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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

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 consider so-called branched transport and variants thereof in two space dimensions. In these models one seeks an optimal transportation network for a given mass transportation task. In two space dimensions, they are closely connected to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-04-01 Carolin Dirks , Benedikt Wirth

We present a new composite mesh finite element method for fluid--structure interaction problems. The method is based on surrounding the structure by a boundary-fitted fluid mesh which is embedded into a fixed background fluid mesh. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-01-20 Andre Massing , Mats G. Larson , Anders Logg , Marie E. Rognes

This contribution introduces the idea of refinement patterns for the generation of optimal meshes in the context of the Finite Element Method. The main idea is to generate a library of possible patterns on which elements can be refined and…

In this paper, we discuss an adaptive hybrid stress finite element method on quadrilateral meshes for linear elasticity problems. To deal with hanging nodes arising in the adaptive mesh refinement, we propose new transition types of hybrid…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-07-03 Feiteng Huang , Xiaoping Xie , Chen-Song Zhang

In this paper we establish the convergence of a numerical scheme based, on the Finite Element Method, for a time-independent problem modelling the deformation of a linearly elastic elliptic membrane shell subjected to remaining confined in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-10-25 Aaron Meixner , Paolo Piersanti

Unfitted finite element methods have emerged as a popular alternative to classical finite element methods for the solution of partial differential equations and allow modeling arbitrary geometries without the need for a boundary-conforming…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-03-19 S. Saberi , G. Meschke , A. Vogel

We consider mixed finite element methods for linear elasticity where the symmetry of the stress tensor is weakly enforced. Both an a priori and a posteriori error analysis are given for several known families of methods that are uniformly…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-02-01 Philip L. Lederer , Rolf Stenberg

In this work, we develop an adaptive nonconforming finite element algorithm for the numerical approximation of phase-field parameterized topology optimization governed by the Stokes system. We employ the conforming linear finite element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-20 Bangti Jin , Jing Li , Yifeng Xu , Shengfeng Zhu

A mixed finite element method combining an iso-parametric $Q_2$-$P_1$ element and an iso-parametric $P_2^+$-$P_1$ element is developed for the computation of multiple cavities in incompressible nonlinear elasticity. The method is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-01-09 Weijie Huang , Zhiping Li

In this paper a higher-order mixed finite element method for elastoplasticity with linear kinematic hardening is analyzed. Thereby, the non-differentiability of the involved plasticity functional is resolved by a Lagrange multiplier leading…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-18 Patrick Bammer , Lothar Banz , Andreas Schröder

The convergence analysis for least-squares finite element methods led to various adaptive mesh-refinement strategies: Collective marking algorithms driven by the built-in a posteriori error estimator or an alternative explicit…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-09-18 Philipp Bringmann

A variational framework, initially developed for high-order mesh optimisation, is being extended for r-adaptation. The method is based on the minimisation of a functional of the mesh deformation. To achieve adaptation, elements of the…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2019-01-07 Julian Marcon , Michael Turner , David Moxey , Spencer J. Sherwin , Joaquim Peiró

An $hp$ version of interface penalty finite element method ($hp$-IPFEM) is proposed for elliptic interface problems in two and three dimensions on unfitted meshes. Error estimates in broken $H^1$ norm, which are optimal with respect to $h$…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2010-07-20 Haijun Wu , Yuanming Xiao

We analyze the application to elastodynamic problems of mixed finite element methods for elasticity with weak symmetry. Our approach leads to a semidiscrete method which consists of a system of ordinary differential equations without…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-11-13 Douglas N. Arnold , Jeonghun J. Lee

New low-order $H(\textrm{div})$-conforming finite elements for symmetric tensors are constructed in arbitrary dimension. The space of shape functions is defined by enriching the symmetric quadratic polynomial space with the $(d+1)$-order…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-02-22 Xuehai Huang , Chao Zhang , Yaqian Zhou , Yangxing Zhu

Optimally convergent (with respect to the regularity) quadratic finite element method for two dimensional obstacle problem on simplicial meshes is studied in (Brezzi, Hager, Raviart, Numer. Math, 28:431--443, 1977). There was no analogue of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-11-10 Sharat Gaddam , Thirupathi Gudi

We present a novel approach that integrates unfitted finite element methods and neural networks to approximate partial differential equations on complex geometries. Easy-to-generate background meshes (e.g., a simple Cartesian mesh) that cut…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-04 Wei Li , Alberto F. Martín , Santiago Badia

We present a new fixed mesh algorithm for solving a class of interface inverse problems for the typical elliptic interface problems. These interface inverse problems are formulated as shape optimization prob- lems whose objective…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-18 Ruchi Guo , Tao Lin , Yanping Lin