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Adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) is indispensable for efficient finite element analyses. However, its performance depends not only on the refinement itself but also on strategy to mark elements for refinement and the way it is tuned. This…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2026-05-08 Oliver Wege , Kaan Atak , Marek Behr , Norbert Hosters

Block-structured adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) provides the basis for the temporal and spatial discretization strategy for a number of ECP applications in the areas of accelerator design, additive manufacturing, astrophysics, combustion,…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2025-03-21 Weiqun Zhang , Andrew Myers , Kevin Gott , Ann Almgren , John Bell

Large-scale finite element simulations of complex physical systems governed by partial differential equations (PDE) crucially depend on adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) to allocate computational budget to regions where higher resolution is…

We have developed a new computer code, RAM, to solve the conservative equations of special relativistic hydrodynamics (SRHD) using adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) on parallel computers. We have implemented a characteristic-wise, finite…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Weiqun Zhang , Andrew I. MacFadyen

In this thesis, we develop, discuss and implement algorithms for scalable parallel tree-based adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) using space-filling curves (SFCs). We create an AMR software that works independently of the used element type,…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-10-22 Johannes Holke

I survey the use and impact of adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) simulations in numerical astrophysics and cosmology. Two basic techniques are in use to extend the dynamic range of Eulerian grid simulations in multi-dimensions: cell…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Michael L. Norman

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

Computational studies that use block-structured adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) approaches suffer from unnecessarily high mesh resolution in regions adjacent to important solution features. This deficiency limits the performance of AMR…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-03-02 Brandon Gusto , Tomasz Plewa

We present the first high order one-step ADER-WENO finite volume scheme with Adaptive Mesh Refinement (AMR) in multiple space dimensions. High order spatial accuracy is obtained through a WENO reconstruction, while a high order one-step…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-03-11 Michael Dumbser , Olindo Zanotti , Arturo Hidalgo , Dinshaw S. Balsara

We present here the first systematic treatment of the problems posed by the visualization and analysis of large-scale, parallel adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) simulations on an Eulerian grid. When compared to those obtained by constructing…

Graphics · Computer Science 2017-02-17 Guénolé Harel , Jacques-Bernard Lekien , Philippe P. Pébaÿ

Adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) is widely used to efficiently resolve localized features in time-dependent partial differential equations (PDEs) by selectively refining and coarsening the mesh. However, in long-horizon simulations, repeated…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-10 Kumar Saurabh , Makrand A. Khanwale , Masado Ishii , Hari Sundar , Baskar Ganapathysubramanian

In this work, we revisit the marking decisions made in the standard adaptive finite element method (AFEM). Experience shows that a na\"{i}ve marking policy leads to inefficient use of computational resources for adaptive mesh refinement…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-12-27 Andrew Gillette , Brendan Keith , Socratis Petrides

Cartesian-grid methods with Adaptive Mesh Refinement (AMR) are ideally suited for simulating the breaking of waves, the formation of spray, and the entrainment of air around ships. As a result of the cartesian-grid formulation, minimal…

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

We propose a new adaptive algorithm for the approximation of the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation via a higher-order tangent plane scheme. We show that the adaptive approximation satisfies an energy inequality and demonstrate numerically,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-06 Jan Bohn , Willy Dörfler , Michael Feischl , Stefan Karch

Adaptive Mesh Refinement (AMR) enables efficient computation of flows by providing high resolution in critical regions while allowing for coarsening in areas where fine detail is unnecessary. While early AMR software packages relied solely…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-02-26 Khodr Jaber , Ebenezer Essel , Pierre Sullivan

In this work, we introduce GRChombo: a new numerical relativity code which incorporates full adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) using block structured Berger-Rigoutsos grid generation. The code supports non-trivial "many-boxes-in-many-boxes"…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-02-09 Katy Clough , Pau Figueras , Hal Finkel , Markus Kunesch , Eugene A. Lim , Saran Tunyasuvunakool

In this paper we present an adaptive discretization technique for solving elliptic partial differential equations via a collocation radial basis function partition of unity method. In particular, we propose a new adaptive scheme based on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-11-13 R. Cavoretto , A. De Rossi

This article investigates adaptive mesh refinement procedures for the time-domain wave equation with Neumann boundary conditions, formulated as an equivalent hypersingular boundary integral equation. Space-adaptive and time-adaptive…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-28 Alessandra Aimi , Giulia Di Credico , Heiko Gimperlein , Chiara Guardasoni

We describe a grid-based numerical method for 3D hydrodynamic cosmological simulations which is adaptive in space and time and combines the best features of higher order--accurate Godunov schemes for Eulerian hydrodynamics with adaptive…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-27 Michael L. Norman , Greg L. Bryan