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I formulate a general finite element method (FEM) for self-gravitating stellar systems. I split the configuration space to finite elements, and express the potential and density functions over each element in terms of their nodal values and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Mir Abbas Jalali

We propose a new discretization method for PDEs on moving domains in the setting of unfitted finite element methods, which is provably higher-order accurate in space and time. In the considered setting, the physical domain that evolves…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-02-18 Yimin Lou , Christoph Lehrenfeld

The immersed finite element-finite difference (IFED) method is a computational approach to modeling interactions between a fluid and an immersed structure. This method uses a finite element (FE) method to approximate the stresses and forces…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-02-01 David Wells , Ben Vadala-Roth , Jae H. Lee , Boyce E. Griffith

We propose a generalized multiscale finite element method (GMsFEM) based on clustering algorithm to study the elliptic PDEs with random coefficients in the multi-query setting. Our method consists of offline and online stages. In the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-08-01 Eric T. Chung , Yalchin Efendiev , Wing Tat Leung , Zhiwen Zhang

We present in this paper a rigorous theoretical framework to show stability, convergence and accuracy of improved edge-based and face-based smoothed finite element methods (bESFEM and bFS-FEM) for nearly-incompressible elasticity problems.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-11-26 Thanh Hai Ong , Claire E. Heaney , Chang-Kye Lee , G. R. Liu , H. Nguyen-Xuan

In this paper a local Fourier analysis for multigrid methods on tetrahedral grids is presented. Different smoothers for the discretization of the Laplace operator by linear finite elements on such grids are analyzed. A four-color smoother…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2014-10-28 B. Gmeiner , T. Gradl , F. Gaspar , U. Rüde

The finite element method (FEM) is among the most commonly used numerical methods for solving engineering problems. Due to its computational cost, various ideas have been introduced to reduce computation times, such as domain decomposition,…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2019-11-07 Andrea Mendizabal , Pablo Márquez-Neila , Stéphane Cotin

We construct a finite element method (FEM) for the infinity Laplacian. Solutions of this problem may be singular, which has prompted us to conduct an a posteriori analysis of the method deriving residual based estimators to drive an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-05-17 Omar Lakkis , Tristan Pryer

This work studies three multigrid variants for matrix-free finite-element computations on locally refined meshes: geometric local smoothing, geometric global coarsening, and polynomial global coarsening. We have integrated the algorithms…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-04-12 Peter Munch , Timo Heister , Laura Prieto Saavedra , Martin Kronbichler

Localized features such as singularities, sharp gradients, discontinuities, and moving sources require adaptive finite element discretizations. Conventional refinement strategies introduce significant computational overhead through…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2026-04-29 Jan Niklas Schmäke , Martin Ruess

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

We present a coupling of the Finite Element and the Boundary Element Method in an isogeometric framework to approximate either two-dimensional Laplace interface problems or boundary value problems consisting in two disjoint domains. We…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-07-24 Mehdi Elasmi , Christoph Erath , Stefan Kurz

A finite element method using B-splines is presented and compared with a conventional finite element method of Lagrangian type. The efficiency of both methods has been investigated at the example of a coupled non-linear system of Dirac…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 W. Poeschl

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

Three different displacement based finite element formulations over arbitrary polygons are studied in this paper. The formulations considered are: the conventional polygonal finite element method (FEM) with Laplace interpolants, the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-09-06 Sundararajan Natarajan , Ean Tat Ooi , Irene Chiong , Chongmin Song

This paper presents the Virtual Element Method (VEM) for the modeling of crack propagation in 2D within the context of linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM). By exploiting the advantage of mesh flexibility in the VEM, we establish an…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2018-08-02 Vien Minh Nguyen-Thanh , Xiaoying Zhuang , Hung Nguyen-Xuan , Timon Rabczuk , Peter Wriggers

In this paper, we replace the asymptotic enrichments around the crack tip in the extended finite element method (XFEM) with the semi-analytical solution obtained by the scaled boundary finite element method (SBFEM). The proposed method does…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-09-04 Sundararajan Natarajan , Chongmin Song

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

This work provides an efficient virtual element scheme for the modeling of nonlinear elastodynamics undergoing large deformations. The virtual element method (VEM) has been applied to various engineering problems such as elasto-plasticity,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-02-10 M. Cihan , F. Aldakheel , B. Hudobivnik , P. Wriggers

The virtual element method (VEM) is a stabilized Galerkin method that is robust and accurate on general polygonal meshes. This feature makes it an appealing candidate for simulations involving meshes with embedded interfaces and evolving…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-03 Ramsharan Rangarajan , N. Sukumar