Stability and conditioning of immersed finite element methods: analysis and remedies

F de Prenter, CV Verhoosel, EH van Brummelen… - … Methods in Engineering, 2023 - Springer
This review paper discusses the developments in immersed or unfitted finite element
methods over the past decade. The main focus is the analysis and the treatment of the …

Integrated Finite Element Neural Network (I-FENN) for non-local continuum damage mechanics

P Pantidis, ME Mobasher - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
We present a new Integrated Finite Element Neural Network framework (I-FENN), with the
objective to accelerate the numerical solution of nonlinear computational mechanics …

Stable GFEM (SGFEM): Improved conditioning and accuracy of GFEM/XFEM for three-dimensional fracture mechanics

V Gupta, CA Duarte, I Babuška, U Banerjee - Computer methods in applied …, 2015 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present an extension of the Stable Generalized FEM (SGFEM) for 3-D
fracture mechanics problems. Numerical experiments show that the use of available singular …

Improving the conditioning of XFEM/GFEM for fracture mechanics problems through enrichment quasi-orthogonalization

K Agathos, SPA Bordas, E Chatzi - Computer Methods in Applied …, 2019 - Elsevier
Partition of unity enrichment is known to significantly enhance the accuracy of the finite
element method by allowing the incorporation of known characteristics of the solution in the …

Linking ghost penalty and aggregated unfitted methods

S Badia, E Neiva, F Verdugo - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, we analyse the links between ghost penalty stabilisation and aggregation-
based discrete extension operators for the numerical approximation of elliptic partial …

Domain decomposition methods for 3D crack propagation problems using XFEM

S Bakalakos, M Georgioudakis… - Computer Methods in …, 2022 - Elsevier
The extended finite element method (XFEM) has been successfully implemented in solving
crack propagation problems by enriching the polynomial basis functions of standard finite …

Robust and parallel scalable iterative solutions for large-scale finite cell analyses

JN Jomo, F de Prenter, M Elhaddad, D D'Angella… - Finite Elements in …, 2019 - Elsevier
The finite cell method is a flexible discretization technique for numerical analysis on
domains with complex geometries. By using a non-boundary conforming computational …

Strongly stable generalized finite element method: Application to interface problems

I Babuška, U Banerjee, K Kergrene - Computer Methods in Applied …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present the theoretical justification for the Stable Generalized Finite
Element Method (SGFEM) when applied to smooth interface problems. We prove that a …

Robust high-order unfitted finite elements by interpolation-based discrete extension

S Badia, E Neiva, F Verdugo - Computers & Mathematics with Applications, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, we propose a novel formulation for the solution of partial differential equations
using finite element methods on unfitted meshes. The proposed formulation relies on the …

Stochastic multiscale modeling of crack propagation in random heterogeneous media

DA Hun, J Guilleminot, J Yvonnet… - International Journal for …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A stochastic approach to model crack propagation in random heterogeneous media, using
mesoscopic representations of elastic and fracture properties, is presented. In order to …