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20142026
most citedMFEM: a modular finite element methods library

456 citations · 689 across the 31 of their papers we have counts for

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36 papers

physics.comp-ph2026

Implicit Lagrangian Hydrodynamics with High-Order Finite Elements

Julian Andrej, John Camier, Veselin Dobrev +6

We present an implicit time integration capability for high-order curvilinear finite element Lagrangian hydrodynamics. Starting from an existing explicit formulation, the implicit…

cs.DC2026

Accelerating High-Order Finite Element Simulations at Extreme Scale with FP64 Tensor Cores

Jiqun Tu, Ian Karlin, John Camier +4

Finite element simulations play a critical role in a wide range of applications, from automotive design to tsunami modeling and computational electromagnetics. Performing these sim…

q-bio.QM2026★ 1 cited

An open-source computational framework for immersed fluid-structure interaction modeling using FEBio and MFEM

Ryan T. Black, Steve A. Maas, Wensi Wu +4

Fluid-structure interaction (FSI) simulation of biological systems presents significant computational challenges, particularly for applications involving large structural deformati…

math.NA2026

High-Order Mesh r-Adaptivity with Tangential Relaxation and Guaranteed Mesh Validity

Ketan Mittal, Veselin Dobrev, Tzanio Kolev +1

High-order meshes are crucial for achieving optimal convergence rates in curvilinear domains, preserving symmetry, and aligning with key flow features in moving mesh simulations, b…

math.NA2025

PDE-Constrained High-Order Mesh Optimization

Tzanio Kolev, Boyan Lazarov, Ketan Mittal +2

We present a novel framework for PDE-constrained -adaptivity of high-order meshes. The proposed method formulates mesh movement as an optimization problem, with an objective fun…

math.NA2025

Scalable Analysis and Design Using Automatic Differentiation

Julian Andrej, Tzanio Kolev, Boyan Lazarov

This article aims to demonstrate and discuss the applications of automatic differentiation (AD) for finding derivatives in PDE-constrained optimization problems and Jacobians in no…

math.NA2025

Algebraic Multigrid with Filtering: An Efficient Preconditioner for Interior Point Methods in Large-Scale Contact Mechanics Optimization

Socratis Petrides, Tucker Hartland, Tzanio Kolev +6

Large-scale contact mechanics simulations are crucial in many engineering fields such as structural design and manufacturing. In the frictionless case, contact can be modeled by mi…

math.NA2025

A method for bounding high-order finite element functions: Applications to mesh validity and bounds-preserving limiters

Tarik Dzanic, Tzanio Kolev, Ketan Mittal

We introduce a novel method for bounding high-order multi-dimensional polynomials in finite element approximations. The method involves precomputing optimal piecewise-linear boundi…

cs.DC2025★ 6 cited

Real-time Bayesian inference at extreme scale: A digital twin for tsunami early warning applied to the Cascadia subduction zone

Stefan Henneking, Sreeram Venkat, Veselin Dobrev +5

We present a Bayesian inversion-based digital twin that employs acoustic pressure data from seafloor sensors, along with 3D coupled acoustic-gravity wave equations, to infer earthq…

math.NA2025

Differentiable Lagrangian Shock Hydrodynamics with Application to Stable Shock Acceleration of Density Interfaces

Kevin Korner, Brandon Talamini, Julian Andrej +8

We develop a gradient based optimization approach for the equations of compressible, Lagrangian hydrodynamics and demonstrate how it can be employed to automatically uncover strate…

cs.MS2025

General Field Evaluation in High-Order Meshes on GPUs

Ketan Mittal, Aditya Parik, Som Dutta +3

Robust and scalable function evaluation at any arbitrary point in the finite/spectral element mesh is required for querying the partial differential equation solution at points of…

math.NA2024★ 1 cited

An adaptive Newton-based free-boundary Grad-Shafranov solver

Daniel A. Serino, Qi Tang, Xian-Zhu Tang +2

Equilibria in magnetic confinement devices result from force balancing between the Lorentz force and the plasma pressure gradient. In an axisymmetric configuration like a tokamak,…

cs.MS2024★ 21 cited

High-performance finite elements with MFEM

Julian Andrej, Nabil Atallah, Jan-Phillip Bäcker +15

The MFEM (Modular Finite Element Methods) library is a high-performance C++ library for finite element discretizations. MFEM supports numerous types of finite element methods and i…

cs.MS2024

Mixed-Order Meshes through rp-adaptivity for Surface Fitting to Implicit Geometries

