Xu Zhang

Finite element model updating of a structure made of linear elastic materials is based on the solution of a minimization problem. The goal is to find some unknown parameters of the finite element model (elastic moduli, mass densities,…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2021-02-24 Maria Girardi , Cristina Padovani , Daniele Pellegrini , Leonardo Robol

We formulate a cut finite element method for linear elasticity based on higher order elements on a fixed background mesh. Key to the method is a stabilization term which provides control of the jumps in the derivatives of the finite element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-02-05 Peter Hansbo , Mats G. Larson , Karl Larsson

In this paper we study semi-discrete and fully discrete evolving surface finite element schemes for the Cahn-Hilliard equation with a logarithmic potential. Specifically we consider linear finite elements discretising space and backward…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-11 Charles M. Elliott , Thomas Sales

In this paper, we present a novel framework for deriving the evolution equation of the level set function in topology optimization, departing from conventional Hamilton-Jacobi based formulations. The key idea is the introduction of an…

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In this paper we propose a finite element method for solving elliptic equations with the observational Dirichlet boundary data which may subject to random noises. The method is based on the weak formulation of Lagrangian multiplier. We show…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-02-20 Zhiming Chen , Rui Tuo , Wenlong Zhang

A novel finite element framework is proposed for the numerical simulation of two phase flows with surface tension. The Level-Set (LS) method with piece-wise quadratic (P2) interpolation for the liquid-gas interface is used in order to reach…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2020-10-27 Modesar Shakoor , Chung Hae Park

We propose a new nonconforming \(P_1\) finite element method for elliptic interface problems. The method is constructed on a locally anisotropic mixed mesh, which is generated by fitting the interface through a simple connection of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-08 Chenchen Geng , Hua Wang , Qichen Zhang

Finite difference method and pseudo-spectral method have been widely used in the numerical relativity to solve the Einstein equations. As the third major category method to solve partial differential equations, finite element method is much…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-05-29 Zhoujian Cao , Pei Fu , Li-Wei Ji , Yinhua Xia

We propose a method to modify a polygonal mesh in order to fit the zero-isoline of a level set function by extending a standard body-fitted strategy to a tessellation with arbitrarily-shaped elements. The novel level set-fitted approach, in…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2023-11-03 Nicola Ferro , Stefano Micheletti , Nicola Parolini , Simona Perotto , Marco Verani , Paola Francesca Antonietti