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Marking strategies for adaptive mesh refinement: An efficiency-focused benchmark study for steady solid and fluid mechanics problems

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Quantile and z-score marking strategies are the most robust for adaptive mesh refinement in steady solid and fluid mechanics problems.

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This paper benchmarks classical and statistical marking strategies for adaptive mesh refinement in finite element models of steady solid and fluid mechanics problems. Driven by the residual-based Kelly error estimator, the study identifies quantile and z-score markings as the most robust options overall. Dörfler marking performs effectively with large bulk parameters, whereas maximum marking is sensitive to irregular fields. Isolation Forest can compete with the best methods if its contamination level is set high enough, but it risks underperforming with more aggressive settings. This offers practical advice for engineers seeking to improve the efficiency of their adaptive simulations by selecting appropriate marking approaches.

Core claim

The study benchmarks marking strategies for adaptive mesh refinement driven by the Kelly residual estimator on steady mechanics problems. It concludes that quantile and z-score markings are the most robust, Dörfler marking is effective when using large bulk parameters, maximum marking is sensitive to irregular fields, and Isolation Forest can match top performers only with generous contamination settings but risks failure under aggressive parameters.

What carries the argument

Marking strategies applied to elements selected by the residual-based Kelly error estimator, including maximum, Dörfler, quantile, z-score, and Isolation Forest methods.

If this is right

  • Quantile and z-score markings maintain consistent performance across different problem types and field characteristics.
  • Dörfler marking achieves good results when the bulk parameter is chosen sufficiently large.
  • Maximum marking can lead to overly sensitive or irregular refinement patterns in solutions with varying smoothness.
  • Isolation Forest requires a sufficiently high contamination parameter to match classical methods but becomes unreliable if set too aggressively.
  • Selecting robust marking strategies can help reduce overall computational costs in adaptive finite element workflows.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The preference for quantile and z-score methods might apply to time-dependent or multiphysics simulations if the error estimator behaves similarly.
  • Alternative error estimators could alter which marking strategy ranks highest, suggesting the need for problem-specific validation.
  • In very large-scale computations, the efficiency gains from robust marking could translate to significant savings in time and resources.
  • Hybrid strategies that combine quantile marking with elements of Isolation Forest might offer further improvements.

Load-bearing premise

The steady solid and fluid mechanics test problems paired with the residual-based Kelly error estimator are representative of broader engineering applications.

