A numerical implementation of the eXtended Finite Element Method (X-FEM) to analyze crack propagation in a structure under dynamic loading is presented in this paper. The arbitrary crack is treated by the X-FEM method without re-meshing but using an enrichment of the classical displacement-based finite element approximation in the framework of the partition of unity method. Several algorithms h...

A new generalized FEM is introduced for solving problems with discontinuous gradient fields. The method relies on enrichment functions associated with generalized degrees of freedom at the nodes generated from the intersection of the phase interface with element edges. The proposed approach has several advantages over conventional generalized FEM formulations, such as a lower computational cost...

The paper examines three selective schemes for the smoothed finite element method (SFEM) which was formulated by incorporating a cell-wise strain smoothing operation into the standard compatible finite element method (FEM). These selective SFEM schemes were formulated based on three selective integration FEM schemes with similar properties found between the number of smoothing cells in the SFEM...

The acoustic characteristics of acoustic tubes with protrusions at the radiation end are computed by FEM simulation. In the rst experiment, two di erent shapes of the protrusions, a symmetrical and an asymmetrical shape with respect to the vertical, are investigated. Frequency characteristics of the radiation impedance are computed from simulation results. The simulation results show that the r...

This paper proposes and analyzes a stabilized finite-volume method FVM for the threedimensional stationary Navier-Stokes equations approximated by the lowest order finite element pairs. The method studies the new stabilized FVM with the relationship between the stabilized FEM FEM and the stabilized FVM under the assumption of the uniqueness condition. The results have three prominent features i...

Finite Element Method(FEM), which is based upon continuum mechanics and the physics of materials, is one of the most widely used deformation method in digital biomedical area. Unlike other light-weighted deformation models (Mass-Spring, Free Form, Chainmail, BEM, etc)using in other areas, FEM gets the most accurate deforming results in the cost of large scale of computation. In this paper, we p...

We present a Finite Element Method (FEM) implementation for cloth simulation on the GPU. The advantages of FEM are twofold: the realism of cloth simulations using this method is improved compared with other methods like the widely used mass-spring one, and it has a wider application rank because it can be used for general triangulated cloth meshes. We are able to detect collisions between cloth...

The wave based method (WBM) is considered for the steady-state dynamic analysis of acoustic problems as an alternative for the finite element method (FEM). The WBM exhibits better convergence properties with respect to model sizes, but the computation (CPU) times obtained by the current MATLAB implementation are large compared to commercially available FEM codes. Recently, a high performance FO...

The finite element method (FEM) has the potential of simulating plasma waves seamlessly from the core to the vacuum and antenna regions. We explored the possibility of using a versatile FEM solver package, COMSOL, for lower hybrid (LH) wave simulation. Special care was paid to boundary conditions to satisfy toroidal symmetry. The non-trivial issue of introducing hot plasma effects was addressed...

The treatment tactics for subclavian artery occlusion include the more commonly used endovascular therapy rather than surgical intervention. We present a case of a 61-year-old woman with dialysis-dependent chronic renal failure who experienced left finger necrosis in the left upper extremity. To salvage the limb, we performed femoro-axillary (fem-ax) artery bypass using an autologous saphenous ...