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Discrete exterior calculus (DEC) is a framework for constructing discrete versions of exterior differential calculus objects, and is widely used in computer graphics, computational topology, and discretizations of the Hodge-Laplace operator…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-03-01 Erick Schulz , Gantumur Tsogtgerel

A conservative discretization of incompressible Navier-Stokes equations is developed based on discrete exterior calculus (DEC). A distinguishing feature of our method is the use of an algebraic discretization of the interior product…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-04-12 Mamdouh S. Mohamed , Anil N. Hirani , Ravi Samtaney

There are very few results on mixed finite element methods on surfaces. A theory for the study of such methods was given recently by Holst and Stern, using a variational crimes framework in the context of finite element exterior calculus.…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2011-03-28 Anil N. Hirani , Kaushik Kalyanaraman

A conservative primitive variable discrete exterior calculus (DEC) discretization of the Navier-Stokes equations is performed. An existing DEC method (Mohamed, M. S., Hirani, A. N., Samtaney, R. (2016). Discrete exterior calculus…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-02-24 Pankaj Jagad , Abdullah Abukhwejah , Mamdouh Mohamed , Ravi Samtaney

We consider a numerical approach for the incompressible surface Navier-Stokes equation. The approach is based on the covariant form and uses discrete exterior calculus (DEC) in space and a semi-implicit discretization in time. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-11-26 Ingo Nitschke , Sebastian Reuther , Axel Voigt

The simulation of fluid flow problems, specifically incompressible flows governed by the Navier-Stokes equations (NSE), holds fundamental significance in a range of scientific and engineering applications. Traditional numerical methods…

Computational Physics · Physics 2024-09-10 Abdullah Abukhwejah , Pankaj Jagad , Ravi Samtaney , Peter Schmid

We present a discrete exterior calculus (DEC) based discretization scheme for incompressible two-phase flows. Our physically-compatible exterior calculus discretization of single phase flow is extended to simulate immiscible two-phase flows…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-06-14 Minmiao Wang , Pankaj Jagad , Anil N. Hirani , Ravi Samtaney

A short proof of convergence for the discretization of the Hodge-Dirac operator in the framework of discrete exterior calculus (DEC) is provided using the techniques established in [Johnny Guzm\'an and Pratyush Potu, A Framework for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-01 Radovan Dabetić , Ralf Hiptmair

Discrete exterior calculus (DEC) is a structure-preserving numerical framework for partial differential equations solution, particularly suitable for simplicial meshes. A longstanding and widespread assumption has been that DEC requires…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-02-14 Mamdouh S. Mohamed , Anil N. Hirani , Ravi Samtaney

The discrete exterior calculus (DEC) defines a family of discretized differential operators which preserve certain desirable properties from the exterior calculus. We formulate and solve the porous convection equations in the DEC via the…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-08-19 Luke Morris , George Rauta , Kevin Carlson , James Fairbanks

Discrete exterior calculus (DEC) offers a coordinate-free discretization of exterior calculus especially suited for computations on curved spaces. In this work, we present an extended version of DEC on surface meshes formed by general…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-30 Lenka Ptackova , Luiz Velho

We revisit the theory of Discrete Exterior Calculus (DEC) in 2D for general triangulations, relying only on Vector Calculus and Matrix Algebra. We present DEC numerical solutions of the Poisson equation and compare them against those found…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-06-07 Humberto Esqueda , Rafael Herrera , Salvador Botello , Miguel Angel Moreles

We present a new hybrid discrete exterior calculus (DEC) and finite difference (FD) method to simulate fully three-dimensional Boussinesq convection in spherical shells subject to internal heating and basal heating, relevant in the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-10-04 Bhargav Mantravadi , Pankaj Jagad , Ravi Samtaney

The present work develops, verifies, and benchmarks a hybrid discrete exterior calculus and finite difference (DEC-FD) method for density-stratified thermal convection in spherical shells. Discrete exterior calculus (DEC) is notable for its…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-11-14 Hamid Hassan Khan , Pankaj Jagad , Matteo Parsani

TRiSK-type numerical schemes are widely used in both atmospheric and oceanic dynamical cores, due to their discrete analogues of important properties such as energy conservation and steady geostrophic modes. In this work, we show that these…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-10-17 Christopher Eldred , Werner Bauer

This article introduces a new and general construction of discrete Hodge operator in the context of Discrete Exterior Calculus (DEC). This discrete Hodge operator enables to circumvent the well-centeredness limitation on the mesh with the…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2021-11-29 Rama Ayoub , Aziz Hamdouni , Dina Razafindralandy

Mixed finite element methods solve a PDE using two or more variables. The theory of Discrete Exterior Calculus explains why the degrees of freedom associated to the different variables should be stored on both primal and dual domain meshes…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-05-13 Andrew Gillette , Chandrajit Bajaj

We develop a novel Hybrid High-Order method for the simulation of Darcy flows in fractured porous media. The discretization hinges on a mixed formulation in the bulk region and on a primal formulation inside the fracture. Salient features…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-12-01 Florent Chave , Daniele Di Pietro , Luca Formaggia

We prove convergence and stability of the discrete exterior calculus (DEC) solutions for the Hodge-Laplace problems in two dimensions for families of meshes that are non-degenerate Delaunay and shape regular. We do this by relating the DEC…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-17 Chengbin Zhu , Snorre H. Christiansen , Kaibo Hu , Anil N. Hirani

We show that the Discrete Exterior Calculus (DEC) method can be cast as the earlier box method for the Poisson problem in the plane. Consequently, error estimates are established, proving that the DEC method is comparable to the Finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-07-17 Ruben Carrillo , Miguel Angel Moreles , Rafael Herrera
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