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This paper proposes a new hybrid high-order discretization for the biharmonic problem and the corresponding eigenvalue problem. The discrete ansatz space includes degrees of freedom in $n-2$ dimensional submanifolds (e.g., nodal values in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-06 Yizhou Liang , Ngoc Tien Tran

We introduce a new paradigm for immersed finite element and isogeometric methods based on interpolating function spaces from an unfitted background mesh into Lagrange finite element spaces defined on a foreground mesh that captures the…

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In this paper, we investigate a sixth order elliptic equation with the simply supported boundary conditions in a polygonal domain. We propose a new method that decouples the sixth order problem into a system of second order equations.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-30 Hengguang Li , Peimeng Yin

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,…

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This article deals with solving partial differential equations with the finite element method on hybrid non-conforming hexahedral-tetrahedral meshes. By non-conforming, we mean that a quadrangular face of a hexahedron can be connected to…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2016-05-10 Maxence Reberol , Bruno Lévy

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

This paper presents the development and analysis of an asymptotically compatible (AC) unfitted finite element method for one-dimensional nonlocal elliptic interface problems. The proposed method achieves optimal error estimates through…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-23 Haixia Dong , Ziqing Xie , Jiwei Zhang

We introduce a technique that simplifies the problem of imposing jump conditions on interfaces that are not aligned with a computational grid in the context of the Correction Function Method (CFM). The CFM offers a general framework to…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-07-11 Alexandre Noll Marques , Jean-Christophe Nave , Rodolfo Ruben Rosales

This paper presents an innovative continuous linear finite element approach to effectively solve biharmonic problems on surfaces. The key idea behind this method lies in the strategic utilization of a surface gradient recovery operator to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-04-30 Ying Cai , Hailong Guo , Zhimin Zhang

We consider the discretization of a stationary Stokes interface problem in a velocity-pressure formulation. The interface is described implicitly as the zero level of a scalar function as it is common in level set based methods. Hence, the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-05-16 Philip Lederer , Carl-Martin Pfeiler , Christoph Wintersteiger , Christoph Lehrenfeld

We propose a $k^{\rm th}$-order unfitted finite element method ($2\le k\le 4$) to solve the moving interface problem of the Oseen equations. Thorough error estimates for the discrete solutions are presented by considering errors from…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-01-03 Chuwen Ma , Weiying Zheng

In this paper a novel method to solve the constant coefficient wave equation, subject to interface jump conditions, is presented. In general, such problems pose issues for standard finite difference solvers, as the inherent discontinuity in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-11-07 David S. Abraham , Alexandre Noll Marques , Jean-Christophe Nave

The Intrinsic Surface Finite Element Method (ISFEM) was recently proposed to solve Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) on surfaces. ISFEM proceeds by writing the PDE with respect to a local coordinate system anchored to the surface and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-10-08 Elena Bachini , Mario Putti

In this article, we develop and analyze a finite element method with the first family N\'ed\'elec elements of the lowest degree for solving a Maxwell interface problem modeled by a $\mathbf{H}(\text{curl})$-elliptic equation on unfitted…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-11-25 Ruchi Guo , Yanping Lin , Jun Zou

We present and analyze a new finite element method for solving interface problems on a triangular grid. The method locally modifies a given triangulation such that the interfaces are accurately resolved and the maximal angle condition…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-02 Peter Gangl , Ulrich Langer

We present an enhanced immersed interface method for simulating incompressible fluid flows in thin gaps between closely spaced immersed boundaries. This regime, common in engineered structures such as including tribological interfaces and…

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The popular (piecewise) quadratic schemes for the biharmonic equation based on triangles are the nonconforming Morley finite element, the discontinuous Galerkin, the $C^0$ interior penalty, and the WOPSIP schemes. Those methods are modified…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-03-08 Carsten Carstensen , Neela Nataraj

We study a crack lying along an imperfect interface in an anisotropic bimaterial. A method is devised where known weight functions for the perfect interface problem are used to obtain singular integral equations relating the tractions and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-11-26 Lewis Pryce , Adam Vellender , Alexander Zagnetko

In the context of unfitted finite element discretizations the realization of high order methods is challenging due to the fact that the geometry approximation has to be sufficiently accurate. We consider a new unfitted finite element method…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-06-27 Christoph Lehrenfeld , Arnold Reusken

The Helmholtz scattering problem with high wave number is truncated by the perfectly matched layer (PML) technique and then discretized by the linear continuous interior penalty finite element method (CIP-FEM). It is proved that the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-06-26 Yonglin Li , Haijun Wu