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We propose a positivity preserving entropy decreasing finite volume scheme for nonlinear nonlocal equations with a gradient flow structure. These properties allow for accurate computations of stationary states and long-time asymptotics…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-06-18 José A. Carrillo , Alina Chertock , Yanghong Huang

We show that finite element discretizations of incompressible flow problems can be designed to ensure preservation/dissipation of kinetic energy not only globally but also locally. In the context of equal-order (piecewise-linear)…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-10-10 Hennes Hajduk , Dmitri Kuzmin , Gert Lube , Philipp Öffner

We design and analyse a semi-implicit finite volume scheme for the two-dimensional rotating shallow water (RSW) equations that is energy stable, well-balanced (capable of preserving discrete geostrophic steady states), consistent, and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-26 K. R. Arun , A. Krishnamurthy

We present a novel combination of numerical techniques to improve the efficiency, accuracy, and robustness of multi-component compressible flow simulations. At the core of our approach is an Entropy-Stable formulation that preserves kinetic…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-06-17 Vahid Badrkhani , T. Jeremy P. Karpowsk , Christian Hasse

We consider a sharp interface formulation for the multi-phase Mullins-Sekerka flow. The flow is characterized by a network of curves evolving such that the total surface energy of the curves is reduced, while the areas of the enclosed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-07-29 Tokuhiro Eto , Harald Garcke , Robert Nürnberg

As model problem we consider the prototype for flow and transport of a concentration in porous media in an interior domain and couple it with a diffusion process in the corresponding unbounded exterior domain. To solve the problem we…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-22 Christoph Erath , Günther Of , Francisco-Javier Sayas

This paper concerns preservation of velocity and pressure equilibria in smooth, compressible, multicomponent flows in the inviscid limit. First, we derive the velocity-equilibrium and pressure-equilibrium conditions of a standard…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-23 Eric J. Ching , Ryan F. Johnson , Andrew D. Kercher

A low-order finite element method is constructed and analysed for an incompressible non-Newtonian flow problem with power-law rheology. The method is based on a continuous piecewise linear approximation of the velocity field and piecewise…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-07-28 Gabriel R. Barrenechea , Endre Suli

The aim of this work is to propose a provably convergent finite volume scheme for the so-called Stefan-Maxwell model, which describes the evolution of the composition of a multi-component mixture and reads as a cross-diffusion system. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-07-21 Clément Cancès , Virginie Ehrlacher , Laurent Monasse

In this paper we develop an a priori error analysis of a new unified mixed finite element method for the coupling of fluid flow with porous media flow in $\mathbb{R}^N$, $N\in\{2,3\}$ on isotropic meshes. Flows are governed by the Stokes…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-08-07 Koffi Wilfrid Houédanou

Entropy stable methods have become increasingly popular in the field of computational fluid dynamics. They often work by satisfying some form of a discrete entropy inequality: a discrete form of the 2nd law of thermodynamics. Schemes which…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-08 Brian Christner , Jesse Chan

Numerical simulations of compressible real-fluid flows are notoriously plagued by spurious pressure oscillations arising in regions of abrupt flow variations. As a possible remedy, several numerical formulations enforce the pressure…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-05-27 Gennaro Coppola , Alessandro Aiello , Carlo De Michele

A conservative finite-volume framework, based on a collocated variable arrangement, for the simulation of flows at all speeds, applicable to incompressible, ideal-gas and real-gas fluids is proposed in conjunction with a fully-coupled…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-03-03 Fabian Denner , Fabien Evrard , Berend van Wachem

We are interested in the large-time behavior of solutions to finite volume discretizations of convection-diffusion equations or systems endowed with non-homogeneous Dirichlet and Neumann type boundary conditions. Our results concern various…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-10-03 Claire Chainais-Hillairet , Maxime Herda

We introduce a new discretization of a mixed formulation of the incompressible Stokes equations that includes symmetric viscous stresses. The method is built upon a mass conserving mixed formulation that we recently studied. The improvement…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-20 Jay Gopalakrishnan , Philip L. Lederer , Joachim Schöberl

Recently, it was discovered that the entropy-conserving/dissipative high-order split-form discontinuous Galerkin discretizations have robustness issues when trying to solve the simple density wave propagation example for the compressible…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-08-03 Hendrik Ranocha , Gregor J Gassner

Many complex fluids can be described by continuum hydrodynamic field equations, to which noise must be added in order to capture thermal fluctuations. In almost all cases, the resulting coarse-grained stochastic partial differential…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2022-02-14 Michael E. Cates , Étienne Fodor , Tomer Markovich , Cesare Nardini , Elsen Tjhung

Convection-diffusion equations arise in a variety of applications such as particle transport, electromagnetics, and magnetohydrodynamics. Simulation of the convection-dominated regime for these problems, even with high-fidelity techniques,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-05-24 James H. Adler , Casey Cavanaugh , Xiaozhe Hu , Andy Huang , Nathaniel Trask

A diffusion interface two-phase magnetohydrodynamic model has been used for matched densities in our previous work [1,2], which may limit the applications of the model. In this work, we derive a thermodynamically consistent diffuse…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-03-13 Ke Zhang

We implement a stabilized finite element method for steady Darcy-Brinkman-Forchheimer model within the continuous Galerkin framework. The nonlinear fluid model is first linearized using a standard \textit{Newton's method. The sequence of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-09 Hyun Chul Yoon , S. M. Mallikarjunaiah