Ketan Mittal, Veselin A. Dobrev, Patrick Knupp +4

Computational analysis with the finite element method requires geometrically accurate meshes. It is well known that high-order meshes can accurately capture curved surfaces with fe…

math.NA2023★ 7 cited

Matrix-free GPU-accelerated saddle-point solvers for high-order problems in

Will Pazner, Tzanio Kolev, Panayot Vassilevski

This work describes the development of matrix-free GPU-accelerated solvers for high-order finite element problems in . The solvers are applicable to grad-div and D…

cs.MS2022★ 10 cited

End-to-end GPU acceleration of low-order-refined preconditioning for high-order finite element discretizations

Will Pazner, Tzanio Kolev, Jean-Sylvain Camier

In this paper, we present algorithms and implementations for the end-to-end GPU acceleration of matrix-free low-order-refined preconditioning of high-order finite element problems.…

cs.CG2022★ 10 cited

High-Order Mesh Morphing for Boundary and Interface Fitting to Implicit Geometries

Jorge-Luis Barrera, Tzanio Kolev, Ketan Mittal +1

We propose a method that morphs high-orger meshes such that their boundaries and interfaces coincide/align with implicitly defined geometries. Our focus is particularly on the case…

cs.MS2022★ 14 cited

Accelerating High-Order Mesh Optimization Using Finite Element Partial Assembly on GPUs

Jean-Sylvain Camier, Veselin Dobrev, Patrick Knupp +4

In this paper we present a new GPU-oriented mesh optimization method based on high-order finite elements. Our approach relies on node movement with fixed topology, through the Targ…

math.NA2022★ 23 cited

Low-order preconditioning for the high-order finite element de Rham complex

Will Pazner, Tzanio Kolev, Clark Dohrmann

In this paper we present a unified framework for constructing spectrally equivalent low-order-refined discretizations for the high-order finite element de Rham complex. This theory…

cs.MS2021★ 1 cited

Matrix-free approaches for GPU acceleration of a high-order finite element hydrodynamics application using MFEM, Umpire, and RAJA

Arturo Vargas, Thomas M. Stitt, Kenneth Weiss +4

With the introduction of advanced heterogeneous computing architectures based on GPU accelerators, large-scale production codes have had to rethink their numerical algorithms and i…

cs.DC2021

GPU Algorithms for Efficient Exascale Discretizations

Ahmad Abdelfattah, Valeria Barra, Natalie Beams +24

In this paper we describe the research and development activities in the Center for Efficient Exascale Discretization within the US Exascale Computing Project, targeting state-of-t…

cs.DC2021★ 66 cited

Efficient Exascale Discretizations: High-Order Finite Element Methods

Tzanio Kolev, Paul Fischer, Misun Min +27

Efficient exploitation of exascale architectures requires rethinking of the numerical algorithms used in many large-scale applications. These architectures favor algorithms that ex…

physics.comp-ph2021★ 12 cited

An adaptive scalable fully implicit algorithm based on stabilized finite element for reduced visco-resistive MHD

Qi Tang, Luis Chacon, Tzanio V. Kolev +2

The magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations are continuum models used in the study of a wide range of plasma physics systems, including the evolution of complex plasma dynamics in tok…

math.NA2021

Adaptive Surface Fitting and Tangential Relaxation for High-Order Mesh Optimization

Patrick Knupp, Tzanio Kolev, Ketan Mittal +1

We propose a new approach for controlling the characteristics of certain mesh faces during optimization of high-order curved meshes. The practical goals are tangential relaxation a…