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The Finite element method (FEM) has long served as the computational backbone for topology optimization (TO). However, for designing structures undergoing large deformations, conventional FEM-based TO often exhibits numerical instabilities…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Rahul Kumar Padhy , Aaditya Chandrasekhar , Krishnan Suresh

We present and analyze a linearized finite element method (FEM) for the dynamical incompressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations. The finite element approximation is based on mixed conforming elements, where Taylor--Hood type elements…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-02-20 Huadong Gao , Weifeng Qiu

The Finite Element Method (FEM) is a powerful computational tool for solving partial differential equations (PDEs). Although commercial and open-source FEM software packages are widely available, an independent implementation of FEM…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-02-06 Victor Dominguez , Alejandro Duque

Since the 1960's the finite element method emerged as a powerful tool for the numerical simulation of countless physical phenomena or processes in applied sciences. One of the reasons for this undeniable success is the great versatility of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-12-05 Vitoriano Ruas

On meshes with the maximum angle condition violated, the standard conforming, nonconforming, and discontinuous Galerkin finite elements do not converge to the true solution when the mesh size goes to zero. It is shown that one type of weak…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-07-30 Ran Zhang , Shangyou Zhang

The Heterogeneous Multiscale Finite Element Method (FE-HMM) is a two-scale FEM based on asymptotic homogenization for solving multiscale partial differential equations. It was introduced in [W. E and B. Engquist, \emph{Commun. Math. Sci.},…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-11-22 Bernhard Eidel , Andreas Fischer

The finite element method (FEM) is a cornerstone numerical technique for solving partial differential equations (PDEs). Here, we present $\textbf{Qu-FEM}$, a fault-tolerant era quantum algorithm for the finite element method. In contrast to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-22 Ahmad M. Alkadri , Tyler D. Kharazi , K. Birgitta Whaley , Kranthi K. Mandadapu

This paper presents a new parameter free partially penalized immersed finite element method and convergence analysis for solving second order elliptic interface problems. A lifting operator is introduced on interface edges to ensure the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-02-23 Haifeng Ji , Feng Wang , Jinru Chen , Zhilin Li

During design optimization, a smooth description of the geometry is important, especially for problems that are sensitive to the way interfaces are resolved, e.g., wave propagation or fluid-structure interaction. A levelset description of…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2021-12-28 Sanne J. van den Boom , Jian Zhang , Fred van Keulen , Alejandro M. Aragón

We present a new finite element method, called $\phi$-FEM, to solve numerically elliptic partial differential equations with natural (Neumann or Robin) boundary conditions using simple computational grids, not fitted to the boundary of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-12-08 Michel Duprez , Vanessa Lleras , Alexei Lozinski

This article concerns the weak Galerkin mixed finite element method (WG-MFEM) for second order elliptic equations on 2D domains with curved boundary. The Neumann boundary condition is considered since it becomes the essential boundary…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-11-09 Yi Liu , Wenbin Chen , Yanqiu Wang

Generalized or extended finite element methods (GFEM/XFEM) are in general badly conditioned and have numerous additional degrees of freedom (DOF) compared with the FEM because of introduction of enriched functions. In this paper, we develop…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-02-04 Qinghui Zhang , Cu Cui

A higher-order accurate finite element method is proposed which uses automatically generated meshes based on implicit level-set data for the description of boundaries and interfaces in two and three dimensions. The method is an alternative…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2017-06-06 T. P. Fries

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

Since the seminal work of Idelsohn, O\~nate and Del-Pin (2004), the Particle Finite Element Method (PFEM) has relied on a Delaunay triangulation and the Alpha--Shape (AS) algorithm in the remeshing process. This approach guarantees a good…

This letter aims at resolving the issues raised in the recent short communication [1] and answered by [2] by proposing a systematic approximation scheme based on non-mapped shape functions, which both allows to fully exploit the unique…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2011-07-20 Stephane PA Bordas , Sundararajan Natarajan

We propose an energy-stable parametric finite element method (ES-PFEM) for simulating solid-state dewetting of thin films in two dimensions via a sharp-interface model, which is governed by surface diffusion and contact line (point)…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-06-08 Quan Zhao , Wei Jiang , Weizhu Bao

This paper introduces a novel eXtended virtual element method, an extension of the conforming virtual element method. The XVEM is formulated by incorporating appropriate enrichment functions in the local spaces. The method is designed to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-06-19 Jerome Droniou , Gianmarco Manzini , Liam Yemm

The implementation of finite element methods (FEMs) for nonlocal models with a finite range of interaction poses challenges not faced in the partial differential equations (PDEs) setting. For example, one has to deal with weak forms…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-05-22 Marta D'Elia , Max Gunzburger , Christian Vollmann

This paper presents an asymptotically compatible error bound for the finite element method (FEM) applied to a nonlocal diffusion model. The analysis covers two scenarios: meshes with and without shape regularity. For shape-regular meshes,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-06 Yanzun Meng , Zuoqiang Shi