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Several cellular activities, such as directed cell migration, are coordinated by an intricate network of biochemical reactions which lead to a polarised state of the cell, in which cellular symmetry is broken, causing the cell to have a…
The finite element simulation of dynamic wetting phenomena, requiring the computation of flow in a domain confined by intersecting a liquid-fluid free surface and a liquid-solid interface, with the three-phase contact line moving across the…
We introduce a new abstraction for the representation and solution of multi-domain problems using finite element methods. This is an advance over previous work in that it achieves a single higher-level abstraction that represents…
We present a numerical investigation of residual-based a posteriori error estimation for finite element discretizations of convection--diffusion equations stabilized by algebraic flux correction and related algebraic stabilization…
The phenomenological model for cell shape deformation and cell migration (Chen et.al. 2018; Vermolen and Gefen 2012) is extended with the incorporation of cell traction forces and the evolution of cell equilibrium shapes as a result of cell…
A recently developed Eulerian finite element method is applied to solve advection-diffusion equations posed on hypersurfaces. When transport processes on a surface dominate over diffusion, finite element methods tend to be unstable unless…
We present a finite element framework for the numerical prediction of cavitating turbulent flows interacting with flexible structures. The vapor-fluid phases are captured through a homogeneous mixture model, with a scalar transport equation…
We present a new framework for expressing finite element methods on multiple intersecting meshes: multimesh finite element methods. The framework enables the use of separate meshes to discretize parts of a computational domain that are…
We present a finite element approach for diffusion problems with thermal fluctuations based on a fluctuating hydrodynamics model. The governing transport equations are stochastic partial differential equations with a fluctuating forcing…
We develop a mixed finite element domain decomposition method on non-matching grids for the Biot system of poroelasticity. A displacement-pressure vector mortar function is introduced on the interfaces and utilized as a Lagrange multiplier…
Computationally solving the equations of elasticity is a key component in many materials science and mechanics simulations. Phenomena such as deformation-induced microstructure evolution, microfracture, and microvoid nucleation are examples…
In this study, we present a finite element solver for a thermodynamically consistent electrolyte model that accurately captures multicomponent ionic transport by incorporating key physical phenomena such as steric effects, solvation, and…
We define a generalized finite element method for the discretization of elliptic partial differential equations in heterogeneous media. An adaptive local finite element basis (AL basis) on a coarse mesh which does not resolve the matrix of…
Cell blebs are protrusions of the cell membrane and can be instrumental for cell migration. We derive a continuum model for the mechanical and geometrical aspects of the onset of blebbing in terms of a force balance. It is abstract and…
We develop a unified theory for continuous in time finite element discretisations of partial differential equations posed in evolving domains including the consideration of equations posed on evolving surfaces and bulk domains as well…
In this paper we propose a new method to stabilise non-symmetric indefinite problems. The idea is to solve a forward and an adjoint problem simultaneously using a suitable stabilised finite element method. Both stabilisation of the element…
The purpose of this work is to investigate the behavior of Multiscale Finite Element type methods for advection-diffusion problems in the advection-dominated regime. We present, study and compare various options to address the issue of the…
The form and evolution of multi-phase biomembranes is of fundamental importance in order to understand living systems. In order to describe these membranes, we consider a mathematical model based on a Canham--Helfrich--Evans two-phase…
In the analysis of composite materials with heterogeneous microstructures, full resolution of the heterogeneities using classical numerical approaches can be computationally prohibitive. This paper presents a micromechanics-enhanced finite…
This work proposes a mixed finite element method for the Biot poroelasticity equations that employs the lowest-order Raviart-Thomas finite element space for the solid displacement and piecewise constants for the fluid pressure. The method…