What would settle it

Repeating the benchmark study using transient problems or a different error estimator such as the Zienkiewicz-Zhu method and finding that the robustness order of the marking strategies changes would falsify the generalizability of these results.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2605.05234 by Kaan Atak, Marek Behr, Norbert Hosters, Oliver Wege.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: Iterative AMR: starting from an initial mesh [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p003_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: The plane stress infinite plate with a hole problem (SC1) [30]: square cut￾out under tension. From this, the exact strain energy can be obtained by U(u) = 1 2 Z Ω σ(ε) : C −1 : σ(ε) | {z } ε(u) dΩ = 0.04741292416402 (9) where C −1 is the plane strain compliance tensor (in matrix representation, the elasticity matrix inverse) of Hooke’s law σ = C : ε considering the linear strain ε(u). From (8) we can alrea… view at source ↗
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Figure 5. Figure 5: The flow around cylinder problem (FC1) [34]: Steady flow in laminar regime with Re = 20. 3.1.3 Convergence metric for the solid mechanics problems For the solid mechanics problems, the exact strain energy is available for both benchmark problems. Hence, the relative error in energy norm is calculated as ∥e∥U = s |U(u) − U(uh)| |U(u)| (12) where u h denotes the finite element displacement solution and u the… view at source ↗
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Figure 6. Figure 6: SC0 – Refined mesh and displacement field in deformed configuration (DOE, θ = 0.9). θ = 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 α= 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 γ = 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 z ∗ = 0.25 0.5 0.75 1.0 1.25 1.5 2.0 c=auto 0.05 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0 20 40 60 max Ref. cycles DOE MAX QUA ZSC ISO [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_6.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 7. Figure 7: SC0 – Required refinement cycles per marking strategy until error ∥e∥U < 1%. 1 000 10 000 100 000 1% 10% 1 -0.25 1 -0.5 Number of nodes nn Rel. energy error ∥e∥U uniform DOE θ = 0.9 MAX α= 0.5 QUA γ = 0.6 ZSC z ∗ = 0.25 ISO c= 0.5 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_7.png] view at source ↗
Figure 8
Figure 8. Figure 8: SC0 – Strain energy conver￾gence with parameters of min. refine￾ment cycles. initial uniform DOE (0.9) MAX (0.5) QUA (0.6) ZSC (0.25) ISO (0.5) 10−9 10−7 10−5 10−3 10−1 element size || 10−11 10−9 10−7 10−5 10−3 error indicator [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_8.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 10. Figure 10: SC1 – Refined mesh and displacement field in deformed configuration (DOE, θ = 0.9). θ = 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 α= 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 γ = 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 z ∗ = 0.25 0.5 0.75 1.0 1.25 1.5 2.0 c=auto 0.05 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0 20 40 60 max Ref. cycles DOE MAX QUA ZSC ISO [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_10.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 11. Figure 11: SC1 – Required refinement cycles per marking strategy until error ∥e∥U < 1%. 100 1 000 10 000 1% 10% 1 -0.5 Number of nodes nn Rel. energy error ∥e∥U uniform DOE θ = 0.9 MAX α= 0.1 QUA γ = 0.1 ZSC z ∗ = 0.25 ISO c= 0.4 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_11.png] view at source ↗
Figure 12
Figure 12. Figure 12: SC1 – Strain energy conver￾gence with parameters of min. refine￾ment cycles. initial uniform DOE (0.9) MAX (0.1) QUA (0.1) ZSC (0.25) ISO (0.4) 10−2 10−1 100 element size || 10−17 10−15 10−13 10−11 10−9 error indicator [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_12.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 14. Figure 14: FC0 – Refined mesh and velocity field (DOE, θ = 0.9). θ = 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 α= 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 γ = 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 z∗ = 0.25 0.5 0.75 1.0 1.25 1.5 2.0 c=auto 0.05 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0 20 40 60 max Ref. cycles DOE MAX QUA ZSC ISO [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_14.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 16. Figure 16: FC0 – L 2 error convergence with parameters of min. refinement cy￾cles. initial uniform DOE (0.9) MAX (0.1) QUA (0.1) ZSC (0.25) ISO (0.5) 10−8 10−6 10−4 10−2 element size || 10−21 10−14 10−7 100 107 error indicator [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_16.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 18. Figure 18: FC1 – Refined mesh and velocity field (DOE, θ = 0.9). θ = 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 α= 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 γ = 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 z ∗ = 0.25 0.5 0.75 1.0 1.25 1.5 2.0 c=auto 0.05 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0 20 40 60 max Ref. cycles DOE MAX QUA ZSC ISO [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p013_18.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 19. Figure 19: FC1 – Required refinement cycles per marking strategy until error ∥e∥L2 < 1%. 1 000 10 000 100 000 1% 10% 1 -1 Number of nodes nn Rel. L 2-norm error ∥e∥L2 uniform DOE θ = 0.9 MAX α= 0.1 QUA γ = 0.1 ZSC z ∗ = 0.25 ISO c= 0.5 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p013_19.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 20. Figure 20: FC1 – L 2 error convergence with parameters of min. refinement cy￾cles. initial uniform DOE (0.9) MAX (0.1) QUA (0.1) ZSC (0.25) ISO (0.5) 10−3 10−2 10−1 element size || 10−10 10−8 10−6 10−4 10−2 100 error indicator [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p013_20.png] view at source ↗
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Adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) is indispensable for efficient finite element analyses. However, its performance depends not only on the refinement itself but also on strategy to mark elements for refinement and the way it is tuned. This work compares classical marking methods (maximum, D\"orfler bulk-chasing, quantile) with non-classical, statistically based approaches (z-score, Isolation Forest), all driven by the residual-based Kelly error estimator and tested on steady solid and fluid mechanics problems. The study finds quantile and z-score markings to be the most robust, D\"orfler effective for large bulk parameters, and maximum marking sensitive to irregular fields. Isolation Forest can rival top classical methods with a generous contamination level but may fail under aggressive settings. These results offer practical guidance for selecting marking strategies that balance refinement aggressiveness and computational cost in adaptive FEM workflows.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript presents a benchmark study comparing classical marking strategies (maximum, Dörfler bulk-chasing, quantile) with statistical approaches (z-score, Isolation Forest) for adaptive mesh refinement in finite element methods. All strategies are driven by the residual-based Kelly error estimator and tested on steady solid and fluid mechanics problems. The central claim is that quantile and z-score markings are the most robust, Dörfler is effective for large bulk parameters, maximum marking is sensitive to irregular fields, and Isolation Forest can rival the top classical methods when the contamination level is set generously but may fail under aggressive settings. These findings are positioned as practical guidance for balancing refinement aggressiveness and computational cost in AMR workflows.

