A bilinear partially penalized immersed finite element method for elliptic interface problems with multi-domain and triple-junction points (Q780023)

The paper deals with the numerical solution of linear elliptic problems with multi-domain and triple-junction points by a new partially penalized immersed finite element method (IFEM) for solving elliptic interface problems. The authors construct new IFE functions on elements intersected with multiple interfaces or with triple-junction points to accommodate interface jump conditions. For non-homogeneous flux jump, the local approximating spaces are enriched by adding up to three local flux basis functions. The analysis of the method is not presented but numerical experiments show that both the Lagrange interpolations and the partial penalized IFEM solutions converge optimally in the \(L^2\) and the \(H^1\) norms.