adaptivity

Reference : Accelerating Monte Carlo estimation with derivatives of high-level finite element models
http://orbilu.uni.lu/handle/10993/28618

Bayesian inference for the stochastic identification of elastoplastic material parameters: Introduction, misconceptions and insights http://orbilu.uni.lu/handle/10993/28631

Real-time error controlled adaptive mesh refinement in surgical simulation: Application to needle insertion
Link to paper: http://hdl.handle.net/10993/28624

New paper submitted to IJNMBE on the use of a posteriori error indicators for real time mesh adaptation during surgical simulation.

Stéphane Bordas

In this minisymposium we seek to highlight challenging problems in computational solid mechanics that require mesh adaptation methods for their solution. We focus on the finite element method and works that address large deformations and the accompanying inelasticity, damage, crack propagation and failure. Discussion will center on Lagrangian descriptions and determining the necessary computational components to resolve, preserve, and evolve the fields that govern these processes. Prototypical material systems may include, but are not limited to, ductile metals and biomaterials.

In this minisymposium we seek to highlight challenging problems in computational solid mechanics that require mesh adaptation methods for their solution. We focus on the finite element method and works that address large deformations and the accompanying inelasticity, damage, crack propagation and failure. Discussion will center on Lagrangian descriptions and determining the necessary computational components to resolve, preserve, and evolve the fields that govern these processes. Prototypical material systems may include, but are not limited to, ductile metals and biomaterials.

Two PhD positions in my research group are immediately available. Both positions involve the design, analysis, and implementation of numerical methods for computer aided design, analysis, and optimization with particular emphasis on complex multiphysics systems.

The Summer School on Advances in Finite Element Methods will be held in Cape Town, South Africa, from 14-18 Jan 2013.
The website www.fesummerschool.co.za contains details such as registration, accommodation, lecturers and the schedule. 

The objective of this summer school is first, to provide the necessary background in the mathematics of finite elements, and second, to build on this background by addressing the topics of adaptivity and discontinuous Galerkin methods.

A PhD position is available at Centre Henri Tudor (Luxembourg) and Cardiff University (UK) on the simulation of crack propagation with adaptive extended finite element methods.

Candidates from any country are eligible. 

Please contact me for details.

Stephane