FEMs
Finite element methods (FEMs) are numerical techniques for solving boundary value problems for partial differential equations and integral equations. They achieve this by subdividing a complex domain into smaller, simple elements and by approximating unknown fields with interpolation functions defined on each element.
The typical workflow begins with discretizing the domain into elements (such as triangles and quadrilaterals in
FEMs are widely used across engineering and physics to analyze structural mechanics, heat transfer, fluid dynamics,
The method was developed in the mid-20th century and has since become a fundamental tool in computational