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We propose a new nonconforming \(P_1\) finite element method for elliptic interface problems. The method is constructed on a locally anisotropic mixed mesh, which is generated by fitting the interface through a simple connection of…

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This article initiates the study of space-time adaptive mesh refinements for time-dependent boundary element formulations of wave equations. Based on error indicators of residual type, we formulate an adaptive boundary element procedure for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-07 Alessandra Aimi , Giulia Di Credico , Heiko Gimperlein , Chiara Guardasoni

A finite element methodology for large classes of variational boundary value problems is defined which involves discretizing two linear operators: (1) the differential operator defining the spatial boundary value problem; and (2) a Riesz…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-12-08 Brendan Keith , Socratis Petrides , Federico Fuentes , Leszek Demkowicz

The presented paper concentrates on the boundary element method (BEM) for the heat equation in three spatial dimensions. In particular, we deal with tensor product space-time meshes allowing for quadrature schemes analytic in time and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-11-23 Jan Zapletal , Raphael Watschinger , Günther Of , Michal Merta

We analyze adaptive mesh-refining algorithms for conforming finite element discretizations of certain non-linear second-order partial differential equations. We allow continuous polynomials of arbitrary, but fixed polynomial order. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-03-14 Michael Feischl , Thomas Führer , Dirk Praetorius

In this paper, we develop geometry-conforming immersed finite element (IFE) spaces on triangular meshes for elliptic interface problems. The construction is built on a Frenet-Serret mapping that transforms a smooth interface curve into a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-25 Yuanhui Lin , Xu Zhang , Tao Lin

The implementation of finite element methods (FEMs) for nonlocal models with a finite range of interaction poses challenges not faced in the partial differential equations (PDEs) setting. For example, one has to deal with weak forms…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-05-22 Marta D'Elia , Max Gunzburger , Christian Vollmann

Unfitted (also known as embedded or immersed) finite element approximations of partial differential equations are very attractive because they have much lower geometrical requirements than standard body-fitted formulations. These schemes do…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-04-13 Santiago Badia , Pere A. Martorell , Francesc Verdugo

Finite element approximations of minimal surface are not always precise. They can even sometimes completely collapse. In this paper, we provide a simple and inexpensive method, in terms of computational cost, to improve finite element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-05-18 Aymeric Grodet , Takuya Tsuchiya

Applying proper orthogonal decomposition to a usual finite element (FE) formulation for space fractional partial differential equation, we get a reduced FE model, which greatly reduces the complexity of computation. Then, the stability…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-01-04 Jing Sun , Daxin Nie , Weihua Deng

Although shape correspondence is a central problem in geometry processing, most methods for this task apply only to two-dimensional surfaces. The neglected task of volumetric correspondence--a natural extension relevant to shapes extracted…

Graphics · Computer Science 2022-11-29 S. Mazdak Abulnaga , Oded Stein , Polina Golland , Justin Solomon

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…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-01-25 Jennifer E. Fromm , Nils Wunsch , Ru Xiang , Han Zhao , Kurt Maute , John A. Evans , David Kamensky

In this paper, we develop a framework for solving inverse deformation problems using the FEniCS Project finite element software. We validate our approach with experimental imaging data acquired from a soft silicone beam under gravity. In…

Mesh numbering is a critical issue in Finite Element Methods, as the computational cost of one analysis is highly dependent on the order of the nodes of the mesh. This paper presents some preliminary investigations on the problem of mesh…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2007-06-12 Francis Sourd , Marc Schoenauer

A posteriori upper and lower bounds are derived for the linear finite element method (FEM) for the Helmholtz equation with large wave number. It is proved rigorously that the standard residual type error estimator seriously underestimates…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-10-25 Songyao Duan , Haijun Wu

In this paper, the boundary element method is combined with Chebyshev operational matrix technique to solve two-dimensional multi-order time-fractional partial differential equations; nonlinear and linear in respect to spatial and temporal…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-03-31 Moein Khalighi , Mohammad Amirian Matlob , Alaeddin Malek

This study presents a finite element and virtual element (FE-VE) coupled method for thermomechanical analysis in electronic packaging structures. The approach partitions computational domains strategically, employing FEM for regular…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-14 Yanpeng Gong , Sishuai Li , Yue Mei , Bingbing Xu , Fei Qin , Xiaoying Zhuang , Timon Rabczuk

Simulating physical systems is essential in engineering, but analytical solutions are limited to straightforward problems. Consequently, numerical methods like the Finite Element Method (FEM) are widely used. However, the FEM becomes…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-30 Niklas Freymuth , Philipp Dahlinger , Tobias Würth , Simon Reisch , Luise Kärger , Gerhard Neumann

In this paper, we propose a novel $hr$-adaptive finite element method, enhanced by neural networks, for parabolic equations. The main challenge of the conventional $h$-adaptive finite element method is interpolating the finite element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-22 Jiaxiong Hao , Yunqing Huang , Nianyu Yi , Peimeng Yin

It is well known that the solution of topology optimization problems may be affected both by the geometric properties of the computational mesh, which can steer the minimization process towards local (and non-physical) minima, and by the…

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