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We propose an energy-stable parametric finite element method (PFEM) for the planar Willmore flow and establish its unconditional energy stability of the full discretization scheme. The key lies in the introduction of two novel geometric…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-25 Weizhu Bao , Yifei Li

We propose and analyze an energy-stable fully discrete parametric approximation for Willmore flow of hypersurfaces in two and three space dimensions. We allow for the presence of spontaneous curvature effects and for open surfaces with…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-11 Harald Garcke , Robert Nürnberg , Quan Zhao

We propose an energy-stable parametric finite element method (ES-PFEM) to discretize the motion of a closed curve under surface diffusion with an anisotropic surface energy $\gamma(\theta)$ -- anisotropic surface diffusion -- in two…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-10-26 Yifei Li , Weizhu Bao

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

We propose and analyze structure-preserving parametric finite element methods (SP-PFEM) for evolution of a closed curve under different geometric flows with arbitrary anisotropic surface energy $\gamma(\boldsymbol{n})$ for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-11-02 Weizhu Bao , Yifei Li

We propose and analyze a structure-preserving parametric finite element method (SP-PFEM) to simulate the motion of closed curves governed by area-conserved generalized mean curvature flow in two dimensions (2D). We first present a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-11-28 Lifang Pei , Yifei Li

We propose and analyze a structure-preserving parametric finite element method (SP-PFEM) for the evolution of closed curves under anisotropic surface diffusion with surface energy density $\hat{\gamma}(\theta)$. Our primary theoretical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-29 Yifei Li , Wenjun Ying , Yulin Zhang

We propose and analyze a unified structure-preserving parametric finite element method (SP-PFEM) for the anisotropic surface diffusion of curves in two dimensions $(d=2)$ and surfaces in three dimensions $(d=3)$ with an arbitrary…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-09-04 Weizhu Bao , Yifei Li

In this work, we aim to develop energy-stable parametric finite element approximations for a sharp-interface model with strong surface energy anisotropy, which is derived from the first variation of an energy functional composed of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-07-08 Meng Li , Chunjie Zhou

Currently existing energy-stable parametric finite element methods for surface diffusion flow and other flows are usually limited to first-order accuracy in time. Designing a high-order algorithm for geometric flows that can also be…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-07-15 Meng Li , Yihang Guo , Jingjiang Bi

A proof of convergence is given for a novel evolving surface finite element semi-discretization of Willmore flow of closed two-dimensional surfaces, and also of surface diffusion flow. The numerical method proposed and studied here…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-07-31 Balázs Kovács , Buyang Li , Christian Lubich

We propose an efficient and accurate parametric finite element method (PFEM) for solving sharp-interface continuum models for solid-state dewetting of thin films with anisotropic surface energies. The governing equations of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-01-10 Weizhu Bao , Wei Jiang , Yan Wang , Quan Zhao

We propose a structure-preserving parametric finite element method (SP-PFEM) for discretizing the surface diffusion of a closed curve in two dimensions (2D) or surface in three dimensions (3D). Here the "structure-preserving" refers to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-02 Weizhu Bao , Quan Zhao

For the evolution of a closed surface under anisotropic surface diffusion with a general anisotropic surface energy $\gamma(\boldsymbol{n})$ in three dimensions (3D), where $\boldsymbol{n}$ is the unit outward normal vector, by introducing…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-11-01 Weizhu Bao , Yifei Li

We proposed a structure-preserving stabilized parametric finite element method (SPFEM) for the evolution of closed curves under anisotropic surface diffusion with an arbitrary surface energy $\hat{\gamma}(\theta)$. By introducing a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-04-03 Yulin Zhang , Yifei Li , Wenjun Ying

Chaotic free surface flows are challenging problems to simulate numerically, mainly due to the significant changes in geometry and frequent topological changes. Methods that track the evolution of the fluid in a Lagrangian formulation are a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-12-24 Thomas Leyssens , Jonathan Lambrechts , Jean-François Remacle

This paper introduces an accurate edge-based smoothed finite element method (ES-FEM) for electromagnetic analysis for both two dimensional cylindrical and three dimensional cartesian systems, which shows much better performance in terms of…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2019-10-30 Yangfan Zhang , Pengfei Wang , Wenping Li , Shunchuan Yang

The finite element methods (FEM) are important techniques in engineering for solving partial differential equations, but they depend heavily on element shape quality for stability and good performance. In this paper, we introduce the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-03-30 Rebecca Conley , Tristan J. Delaney , Xiangmin Jiao

This work develops a polygonal finite element method (PFEM) for the analysis of steady-state and transient thermal stresses in two dimensional continua. The method employs Wachspress rational basis functions to construct conforming…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-04-23 Yang Yang , Mingjiao Yan , Zongliang Zhang , Dengmiao Hao , Xuedong Chen , Weixiong Chen

We consider fully discrete numerical approximations for axisymmetric Willmore flow that are unconditionally stable and work reliably without remeshing. We restrict our attention to surfaces without boundary, but allow for spontaneous…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-08 Harald Garcke , Robert Nürnberg , Quan Zhao
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