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In this paper we present energy-conserving, mixed discontinuous Galerkin (DG) and continuous Galerkin (CG) schemes for the solution of a broad class of physical systems described by Hamiltonian evolution equations. These systems often arise…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-08-07 A. Hakim , G. Hammett , E. Shi , N. Mandell

We consider the discretization of electromagnetic wave propagation problems by a discontinuous Galerkin Method based on Trefftz polynomials. This method fits into an abstract framework for space-time discontinuous Galerkin methods for which…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-12-10 Herbert Egger , Fritz Kretzschmar , Sascha M. Schnepp , Thomas Weiland

For finite element approximations of transport phenomena, it is often necessary to apply a form of limiting to ensure that the discrete solution remains well-behaved and satisfies physical constraints. However, these limiting procedures are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-04-12 Tarik Dzanic

We propose, analyze, and demonstrate a discontinuous Galerkin method for fractal conservation laws. Various stability estimates are established along with error estimates for regular solutions of linear equations. Moreover, in the nonlinear…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-06-16 Simone Cifani , Espen R. Jakobsen , Kenneth H. Karlsen

To preserve a number of physically relevant invariants is a major concern when considering long time integration of the Vlasov equation. In the present work we consider the semi-Lagrangian discontinuous Galerkin method for the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-08-14 Lukas Einkemmer

We introduce a new hybridized discontinuous Galerkin method for the incompressible magnetohydrodynamics equations. If particular velocity, pressure, magnetic field, and magnetic pressure spaces are employed for both element and trace…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-01-07 Thad A. Gleason , Eric L. Peters , John A. Evans

In this paper, we develop sparse grid discontinuous Galerkin (DG) schemes for the Vlasov-Maxwell (VM) equations. The VM system is a fundamental kinetic model in plasma physics, and its numerical computations are quite demanding, due to its…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-01-16 Zhanjing Tao , Wei Guo , Yingda Cheng

A discontinuous Galerkin method for the ideal 5 moment two-fluid plasma system is presented. The method uses a second or third order discontinuous Galerkin spatial discretization and a third order TVD Runge-Kutta time stepping scheme. The…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-08-24 John Loverich , Ammar Hakim , Uri Shumlak

We develop and study a time-space discrete discontinuous Galerkin finite elements method to approximate the solution of one-dimensional nonlinear wave equations. We show that the numerical scheme is stable if a nonuniform time mesh is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-04-07 Asma Azaiez , Mondher Benjemaa , Aida Jrajria , Hatem Zaag

We present numerical results concerning the solution of the time-harmonic Maxwell's equations discretized by discontinuous Galerkin methods. In particular, a numerical study of the convergence, which compares different strategies proposed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Victorita Dolean , Hugo Fol , Stephane Lanteri , Ronan Perrussel

A non-negativity-preserving cut-cell discontinuous Galerkin method for the degenerate parabolic diffusive wave approximation of the shallow water equation is presented. The method can handle continuous and discontinuous bathymmetry as well…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-19 Panasun Manorost , Peter Bastian

In this work, we investigate the propagation of electromagnetic waves in the Cole-Cole dispersive medium by using the discontinuous Galerkin (DG) method to solve the coupled time-domain Maxwell's equations and polarization equation. We…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-08-25 Jiangming Xie , Maojun Li , Miao-Jung Yvonne Ou

In this work, we propose and investigate stable high-order collocation-type discretisations of the discontinuous Galerkin method on equidistant and scattered collocation points. We do so by incorporating the concept of discrete least…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-02-24 Jan Glaubitz , Philipp Oeffner

Some hyperbolic systems are known to include implicit preservation of differential constraints: these are for example the time conservation of the curl or the divergence of a vector that appear as an implicit constraint. In this article, we…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-15 Vincent Perrier

We present a novel discontinuous Galerkin finite element method for numerical simulations of the rotating thermal shallow water equations in complex geometries using curvilinear meshes, with arbitrary accuracy. We derive an entropy…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-19 Kieran Ricardo , Kenneth Duru , David Lee

In this paper, a time-domain discontinuous Galerkin (TDdG) finite element method for the full system of Maxwell's equations in optics and photonics is investigated, including a complete proof of a semi-discrete error estimate. The new…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-04 Asad Anees , Lutz Angermann

The propagation of electromagnetic waves in general media is modeled by the time-dependent Maxwell's partial differential equations (PDEs), coupled with constitutive laws that describe the response of the media. In this work, we focus on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-10-11 Vrushali A. Bokil , Yingda Cheng , Yan Jiang , Fengyan Li

In this paper, we present consistent and inconsistent discontinuous Galerkin methods for incompressible Euler and Navier-Stokes equations with the kinematic pressure, Bernoulli function and EMAC function. Semi- and fully discrete energy…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-03-02 Xi Chen , Yuwen Li , Corina Drapaca , John Cimbala

A discontinuous Galerkin (DG) method suitable for large-scale astrophysical simulations on Cartesian meshes as well as arbitrary static and moving Voronoi meshes is presented. Most major astrophysical fluid dynamics codes use a finite…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 Philip Mocz , Mark Vogelsberger , Debora Sijacki , Ruediger Pakmor , Lars Hernquist

In this paper, we present a numerical scheme designed for coupled systems of variable-topography shallow water flow and solute transport. By integrating a variable-density system with an expression for relative density of mixtures, a novel…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-17 Jun She , Haiyun Dong , Maojun Li , Jianjun Ma