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We present a new numerical tool for solving the special relativistic ideal MHD equations that is based on the combination of the following three key features: (i) a one-step ADER discontinuous Galerkin (DG) scheme that allows for an…

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Simulating physical systems is essential in engineering, but analytical solutions are limited to straightforward problems. Consequently, numerical methods like the Finite Element Method (FEM) are widely used. However, the FEM becomes…

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In this paper we present a second-order and continuous interpolation algorithm for cell-centered adaptive-mesh-refinement (AMR) grids. Continuity requirement poses a non-trivial problem at resolution changes. We develop a classification of…

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A framework for performing dynamic mesh adaptation with the discontinuous Galerkin method (DGM) is presented. Adaptations include modifications of the local mesh step size (h-adaptation) and the local degree of the approximating polynomials…

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Motivated by considering partial differential equations arising from conservation laws posed on evolving surfaces, a new numerical method for an advection problem is developed and simple numerical tests are performed. The method is based on…

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High-order Discontinuous Galerkin (DG) methods promise to be an excellent discretisation paradigm for partial differential equation solvers by combining high arithmetic intensity with localised data access. They also facilitate dynamic…

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We present a fourth-order projection method with adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) for numerically solving the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations (INSE) with subcycling in time. Our method features (i) a reformulation of INSE so that the…

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Numerical methods for random parametric PDEs can greatly benefit from adaptive refinement schemes, in particular when functional approximations are computed as in stochastic Galerkin and stochastic collocations methods. This work is…

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We introduce the Equilibrated Averaging Residual Method (EARM), a unified equilibrated flux-recovery framework for elliptic interface problems that applies to a broad class of finite element discretizations. The method is applicable in both…

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In this work, we present an adaptive unfitted finite element scheme that combines the aggregated finite element method with parallel adaptive mesh refinement. We introduce a novel scalable distributed-memory implementation of the resulting…

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We extend the entropy-stable oscillation-eliminating discontinuous Galerkin spectral element method (ES-OEDG) on curvilinear meshes to adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) grids with nonconforming interfaces. The formulation targets…

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We present the massively parallel performance of a $h$-adaptive solver for atmosphere dynamics that allows for non-conforming mesh refinement. The numerical method is based on a Discontinuous Galerkin (DG) spatial discretization, highly…

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Many equilibrated flux recovery methods for finite element solutions rely on ad hoc or method-specific techniques, limiting their generalizability and efficiency. In this work, we introduce the Equilibrated Averaging Residual Method (EARM),…

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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…

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Embedded, or immersed, approaches have the goal of reducing to the minimum the computational costs associated with the generation of body-fitted meshes by only employing fixed, possibly Cartesian, meshes over which complex boundaries can…

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Large-scale finite element simulations of complex physical systems governed by partial differential equations (PDE) crucially depend on adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) to allocate computational budget to regions where higher resolution is…