Advanced finite element modeling of excavation and advancement processes in mechanized tunneling

A Alsahly, J Stascheit, G Meschke - Advances in Engineering Software, 2016 - Elsevier
Mechanized tunneling is characterized by complex interactions between the shield machine
and the surrounding ground during the TBM advancement process. In this paper, a new …

Projection and transfer operators in adaptive isogeometric analysis with hierarchical B-splines

P Hennig, M Ambati, L De Lorenzis… - Computer Methods in …, 2018 - Elsevier
We present projection methods and transfer operations required for adaptive mesh
refinement/coarsening in problems with internal variables. We extend the results of Hennig …

An adaptive finite element/meshless coupled method based on local maximum entropy shape functions for linear and nonlinear problems

Z Ullah, WM Coombs, CE Augarde - Computer methods in applied …, 2013 - Elsevier
In this paper, an automatic adaptive coupling procedure is proposed for the finite element
method (FEM) and the element-free Galerkin method (EFGM) for linear elasticity and for …

[HTML][HTML] Crack growth modeling via 3D automatic adaptive mesh refinement based on modified-SPR technique

AR Khoei, M Eghbalian, H Moslemi, H Azadi - Applied Mathematical …, 2013 - Elsevier
In this paper, the three-dimensional automatic adaptive mesh refinement is presented in
modeling the crack propagation based on the modified superconvergent patch recovery …

[HTML][HTML] Residual stresses in metal deposition modeling: discretizations of higher order

A Özcan, S Kollmannsberger, J Jomo… - Computers & Mathematics …, 2019 - Elsevier
This article addresses the research question if and how the finite cell method, an embedded
domain finite element method of high order, may be used in the simulation of metal …

PyAdMesh: A novel high-performance software for adaptive finite element analysis

SA Gharebaghi, AH Khatami - Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, 2025 - Elsevier
This study introduces PyAdMesh, an open-source software for reducing discretization errors
in finite element analysis using an h-adaptive method. Adaptive approaches iteratively refine …

[HTML][HTML] Three-dimensional cohesive fracture modeling of non-planar crack growth using adaptive FE technique

AR Khoei, H Moslemi, M Sharifi - International Journal of Solids and …, 2012 - Elsevier
In this paper, the three-dimensional adaptive finite element modeling is presented for
cohesive fracture analysis of non-planer crack growth. The technique is performed based on …

Efficient 3D data transfer operators based on numerical integration

P Bussetta, R Boman, JP Ponthot - International Journal for …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This paper deals with data transfer between two meshes as it happens in a finite element
context when a remeshing has to be performed. We propose a finite‐volume‐based data …

An updated Lagrangian method with error estimation and adaptive remeshing for very large deformation elasticity problems

S Léger, A Fortin, C Tibirna… - International Journal for …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Accurate simulations of large deformation hyperelastic materials by the FEM is still a
challenging problem. In a total Lagrangian formulation, even when using a very fine initial …

Efficient analysis of transient heat transfer problems exhibiting sharp thermal gradients

P O'Hara, CA Duarte, T Eason, J Garzon - Computational Mechanics, 2013 - Springer
In this paper, heat transfer problems with sharp spatial gradients are analyzed using the
Generalized Finite Element Method with global-local enrichment functions (GFEM gl). With …