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A new family of mixed finite element methods$-$compatible-strain mixed finite element methods (CSFEMs)$-$are introduced for three-dimensional compressible and incompressible nonlinear elasticity. A Hu-Washizu-type functional is extremized…

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This article considers a model problem of elastoplasticity with linearly kinematic hardening and presents hp-finite element discretizations of two equivalent weak formulations each having their respective advantages. A mixed variational…

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We propose a new three-dimensional formulation based on the mixed Tangential-Displacement Normal-Normal-Stress (TDNNS) method for elasticity. In elastic TDNNS elements, the tangential component of the displacement field and the normal…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-03-28 Astrid Pechstein , Martin Meindlhumer , Alexander Humer

We present a novel and comparative analysis of finite element discretizations for a nonlinear Rosenau-Burgers model including a biharmonic term. We analyze both continuous and mixed finite element approaches, providing stability, existence,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-02-15 Ankur , Ram Jiwari , Akil Narayan

We develop a multipoint stress mixed finite element method for linear elasticity with weak stress symmetry on quadrilateral grids, which can be reduced to a symmetric and positive definite cell centered system. The method is developed on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-08-06 Ilona Ambartsumyan , Eldar Khattatov , Jan M. Nordbotten , Ivan Yotov

We develop a new multipoint stress mixed finite element method for linear elasticity with weakly enforced stress symmetry on simplicial grids. Motivated by the multipoint flux mixed finite element method for Darcy flow, the method utilizes…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-07-30 Ilona Ambartsumyan , Eldar Khattatov , Jan M. Nordbotten , Ivan Yotov

This article surveys research on the application of compatible finite element methods to large scale atmosphere and ocean simulation. Compatible finite element methods extend Arakawa's C-grid finite difference scheme to the finite element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-03-14 Colin J. Cotter

The proposed two-dimensional geometrically exact beam element extends our previous work by including the effects of shear distortion, and also of distributed forces and moments acting along the beam. The general flexibility-based…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-06 Milan Jirasek , Martin Horak , Emma La Malfa Ribolla , Chiara Bonvissuto

We present and analyze a linearized finite element method (FEM) for the dynamical incompressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations. The finite element approximation is based on mixed conforming elements, where Taylor--Hood type elements…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-02-20 Huadong Gao , Weifeng Qiu

This paper proposes and analyzes a class of new weak Galerkin (WG) finite element methods for 2- and 3-dimensional linear elasticity problems. The methods use discontinuous piecewise-polynomial approximations of degrees $k(\geq 0)$ for the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-10-24 Gang Chen , Xiaoping Xie

This article offers a new perspective for the mechanics of solids using moving Cartan's frame, specifically discussing a mixed variational principle in non-linear elasticity. We treat quantities defined on the co-tangent bundles of…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2022-04-06 Bensingh Dhas , Jamun Kumar N , Debasish Roy , J N Reddy

We consider systems of nonlinear magnetostatics and quasistatics that typically arise in the modeling and simulation of electric machines. The nonlinear problems, eventually obtained after time discretization, are usually solved by…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-11-27 Herbert Egger , Felix Engertsberger , Bogdan Radu

Achieving strongly symmetric stress approximations for linear elasticity problems in high-contrast media poses a significant computational challenge. Conventional methods often struggle with prohibitively high computational costs due to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Eric T. Chung , Changqing Ye , Xiang Zhong

We propose and explore a new, general-purpose method for the implicit time integration of elastica. Key to our approach is the use of a mixed variational principle. In turn its finite element discretization leads to an efficient alternating…

Graphics · Computer Science 2022-02-03 Ty Trusty , Danny M. Kaufman , David I W Levin

The purpose of this work is to study mortar methods for linear elasticity using standard low order finite element spaces. Based on residual stabilization, we introduce a stabilized mortar method for linear elasticity and compare it to the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-12-28 Tom Gustafsson , Peter Råback , Juha Videman

We construct conforming finite element elasticity complexes on Worsey-Farin splits in three dimensions. Spaces for displacement, strain, stress, and the load are connected in the elasticity complex through the differential operators…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-08-22 Sining Gong , Jay Gopalakrishnan , Johnny Guzmán , Michael Neilan

In this work we introduce novel stress-only formulations of linear elasticity with special attention to their approximate solution using weighted residual methods. We present four sets of boundary value problems for a pure stress…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-03-19 Adam Sky , Andreas Zilian

We propose a robust simulation method for phospholipid membranes. It is based on a mixed three-field formulation that accounts for tangential fluidity (Boussinesq-Scriven law), bending elasticity (Canham-Helfrich model) and inextensibility.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-06-18 Diego S. Rodrigues , Roberto F. Ausas , Fernando Mut , Gustavo C. Buscaglia

We introduce a new cell-centered finite volume discretization for elasticity with weakly enforced symmetry of the stress tensor. The method is motivated by the need for robust discretization methods for deformation and flow in porous media,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-12-04 Eirik Keilegavlen , Jan Martin Nordbotten

With the development of multi-layer elastic systems in the field of engineering mechanics, the corresponding variational inequality theory and algorithm design have received more attention and research. In this study, a class of equivalent…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-09-11 Zhizhuo Zhang , Mikaël Barboteu , Xiaobing Nie , Serge Dumont , Mahmoud Abdel-Aty , Jinde Cao