Significance. If the reported performance orderings hold, the work supplies useful empirical data on marking strategy selection for AMR, extending prior comparisons by including non-classical statistical methods. The efficiency-focused framing and use of a standard residual estimator are strengths for practitioners in solid and fluid mechanics FEM. However, the significance is constrained by the narrow problem class and the qualitative presentation of robustness rankings, limiting immediate applicability to broader engineering workloads.

major comments (2)
  1. [Abstract and Results] The robustness rankings (quantile/z-score most robust; maximum sensitive to irregular fields) are load-bearing for the practical guidance claim yet rest on qualitative summaries of performance across the chosen test problems. No quantitative metrics such as error-vs-DOF curves with error bars, wall-clock timings, or mesh statistics are referenced in the abstract or results, and no statistical tests of variability are reported, making it impossible to assess the magnitude or significance of differences between strategies.
  2. [Discussion and Conclusions] The claim that the observed orderings provide general practical guidance assumes the selected steady solid- and fluid-mechanics problems together with the Kelly estimator adequately sample real engineering variability. No sensitivity study to problem selection, geometry, singularities, nonlinearity, or alternative error indicators is presented; an atypical test suite could invert the rankings without contradicting the reported data.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Methods] The methods section should explicitly tabulate the exact parameter values used for each strategy (e.g., bulk parameter range for Dörfler, contamination levels for Isolation Forest, z-score threshold) so that the experiments are fully reproducible.
  2. [Figures] Figure captions and legends would benefit from clearer indication of which curves correspond to which marking strategy and parameter setting, especially when multiple contamination levels are shown for Isolation Forest.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the constructive feedback on our benchmark study of marking strategies for adaptive mesh refinement. We address each major comment below, proposing targeted revisions to improve clarity and balance while preserving the manuscript's focus and scope.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract and Results] The robustness rankings (quantile/z-score most robust; maximum sensitive to irregular fields) are load-bearing for the practical guidance claim yet rest on qualitative summaries of performance across the chosen test problems. No quantitative metrics such as error-vs-DOF curves with error bars, wall-clock timings, or mesh statistics are referenced in the abstract or results, and no statistical tests of variability are reported, making it impossible to assess the magnitude or significance of differences between strategies.

    Authors: We acknowledge that the abstract and results summaries are primarily descriptive. The manuscript does contain error-versus-DOF curves, mesh statistics, and comparative performance data in the results section and figures, but these are presented visually without explicit numerical call-outs or variability measures in the text. To strengthen the presentation, we will revise the abstract to reference key quantitative trends (such as typical DOF counts at target error levels) and enhance the results section with additional quantitative summaries, error bars on relevant plots where feasible, and notes on the magnitude of observed differences. Wall-clock timings for the marking step itself can be added as supplementary data, though the primary efficiency metric remains error reduction per degree of freedom. Full statistical hypothesis testing across all problems would require additional analysis but can be noted as a limitation. revision: partial

  2. Referee: [Discussion and Conclusions] The claim that the observed orderings provide general practical guidance assumes the selected steady solid- and fluid-mechanics problems together with the Kelly estimator adequately sample real engineering variability. No sensitivity study to problem selection, geometry, singularities, nonlinearity, or alternative error indicators is presented; an atypical test suite could invert the rankings without contradicting the reported data.

    Authors: We agree that the reported orderings are tied to the specific steady problems and residual-based Kelly estimator used. The manuscript frames the work as a focused benchmark study rather than a universal claim, but we will strengthen the discussion and conclusions by explicitly qualifying the practical guidance as applicable to the tested class of problems. A dedicated limitations section will be added to note that rankings could vary with different geometries, singularities, nonlinearities, or error indicators, and to recommend case-specific validation. A comprehensive sensitivity study across all such variations lies beyond the scope of this efficiency-focused comparison of marking strategies. revision: partial

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity in empirical benchmark study

full rationale

The paper conducts a direct empirical comparison of marking strategies (maximum, Dörfler, quantile, z-score, Isolation Forest) for AMR, all driven by the residual-based Kelly estimator on a suite of steady solid- and fluid-mechanics test problems. No mathematical derivations, parameter fittings, or predictive claims are made that could reduce to inputs by construction. Results consist solely of observed performance metrics (robustness, efficiency) from numerical experiments. Any self-citations are incidental and non-load-bearing for the reported rankings, which rest on the external test problems rather than internal definitions or prior author results. This is a standard benchmark paper whose findings are falsifiable by rerunning the experiments on different problems or estimators.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 0 axioms · 0 invented entities

No free parameters, axioms, or invented entities are introduced; the work rests entirely on standard finite-element residual estimation and established marking algorithms.

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