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We present a local formulation for 2D Discrete Exterior Calculus (DEC) similar to that of the Finite Element Method (FEM), which allows a natural treatment of material heterogeneity (element by element). It also allows us to deduce, in a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-12-31 Humberto Esqueda , Rafael Herrera , Salvador Botello , Carlos Valero

In this paper we apply the recently developed mimetic discretization method to the mixed formulation of the Stokes problem in terms of vorticity, velocity and pressure. The mimetic discretization presented in this paper and in [50] is a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-06-03 Jasper Kreeft , Marc Gerritsma

In this work we construct and analyze a nonconforming high-order discretization method for the quasi-static single-phase nonlinear poroelasticity problem describing Darcean flow in a deformable porous medium saturated by a slightly…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-09-23 Michele Botti , Daniele A. Di Pietro , Pierre Sochala

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

This paper analyses the classical mixed finite element method (FEM) and a pressure-robust variant with divergence-free reconstruction operators for the coupled Stokes-Darcy problem. Its main contribution is to provide viscosity-explicit a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-02 Jiachuan Zhang

A formulation of elliptic boundary value problems is used to develop the first discrete exterior calculus (DEC) library for massively parallel computations with 3D domains. This can be used for steady-state analysis of any physical process…

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In this paper we present PDE and finite element analyses for a system of partial differential equations (PDEs) consisting of the Darcy equation and the Cahn-Hilliard equation, which arises as a diffuse interface model for the two phase…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-04-26 Xiaobing Feng , Steven Wise

We consider a two-phase Darcy flow in a fractured porous medium consisting in a matrix flow coupled with a tangential flow in the fractures, described as a network of planar surfaces. This flow model is also coupled with the mechanical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-07-15 Francesco Bonaldi , Konstantin Brenner , Jérôme Droniou , Roland Masson

We present a method for generating higher-order finite volume discretizations for Poisson's equation on Cartesian cut cell grids in two and three dimensions. The discretization is in flux-divergence form, and stencils for the flux are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-11-18 D. Devendran , D. T. Graves , H. Johansen

In this paper we consider modifications to Darcy's equation wherein the drag coefficient is a function of pressure, which is a realistic model for technological applications like enhanced oil recovery and geological carbon sequestration. We…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2010-04-12 K. B. Nakshatrala , K. R. Rajagopal

We investigate the dynamics of flows past a stationary circular cylinder embedded on spherical and cylindrical surfaces at a fixed Reynolds number of 100. For flows on surfaces, it is convenient to express the Navier-Stokes equations in…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-10-26 Pankaj Jagad , Mamdouh S. Mohamed , Ravi Samtaney

We consider the interaction between a free flowing fluid and a porous medium flow, where the free flowing fluid is described using the time dependent Stokes equations, and the porous medium flow is described using Darcy's law in the primal…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-10-05 Martina Bukač , Boris Muha , Abner J. Salgado

We provide a framework for interpreting Discrete Exterior Calculus (DEC) numerical schemes in terms of Finite Element Exterior Calculus (FEEC). We demonstrate the equivalence of cochains on primal and dual meshes with Whitney and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-04 Johnny Guzmán , Pratyush Potu

Meshless methods inherently do not require mesh topologies and are practically used for solving continuum equations. However, these methods generally tend to have a higher computational load than conventional mesh-based methods because…

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We consider a two-phase Darcy flow in a fractured and deformable porous medium for which the fractures are described as a network of planar surfaces leading to so-called hybrid-dimensional models. The fractures are assumed open and filled…

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In this work, a higher order compact (HOC) discretization is developed on the nonuniform polar grid. The discretization conceptualized using the unsteady convection-diffusion equation (CDE) is further extended to flow problems governed by…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-09-27 Dharmaraj Deka , Shuvam Sen

In this paper we propose a novel approach to discretize linear port-Hamiltonian systems while preserving the underlying structure. We present a finite element exterior calculus formulation that is able to mimetically represent conservation…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-10-19 Andrea Brugnoli , Ramy Rashad , Stefano Stramigioli

We present a discretization for Darcy's problem using the recently developed Mimetic Spectral Element Method. The gist lies in the exact discrete representation of integral relations. In this paper, an anisotropic flow through a porous…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-08-12 Pedro Pinto Rebelo , Artur Palha , Marc Gerritsma

We present a robust and accurate discretization approach for incompressible turbulent flows based on high-order discontinuous Galerkin methods. The DG discretization of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations uses the local…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-08-01 Niklas Fehn , Wolfgang A Wall , Martin Kronbichler

In this paper, we perform a numerical analysis in frequency domain for various electromagnetic problems based on discrete exterior calculus (DEC) with an arbitrary 2-D triangular or 3-D tetrahedral mesh. We formulate the governing equations…

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