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In this paper we study the approximation of eigenvalues arising from the mixed Hellinger--Reissner elasticity problem by using the simple finite element using partial relaxation of $C^0$ vertex continuity of stresses introduced recently by…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-03-19 Fleurianne Bertrand , Daniele Boffi , Rui Ma

Finite element methods for electromagnetic problems modeled by Maxwell-type equations are highly sensitive to the conformity of approximation spaces, and non-conforming methods may cause loss of convergence. This fact leads to an essential…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-04-05 Shuhao Cao , Long Chen , Ruchi Guo

We analyze adaptive mesh-refining algorithms for conforming finite element discretizations of certain non-linear second-order partial differential equations. We allow continuous polynomials of arbitrary, but fixed polynomial order. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-03-14 Michael Feischl , Thomas Führer , Dirk Praetorius

Anisotropic Porous Medium Equation (APME) is developed as an extension of the Porous Medium Equation (PME) for anisotropic porous media. A special analytical solution is derived for APME for time-independent diffusion. Anisotropic mesh…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-08-25 Xianping Li

We suggest a novel shape matching algorithm for three-dimensional surface meshes of disk or sphere topology. The method is based on the physical theory of nonlinear elasticity and can hence handle large rotations and deformations.…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2015-07-29 Konrad Simon , Sameer Sheorey , David Jacobs , Ronen Basri

Maxwell interface problems are of great importance in many electromagnetic applications. Unfitted mesh methods are especially attractive in 3D computation as they can circumvent generating complex 3D interface-fitted meshes. However, many…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-05-30 Long Chen , Ruchi Guo , Jun Zou

This work presents a general finite element formulation based on a six--field variational principle that incorporates the consistent couple stress theory. A simple, efficient and local iteration free solving procedure that covers both…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-07-07 Theodore L. Chang , Chin-Long Lee

In the context of unfitted finite element discretizations the realization of high order methods is challenging due to the fact that the geometry approximation has to be sufficiently accurate. We consider a new unfitted finite element method…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-06-27 Christoph Lehrenfeld , Arnold Reusken

In this paper, we propose an efficient numerical treatment for solving contact problems with friction between deformable bodies. The discretized normal and tangential constraints at the candidate contact interface are expressed by using…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Laurent Baillet , Taoufik Sassi

We develop $H$(div)-conforming mixed finite element methods for the unsteady Stokes equations modeling single-phase incompressible fluid flow. A projection method in the framework of the incremental pressure correction methodology is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-10-21 Costanza Aricò , Rainer Helmig , Ivan Yotov

Assembling parts into an object is a combinatorial problem that arises in a variety of contexts in the real world and involves numerous applications in science and engineering. Previous related work tackles limited cases with identical unit…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-06-22 Jinhwi Lee , Jungtaek Kim , Hyunsoo Chung , Jaesik Park , Minsu Cho

Edge (or N\'ed\'elec) finite elements are theoretically sound and widely used by the computational electromagnetics community. However, its implementation, specially for high order methods, is not trivial, since it involves many…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-03-20 Marc Olm , Santiago Badia , Alberto F. Martín

While multilevel Monte Carlo (MLMC) methods for the numerical approximation of partial differential equations with random coefficients enjoy great popularity, combinations with spatial adaptivity seem to be rare. We present an adaptive MLMC…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-12-20 Ralf Kornhuber , Evgenia Youett

Thanks to modern manufacturing technologies, heterogeneous materials with complex inner structures (e.g., foams) can be easily produced. However, their utilization is not straightforward, as the classical constitutive laws are not…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-12-20 Balázs Tóth , Zsombor Molnár , Róbert Kovács

In this article we present a goal-oriented adaptive finite element method for a class of subsurface flow problems in porous media, which exhibit seepage faces. We focus on a representative case of the steady state flows governed by a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-01-12 Ben Ashby , Cassiano Bortolozo , Alex Lukyanov , Tristan Pryer

We study some numerical methods for solving second order elliptic problem with interface. We introduce an immersed interface finite element method based on the `broken' $P_1$-nonconforming piecewise linear polynomials on interface…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2009-11-26 Do Y. Kwak , K. T. Wee

We present a finite element method for the Stokes equations involving two immiscible incompressible fluids with different viscosities and with surface tension. The interface separating the two fluids does not need to align with the mesh. We…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-03-20 Peter Hansbo , Mats G. Larson , Sara Zahedi

We consider mechanics of composite materials in which thin inclusions are modeled by lower-dimensional manifolds. By successively applying the dimensional reduction to junctions and intersections within the material, a geometry of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-03-06 Wietse M. Boon , Jan M. Nordbotten

We develop a finite element method for elliptic partial differential equations on so called composite surfaces that are built up out of a finite number of surfaces with boundaries that fit together nicely in the sense that the intersection…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-01-03 Peter Hansbo , Tobias Jonsson , Mats G. Larson , Karl Larsson

The multiscale hybrid-mixed (MHM) method consists of a multi-level strategy to approximate the solution of boundary value problems with heterogeneous coefficients. In this context, we propose a family of low-order finite elements for the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-03-26 Antônio Tadeu Azevedo Gomes , Weslley da Silva Pereira , Frédéric Valentin