The extended finite element method (XFEM) has been developed for modeling arbitrary discontinuities in finite elements. This method enables evolving discontinuites to be treated without remeshing. One ...

The Vector Form Intrinsic Finite Element (VFIFE) method represents an advanced computational approach that redefines conventional finite element analysis through an intrinsic, vector‐based formulation ...

Research areas: Computational Mechanics, Finite Element Method, Mesh-free Methods, Extended Finite Element Method, Multi-scale Analysis, Nonlinear Structural Mechanics, Thin-walled and Composite ...

Computational mechanics research at Northwestern is blazing new ground in multiscale analysis, meshfree methods and large-scale simulation. Multiscale methods, which link methodologies from quantum ...