Sara Zahedi

Delta function approximations in level set methods by distance function extension

In [A.-K. Tornberg, B. Engquist, Numerical approximations of singular source terms in differential equations, J. Comput. Phys. 200 (2004) 462-488], it was shown for simple examples that the then m ...

A conservative level set method for contact line dynamics

A new model for simulating contact line dynamics is proposed. We apply the idea of driving contact-line movement by enforcing the equilibrium contact angle at the boundary, to the conservative level set method for incompressible two-phase flow [E. Olsson, G. Kreiss, A conservative level set method for two phase flow, J. Comput. Phys. 210 (2005) 225-246]. A modified reinitialization procedure provides a diffusive mechanism for contact-line movement, and results in a smooth transition of the interface near the contact line without explicit reconstruction of the interface. We are able to capture contact-line movement without loosing the conservation. Numerical simulations of capillary dominated flows in two space dimensions demonstrate that the model is able to capture contact line dynamics qualitatively correct.

Cut finite element methods for coupled bulk---surface problems

We develop a cut finite element method for a second order elliptic coupled bulk-surface model problem. We prove a priori estimates for the energy and

Computation of interior eigenvalues in electronic structure calculations facilitated by density matrix purification

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Full gradient stabilized cut finite element methods for surface partial differential equations

L2 norms of the error. Using stabilization terms we show that the resulting algebraic system of equations has a similar condition number as a standard fitted finite element method. Finally, we present a numerical example illustrating the accuracy and the robustness of our approach.

A Space-Time Cut Finite Element Method with Quadrature in Time

In this contribution we present a new computational method for coupled bulk-surface problems on time-dependent domains. The method is based on a space–time formulation using discontinuous piecewise linear elements in time and continuous piecewise linear elements in space on a fixed background mesh. The domain is represented using a piecewise linear level set function on the background mesh and a cut finite element method is used to discretize the bulk and surface problems. In the cut finite element method the bilinear forms associated with the weak formulation of the problem are directly evaluated on the bulk domain and the surface defined by the level set, essentially using the restrictions of the piecewise linear functions to the computational domain. In addition a stabilization term is added to stabilize convection as well as the resulting algebraic system that is solved in each time step. We show in numerical examples that the resulting method is accurate and stable and results in well conditioned algebraic systems independent of the position of the interface relative to the background mesh.

A cut finite element method for a Stokes interface problem

Density matrix purification, is in this work, used to facilitate the computation of eigenpairs around the highest occupied and the lowest unoccupied molecular orbitals (HOMO and LUMO, respectively) in electronic structure calculations. The ability of purification to give large separation between eigenvalues close to the HOMO-LUMO gap is used to accelerate convergence of the Lanczos method. Illustrations indicate that a new eigenpair is found more often than every second Lanczos iteration when the proposed methods are used.

Spurious currents in finite element based level set methods for two-phase flow

We develop a stabilized cut finite element method for the convection problem on a surface based on continuous piecewise linear approximation and gradient jump stabilization terms. The discrete piecewise linear surface cuts through a background mesh consisting of tetrahedra in an arbitrary way and the finite element space consists of piecewise linear continuous functions defined on the background mesh. The variational form involves integrals on the surface and the gradient jump stabilization term is defined on the full faces of the tetrahedra. The stabilization term serves two purposes: first the method is stabilized and secondly the resulting linear system of equations is algebraically stable. We establish stability results that are analogous to the standard meshed flat case and prove