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This paper proposes a finite element method that couples mixed and Lagrange finite elements to efficiently capture stress concentrations in elasticity problems. The method employs conforming mixed finite elements in regions with stress…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-21 Wei Chen , Jun Hu , Limin Ma , Mingyan Zhang

In this paper, we study adaptive finite element approximations in a perturbation framework, which makes use of the existing adaptive finite element analysis of a linear symmetric elliptic problem. We prove the convergence and complexity of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2010-02-05 Lianhua He , Aihui Zhou

We consider a time-dependent coupled Navier--Stokes/generalized poroelastic flow problem and propose a unified and monolithic finite element discretization based on implicit time stepping. To handle the fluid-structure interface we employ a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-19 Aparna Bansal , Nicolas A. Barnafi , Dwijendra Narain Pandey , Ricardo Ruiz-Baier

The focus of this contribution is the numerical treatment of interface coupled problems concerning the interaction of incompressible fluid flow and permeable, elastic structures. The main emphasis is on extending the range of applicability…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2019-05-01 Christoph Ager , Benedikt Schott , Magnus Winter , Wolfgang A. Wall

We consider discrete Poisson interface problems resulting from linear unfitted finite elements, also called cut finite elements (CutFEM). Three of these unfitted finite element methods known from the literature are studied. All three…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-07-27 Thomas Ludescher , Sven Gross , Arnold Reusken

Consider the scattering of an elastic plane wave by a rigid obstacle, which is immersed in a homogeneous and isotropic elastic medium in two dimensions. Based on a Dirichlet-to-Neumann (DtN) operator, an exact transparent boundary condition…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-03-11 Peijun Li , Xiaokai Yuan

The paper is devoted to the penalty Robin-Robin domain decomposition methods (DDMs), proposed by us for the solution of unilateral multibody contact problems of elasticity. These DDMs are based on the penalty method for variational…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-04-28 Ivan I. Dyyak , Ihor I. Prokopyshyn , Ivan A. Prokopyshyn

In this paper, a direct finite element method is proposed for solving interface problems on unfitted meshes. This new method treats the two interface conditions as an $H^{\frac12}(\Gamma)\times H^{-\frac12}(\Gamma)$ pair for the mutual…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-19 Jun Hu , Limin Ma

Based on the plenty method, this paper describes a numerical method for 2D non-smooth contact problems with Coulomb friction and bilateral constraints and its application to the simulation of statics and dynamics for a frictional…

Computational Physics · Physics 2014-05-15 Jie Zhang , Qi Wang

A type of adaptive finite element method for the eigenvalue problems is proposed based on the multilevel correction scheme. In this method, adaptive finite element method to solve eigenvalue problems involves solving associated boundary…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-01-12 Hehu Xie

We design and analyze a hybridized cut finite element method for elliptic interface problems. In this method very general meshes can be coupled over internal unfitted interfaces, through a skeletal variable, using a Nitsche type approach.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-30 Erik Burman , Daniel Elfverson , Peter Hansbo , Mats G. Larson , Karl Larsson

We establish the convergence of an adaptive spline-based finite element method of a fourth order elliptic problem with weakly-imposed Dirichlet boundary conditions using polynomial B-splines.

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-12-21 Ibrahim Al Balushi

Consider a time-harmonic acoustic plane wave incident onto an elastic body with an unbounded periodic surface. The medium above the surface is supposed to be filled with a homogeneous compressible inviscid air/fluid of constant mass…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-04-25 Lei Lin , Junliang Lv

The multimesh finite element method is a technique for solving partial differential equations on multiple non-matching meshes by enforcing interface conditions using Nitsche's method. Since the non-matching meshes can result in arbitrarily…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-07-15 Jørgen S. Dokken , August Johansson , André Massing , Simon W. Funke

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

The multimesh finite element method enables the solution of partial differential equations on a computational mesh composed by multiple arbitrarily overlapping meshes. The discretization is based on a continuous--discontinuous function…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-05-02 August Johansson , Mats G. Larson , Anders Logg

We present a new error analysis for finite element methods for a linear-quadratic elliptic optimal control problem with Neumann boundary control and pointwise control constraints. It can be applied to standard finite element methods when…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-05 Susanne C. Brenner , Li-yeng Sung

In this paper, we propose a multiphysics mixed finite element method with Nitsche's technique for Stokes-poroelasticity problem. Firstly, we present a multiphysics reformulation of poroelasticity part of the original problem by introducing…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-24 Zhihao Ge , Jin'ge Pang , Jiwei Cao

This paper establishes optimal error estimates in the $L^2$ for the non-symmetric Nitsche method in an unfitted interface finite element setting. Extending our earlier work, we give a complete analysis for the Poisson interface model and,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-15 Gang Chen , Chaoran Liu , Yangwen Zhang

We present an a posteriori error estimate based on equilibrated stress reconstructions for the finite element approximation of a unilateral contact problem with weak enforcement of the contact conditions. We start by proving a guaranteed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-09-27 Daniele Antonio Di Pietro , Ilaria Fontana , Kyrylo Kazymyrenko