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This paper proposes the response surface method for finite element model updating. The response surface method is implemented by approximating the finite element model surface response equation by a multi-layer perceptron. The updated…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Tshilidzi Marwala

A moving mesh finite element method is studied for the numerical solution of a phase-field model for brittle fracture. The moving mesh partial differential equation approach is employed to dynamically track crack propagation. Meanwhile, the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-01-17 Fei Zhang , Weizhang Huang , Xianping Li , Shicheng Zhang

Strain gradient plasticity theories are being widely used for fracture assessment, as they provide a richer description of crack tip fields by incorporating the influence of geometrically necessary dislocations. Characterizing the behavior…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-11-29 Emilio Martínez-Pañeda , Sundar Natarajan , Stéphane Bordas

Phase field method has been widely used because of its excellent ability to simulate fracture problems. At present, the implementation process is mainly based on commercial software, and the operation process is relatively complex. In this…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-02-06 Yuanfeng Yu , Xiaoya Zheng

Recently, the phase field method has been increasingly used for brittle fractures in soft materials like polymers, elastomers, and biological tissues. When considering finite deformations to account for the highly deformable nature of soft…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-08-22 S. Mohammad Mousavi , Ida Ang , Jason Mulderrig , Nikolaos Bouklas

The paper introduces an adaptive version of the stabilized Trace Finite Element Method (TraceFEM) designed to solve low-regularity elliptic problems on level-set surfaces using a shape-regular bulk mesh in the embedding space. Two…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-08-21 Timo Heister , Maxim A. Olshanskii , Vladimir Yushutin

We present the first rigorous convergence analysis of the smoothed adaptive finite element method (S-AFEM) proposed in [Mulita, Giani, Heltai: SIAM J. Sci. Comput. 43, 2021]. S-AFEM modifies the classical adaptive finite element method…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-29 Philipp Bringmann , Christoph Lietz , Dirk Praetorius

This paper presents the first time implementation of the eXtended Finite Element Method (XFEM) in the general purpose commercial software COMSOL Multiphysics. An enrichment strategy is proposed, consistent with the structure of the…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2021-09-08 Ahmad Jafari , Pooyan Broumand , Mohammad Vahab , Nasser Khalili

We present a novel formulation for modeling phase-field fracture propagation based on the Integrated Finite Element Neural Network (IFENN) framework. IFENN is a hybrid solver scheme that utilizes neural networks as PDE solvers within FEM,…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-05-27 Panos Pantidis , Lampros Svolos , Diab Abueidda , Mostafa E. Mobasher

The paper develops a finite element method for partial differential equations posed on hypersurfaces in $\mathbb{R}^N$, $N=2,3$. The method uses traces of bulk finite element functions on a surface embedded in a volumetric domain. The bulk…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-07-19 Alexey Y. Chernyshenko , Maxim A. Olshanskii

The performance evaluation of a potentially unstable slope involves two key components: the initiation of the slope failure and the post-failure runout. The Finite Element Method (FEM) excels at modeling the initiation of instability but…

Geophysics · Physics 2022-06-16 Brent Sordo , Ellen Rathje , Krishna Kumar

This chapter provides an overview of state-of-the-art adaptive finite element methods (AFEMs) for the numerical solution of second-order elliptic partial differential equations (PDEs), where the primary focus is on the optimal interplay of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-04-11 Philipp Bringmann , Ani Miraçi , Dirk Praetorius

This paper details the development and application of an $h$-adaptive finite element method for the numerical solution of the \textit{Falkner-Skan equation}. A posteriori error estimation governs the adaptivity of the mesh, specifically the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-06 B. Veena S. N. Rao

We develop all of the components needed to construct an adaptive finite element code that can be used to approximate fractional partial differential equations, on non-trivial domains in $d\geq 1$ dimensions. Our main approach consists of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-02-14 Mark Ainsworth , Christian Glusa

The present paper extends the theory of Adaptive Virtual Element Methods (AVEMs) to the three-dimensional meshes showing the possibility to bound the stabilization term by the residual-type error estimator. This new bound enables a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-17 Stefano Berrone , Davide Fassino , Fabio Vicini

In this paper, we construct and analyze an energy stable scheme by combining the latest developed scalar auxiliary variable (SAV) approach and linear finite element method (FEM) for phase field crystal (PFC) model, and show rigorously that…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-10-15 Liupeng Wang , Yunqing Huang , Kai Jiang

An adaptive refinement strategy, based on an equilibrated flux a posteriori error estimator, is proposed in the context of defeaturing problems. Defeaturing consists of removing features from complex domains to simplify mesh generation and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-04 Annalisa Buffa , Denise Grappein , Rafael Vázquez

The rigorous convergence analysis of adaptive finite element methods for regularized variational models of quasi-static brittle fracture in strain-limiting elastic solids is presented. This work introduces two novel adaptive mesh refinement…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-19 Ram Manohar , S. M. Mallikarjunaiah

We present a novel probabilistic finite element method (FEM) for the solution and uncertainty quantification of elliptic partial differential equations based on random meshes, which we call random mesh FEM (RM-FEM). Our methodology allows…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-06-17 Assyr Abdulle , Giacomo Garegnani

The cost and accuracy of simulating complex physical systems using the Finite Element Method (FEM) scales with the resolution of the underlying mesh. Adaptive meshes improve computational efficiency by refining resolution in critical…