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Computational Physics · Physics 2016-10-12 Yang He , Yajuan Sun , Ruili Zhang , Yulei Wang , Jian Liu , Hong Qin

Preserving scalar boundedness is important for numerical schemes used in turbulent compressible multi-component flow simulations to prevent unphysical results and unstable simulations. However, ensuring scalar boundedness for high-order,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-05-13 Ye Wang , Armin Wehrfritz , Evatt R. Hawkes

In this paper, a positivity-preserving fifth-order finite volume compact-WENO scheme is proposed for solving compressible Euler equations. As we know conservative compact finite volume schemes have high resolution properties while WENO…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-06-18 Yan Guo , Tao Xiong , Yufeng Shi

Burger et al.in \cite{karlsen-1} proposed a flux TVD (FTVD) second order scheme by using a new non local limiter algorithm for conservation laws with discontinuous flux modeling clarifier thickener units. In this work we show that their…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-04-11 Adimurthi , Sudarshan Kumar K , G. D. Veerappa Gowda

We present a high-order conservative, positivity-preserving, and non-oscillatory scheme for solving the Vlasov equation. The scheme attains formal fifth-order accuracy through a convex combination of positive and non-oscillatory polynomials…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-02 Takashi Minoshima , Yosuke Matsumoto

We consider the initial value problem for a scalar conservation law in one space dimension with a single spatial flux discontinuity, the so-called two-flux problem. We prove that a well-known front tracking algorithm has a convergence rate…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-30 Shyam Sundar Ghoshal , John D Towers

We consider a class of finite element approximations for fourth-order parabolic equations that can be written as a system of second-order equations by introducing an auxiliary variable. In our approach, we first solve a variational problem…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-06-30 Sana Keita , Abdelaziz Beljadid , Yves Bourgault

When fully conservative methods are used to simulate transcritical flow, spurious pressure oscillations and numerical instability are generated. The strength and speed of propagation of shock waves cannot be represented correctly using a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-06-24 Bonan Xu , Hanhui Jin , Yu Guo , Jianren Fan

We present a robust, highly accurate, and efficient positivity- and boundedness-preserving diffuse interface method for the simulations of compressible gas-liquid two-phase flows with the five-equation model by Allaire et al. using…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-08-18 Man Long Wong , Jordan B. Angel , Michael F. Barad , Cetin C. Kiris

This article presents a new finite element method for convection-diffusion equations by enhancing the continuous finite element space with a flux space for flux approximations that preserve the important mass conservation locally on each…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-10-24 Yujie Liu , Junping Wang , Qingsong Zou

In this paper, we develop bound-preserving (BP) finite-volume schemes for hyperbolic conservation laws on adaptive moving meshes. For scalar conservative laws, we rewrite the conventional high-order discretization as a convex combination of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-16 Yaguang Gu , Guanghui Hu , Tao Tang

For the first time, a general two-parameter family of entropy conservative numerical fluxes for the shallow water equations is developed and investigated. These are adapted to a varying bottom topography in a well-balanced way, i.e.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-03-24 Hendrik Ranocha

The Poisson-Nernst-Planck (PNP) system is a widely accepted model for simulation of ionic channels. In this paper, we design, analyze, and numerically validate a second order unconditional positivity-preserving scheme for solving a reduced…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-10-01 Hailiang Liu , Wumaier Maimaitiyiming

We present a novel asymptotic-preserving semi-implicit finite element method for weakly compressible and incompressible flows based on compatible finite element spaces. The momentum is sought in an $H(\mathrm{div})$-conforming space,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-07-16 Enrico Zampa , Michael Dumbser

We propose finite-volume schemes for general continuity equations which preserve positivity and global bounds that arise from saturation effects in the mobility function. In the case of gradient flows, the schemes dissipate the free energy…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-12-18 Rafael Bailo , José A. Carrillo , Jingwei Hu

In the case of hyperbolic conservation laws, high-order methods, such as the classical DG method, experience the phenomenon of unwanted high-frequency oscillations in the vicinity of a shock. Shock-capturing methods such as artificial…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-04 Sai Shruthi Srinivasan , Siva Nadarajah

The paper shows that positive linear systems can be stabilized using positive Luenberger-type observers. This is achieved by structuring the observer as monotonically converging upper and lower bounds on the state. Analysis of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-21 David Ohlin , Anders Rantzer , Emma Tegling

Many important applications are modelled by differential equations with positive solutions. However, it remains an outstanding open problem to develop numerical methods that are both (i) of a high order of accuracy and (ii) capable of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-05-03 Sergio Blanes , Arieh Iserles , Shev Macnamara

In numerical simulations of complex fluid dynamical problems, unphysical negative density or pressure may appear, causing blow-up of the computation. With the aim of obtaining positivity-preserving solutions with multi-scale resolution for…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-01-06 Zhen-Hua Jiang , Xi Deng , Lin-Tao Huang , Chao Yan , Feng Xiao , Jian Yu

A positivity-preserving fractional algorithm is presented for solving the four-equation homogeneous relaxation model (HRM) with an arbitrary number of ideal gases and a liquid governed by the stiffened gas equation of state. The fractional…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-12-21 Man Long Wong , Jordan B. Angel , Cetin C. Kiris