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The finite element methods (FEM) are important techniques in engineering for solving partial differential equations, but they depend heavily on element shape quality for stability and good performance. In this paper, we introduce the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-03-30 Rebecca Conley , Tristan J. Delaney , Xiangmin Jiao

We present a novel image-based adaptive domain decomposition FEM framework to accelerate the solution of continuum damage mechanics problems. The key idea is to use image-processing techniques in order to identify the moving interface…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-11-08 Panos Pantidis , Cornelius Otchere , Mostafa E. Mobasher

The $\xi$-based spatially adaptive three-field variable phase-field model for quasi-static anti-plane crack propagation is introduced. A dynamically optimized regularization length is integrated to improve computational efficiency and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-17 Maria P. Fernando , S. M. Mallikarjunaiah

This work presents a practical finite element modeling strategy, the Crack Element Method (CEM), for simulating the dynamic crack propagation in two-dimensional structures. The method employs an element-splitting algorithm based on the…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-08-04 Yuxi Xie , Ethan J. Wu , Lu Xu , Jimmy Perez , Shaofan Li

In this work, the finite elements method (FEM) is used to analyse the growth of fretting cracks. FEM can be favourably used to extract the stress intensity factors in mixed mode, a typical situation for cracks growing in the vicinity of a…

Geophysics · Physics 2011-02-24 Henry Proudhon , Stéphanie Basseville

Proximal humerus impacted fractures are of clinical concern in the elderly population. Prediction of such fractures by CT-based finite element methods encounters several major obstacles such as heterogeneous mechanical properties and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-12-05 L. Hug , G. Dahan , S. Kollmannsberger , E. Rank , Z. Yosibash

Phase-field fracture models are known to overestimate the crack area, a discrepancy that compromises the accuracy of fracture predictions. This issue stems from the diffuse crack representation and numerical artifacts, such as strain…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-05-06 M. Castillón , J. Segurado , I. Romero

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

In this work we propose an adaptive Finite Element Method (FEM) formulation for the Deformable Image Registration problem (DIR) together with a residual-based a posteriori error estimator, whose efficiency and reliability are theoretically…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-23 Nicolás A. Barnafi , Alberto F. Martın , Ricardo Ruiz-Baier

The $hp$-adaptive finite element method (FEM) - where one independently chooses the mesh size ($h$) and polynomial degree ($p$) to be used on each cell - has long been known to have better theoretical convergence properties than either $h$-…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-09-14 Marc Fehling , Wolfgang Bangerth

This paper aims to develop an efficient adaptive finite element method for the second-order elliptic problem. Although the theory for adaptive finite element methods based on residual-type a posteriori error estimator and bisection…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-24 Jingjing Xiao , Ying Liu , Nianyu Yi

The modeling of large deformation fracture mechanics has been a challenging problem regarding the accuracy of numerical methods and their ability to deal with considerable changes in deformations of meshes where having the presence of…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2019-03-21 Hai D. Huynh , Phuong Tran , Xiaoying Zhuang , H. Nguyen-Xuan

We present a one-dimensional shear-force-driven droplet formation model with a flux-based error estimator. The model is derived using asymptotic expansion and a front-tracking method to simulate the droplet interface. The model is then…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-25 Darsh Nathawani , Matthew Knepley

In our work we focus on the accurate computation of light propagation in finite size photonic crystal structures with the finite element method (FEM). We discuss how we utilize numerical concepts like high-order finite elements, transparent…

Optics · Physics 2015-05-13 Jan Pomplun , Lin Zschiedrich , Roland Klose , Frank Schmidt , Sven Burger

We analyze optimal complexity of adaptive finite element methods (AFEMs) for general second-order linear elliptic partial differential equations (PDEs) in the Lax-Milgram setting. To this end, we formulate an adaptive algorithm which steers…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-21 Thomas Führer , Paula Hilbert , Ani Miraçi , Dirk Praetorius

The Finite Element Method (FEM) is the gold standard for spatial discretization in numerical simulations for a wide spectrum of real-world engineering problems. Prototypical areas of interest include linear heat transfer and linear…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-01-10 Marcelo Forets , Daniel Freire Caporale , Jorge M. Pérez Zerpa

The phase field approach to modeling fracture uses a diffuse damage field to represent a crack. This addresses the singularities that arise at the crack tip in computations with sharp interface models, mollifying some of the difficulties…

Numerical computation of harmonic forms (typically called harmonic fields in three space dimensions) arises in various areas, including computer graphics and computational electromagnetics. The finite element exterior calculus framework…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-06-24 Alan Demlow

The phase field fracture method has emerged as a promising computational tool for modelling a variety of problems including, since recently, hydrogen embrittlement and stress corrosion cracking. In this work, we demonstrate the potential of…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-11-17 P. K. Kristensen , C. F. Niordson , E. Martínez-Pañeda

In this work we propose an efficient and accurate multi-scale optical simulation algorithm by applying a numerical version of slowly varying envelope approximation in FEM. Specifically, we employ the fast iterative method to quickly compute…

Optics · Physics 2024-12-03 Fan Xiao , Jingwei Wang , Zhongfei Xiong , Yuntian Chen