TY - GEN A1 - Erdmann, Bodo A1 - Lang, Jens A1 - Roitzsch, Rainer T1 - KARDOS - User"s Guide N2 - The adaptive finite element code {\sc Kardos} solves nonlinear parabolic systems of partial differential equations. It is applied to a wide range of problems from physics, chemistry, and engineering in one, two, or three space dimensions. The implementation is based on the programming language C. Adaptive finite element techniques are employed to provide solvers of optimal complexity. This implies a posteriori error estimation, local mesh refinement, and preconditioning of linear systems. Linearely implicit time integrators of {\em Rosenbrock} type allow for controlling the time steps adaptively and for solving nonlinear problems without using {\em Newton's} iterations. The program has proved to be robust and reliable. The user's guide explains all details a user of {\sc Kardos} has to consider: the description of the partial differential equations with their boundary and initial conditions, the triangulation of the domain, and the setting of parameters controlling the numerical algorithm. A couple of examples makes familiar to problems which were treated with {\sc Kardos}. We are extending this guide continuously. The latest version is available by network: {\begin{rawhtml} Downloads. \end{rawhtml}} T3 - ZIB-Report - 02-42 KW - nonlinear parabolic systems KW - Rosenbrock methods KW - adaptivity in time and space Y1 - 2002 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-7096 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Kober, Cornelia A1 - Erdmann, Bodo A1 - Lang, Jens A1 - Sader, Robert A1 - Zeilhofer, Hans-Florian T1 - Adaptive Finite Element Simulation of the Human Mandible Using a New Physiological Model of the Masticatory Muscles N2 - Structural mechanics simulation of bony organs is of general medical and biomechanical interest, because of the interdependence of the inner architecture of bone and its functional loading already stated by Wolff in 1892. This work is part of a detailed research project concerning the human mandible. By adaptive finite element techniques, stress/strain profiles occurring in the bony structure under biting were simulated. Estimates of the discretization errors, local grid refinement, and multilevel techniques guarantee the reliability and efficiency of the method. In general, our simulation requires a representation of the organ's geometry, an appropriate material description, and the load case due to teeth, muscle, or joint forces. In this paper, we want to focus on the influence of the masticatory system. Our goal is to capture the physiological situation as far as possible. By means of visualization techniques developed by the group, we are able to extract individual muscle fibres from computed tomography data. By a special algorithm, the fibres are expanded to fanlike (esp. for the musc. temporalis) coherent vector fields similar to the anatomical reality. The activity of the fibres can be adapted according to compartmentalisation of the muscles as measured by electromyological experiments. A refined sensitivity analysis proved remarkable impact of the presented approach on the simulation results. T3 - ZIB-Report - 04-16 KW - adaptive finite elements KW - error estimation KW - local grid refinement KW - isotropic linear elasticity KW - human mandible KW - masticatory muscles Y1 - 2004 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-7917 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Lang, Jens A1 - Walter, Artur T1 - A Finite Element Method Adaptive in Space and Time for Nonlinear Reaction-Diffusion- Systems. N2 - Large scale combustion simulations show the need for adaptive methods. First, to save computation time and mainly to resolve local and instationary phenomena. In contrast to the widespread method of lines, we look at the reaction- diffusion equations as an abstract Cauchy problem in an appropriate Hilbert space. This means, we first discretize in time, assuming the space problems solved up to a prescribed tolerance. So, we are able to control the space and time error separately in an adaptive approach. The time discretization is done by several adaptive Runge-Kutta methods whereas for the space discretization a finite element method is used. The different behaviour of the proposed approaches are demonstrated on many fundamental examples from ecology, flame propagation, electrodynamics and combustion theory. {\bf Keywords:} initial boundary value problem, Rothe- method, adaptive Runge-Kutta method, finite elements, mesh refinement. {\bf AMS CLASSIFICATION:} 65J15, 65M30, 65M50. T3 - ZIB-Report - SC-92-05 KW - initial boundary value problem KW - Rothe method KW - adaptive Runge-Kutta method KW - finite elements KW - mesh refinement Y1 - 1992 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-755 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Erdmann, Bodo A1 - Lang, Jens A1 - Matera, Sebastian A1 - Wilmanski, Krzysztof T1 - Adaptive Linearly Implicit Methods for Linear Poroelastic Equations N2 - Adaptive numerical methods in time and space are introduced and studied for linear poroelastic models in two and three space dimensions. We present equivalent models for linear poroelasticity and choose both the {\em displacement--pressure} and the {\em stress--pressure} formulation for our computations. Their discretizations are provided by means of linearly implicit schemes in time and linear finite elements in space. Our concept of adaptivity opens a way to a fast and reliable simulation of different loading cases defined by corresponding boundary conditions. We present some examples using our code {\sf Kardos} and show that the method works efficiently. In particular, it could be used in the simulation of some bone healing models. T3 - ZIB-Report - 06-37 KW - Poroelasticity KW - Biot's model KW - bone healing KW - adaptive finite elements KW - adaptive time integration KW - Rosenbrock methods Y1 - 2006 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-9312 ER -