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Finite differences, finite elements, and their generalizations are widely used for solving partial differential equations, and their high-order variants have respective advantages and disadvantages. Traditionally, these methods are treated…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-01-22 Rebecca Conley , Xiangmin Jiao , Tristan J. Delaney

In this article, we present a new unified finite element method (UFEM) for simulation of general Fluid-Structure interaction (FSI) which has the same generality and robustness as monolithic methods but is significantly more computationally…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2016-08-18 Yongxing Wang , Peter Jimack , Mark Walkley

This year marks the eightieth anniversary of the invention of the finite element method (FEM). FEM has become the computational workhorse for engineering design analysis and scientific modeling of a wide range of physical processes,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-07-13 Wing Kam Liu , Shaofan Li , Harold Park

The Finite Element Method (FEM) is a powerful modeling tool for predicting soft robots' behavior, but its computation time can limit practical applications. In this paper, a learning-based approach based on condensation of the FEM model is…

This paper focuses on the study of the Filament Based Lamellipodium Model (FBLM) and the corresponding Finite Element Method (FEM) from a numerical point of view. We study fundamental numerical properties of the FEM and justify the further…

Cell Behavior · Quantitative Biology 2018-01-30 Nikolaos Sfakianakis , Aaron Brunk

The finite element method (FEM) is a well-established numerical method for solving partial differential equations (PDEs). However, its mesh-based nature gives rise to substantial computational costs, especially for complex multiscale…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-06-24 Weihang Ouyang , Yeonjong Shin , Si-Wei Liu , Lu Lu

Calculations of the photonic band structure, transmission coefficients, and quality factors of various two-dimensional, periodic and aperiodic, dielectric photonic crystals by using the finite element method (FEM) are reported. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 Imanol Andonegui , Angel J. Garcia-Adeva

The Finite Element Method (FEM) is a powerful modeling tool for predicting the behavior of soft robots. However, its use for control can be difficult for non-specialists of numerical computation: it requires an optimization of the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-07-24 Etienne Ménager , Tanguy Navez , Olivier Goury , Christian Duriez

Simulation of fracturing processes in porous rocks can be divided into two main branches: (i) modeling the rock as a continuum which is enhanced with special features to account for fractures, or (ii) modeling the rock by a discrete (or…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-02-07 Halvor Møll Nilsen , Idar Larsen , Xavier Raynaud

We introduce a novel hybrid methodology combining classical finite element methods (FEM) with neural networks to create a well-performing and generalizable surrogate model for forward and inverse problems. The residual from finite element…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2022-05-18 Rishith Ellath Meethal , Birgit Obst , Mohamed Khalil , Aditya Ghantasala , Anoop Kodakkal , Kai-Uwe Bletzinger , Roland Wüchner

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

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

Finite element methods have been shown to achieve high accuracies in numerically solving the EEG forward problem and they enable the realistic modeling of complex geometries and important conductive features such as anisotropic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-08-25 Johannes Vorwerk , Christian Engwer , Sampsa Pursiainen , Carsten H. Wolters

We revisit the cell-based smoothed finite element method (SFEM) for quadrilateral elements and extend it to arbitrary polygons and polyhedrons in 2D and 3D, respectively. We highlight the similarity between the SFEM and the virtual element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-10-08 Sundararajan Natarajan , Stéphane P. A. Bordas , Ean Tat Ooi

The Finite Element Method (FEM) is the gold standard for spatial discretization in numerical simulations for a wide spectrum of real-world engineering problems. Prototypical areas of interest include linear heat transfer and linear…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-01-10 Marcelo Forets , Daniel Freire Caporale , Jorge M. Pérez Zerpa

Reservoir simulators utilize numerical techniques to solve the governing equations of fluid flow in porous media and they are essential tool for oil and gas fields development. In practical reservoir simulation, the finite difference method…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-11-14 Taofik H. Nassan , Mohd Amro

We present a finite element method (FEM) solver for computation of optical resonance modes in VCSELs. We perform a convergence study and demonstrate that high accuracies for 3D setups can be attained on standard computers. We also…

Optics · Physics 2012-03-02 M. Rozova , J. Pomplun , L. Zschiedrich , F. Schmidt , S. Burger

We used numerical simulations based on the finite element method (FEM) to calculate both the amplitude and phase information of the scattered electric field from random rough surfaces, which can be directly compared to ellipsometric…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-02-27 B. Fodor , P. Kozma , S. Burger , M. Fried , P. Petrik

A highly efficient fast boundary element method (BEM) for solving large-scale engineering acoustic problems in a broad frequency range is developed and implemented. The acoustic problems are modeled by the Burton-Miller boundary integral…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2015-11-16 Yanchuang Cao , Lihua Wen , Jinyou Xiao

This paper recalls the principles of the finite-element methods (FEM) theory and declines its application in the EN-MME group, for the numerical modelling and study of particle accelerator equipment. Implicit and explicit methods are…