Extended and Mesh Free Finite Element Methods for Boundary Value Problems with Discontinuities and Multiscale Methods for Fracture (long seminar without exam)
Over the past decades, finite element methods have been developed into one of the most general
and powerful class of techniques to solve boundary value problems governed by partial differential
equations in order to study, predict and model the behavior of structures, materials, processes and
fluids. Within this course, extended finite element and mesh free methods will be presented to handle
problems with arbitrary strong and weak discontinuities. In these methods, the approximation
and powerful class of techniques to solve boundary value problems governed by partial differential
equations in order to study, predict and model the behavior of structures, materials, processes and
fluids. Within this course, extended finite element and mesh free methods will be presented to handle
problems with arbitrary strong and weak discontinuities. In these methods, the approximation