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In this work we present a generic framework for non-conforming finite elements on polytopal meshes, characterised by elements that can be generic polygons/polyhedra. We first present the functional framework on the example of a linear…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-07-15 Jerome Droniou , Robert Eymard , Thierry Gallouet , Raphaele Herbin

In general $n$-dimensional simplicial meshes, we propose a family of interior penalty nonconforming finite element methods for $2m$-th order partial differential equations, where $m \geq 0$ and $n \geq 1$. For this family of nonconforming…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-18 Shuonan Wu , Jinchao Xu

We develop a method for generating degree-of-freedom maps for arbitrary order finite element spaces for any cell shape. The approach is based on the composition of permutations and transformations by cell sub-entity. Current approaches to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-05-15 Matthew W. Scroggs , Jørgen S. Dokken , Chris N. Richardson , Garth N. Wells

In this paper, two nonconforming finite element schemes that use piecewise cubic and piecewise quartic polynomials respectively are constructed for the planar biharmonic equation with optimal convergence rates on general shape-regular…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-05-11 Shuo Zhang

We present stable mixed finite elements for planar linear elasticity on general quadrilateral meshes. The symmetry of the stress tensor is imposed weakly and so there are three primary variables, the stress tensor, the displacement vector…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-04-22 Douglas N. Arnold , Gerard Awanou , Weifeng Qiu

A family of conforming mixed finite elements with mass lumping on triangular grids are presented for linear elasticity. The stress field is approximated by symmetric $H({\rm div})-P_k (k\geq 3)$ polynomial tensors enriched with higher order…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-05-12 Yan Yang , Xiaoping Xie

In this article, a family of $H^2$-nonconforming finite elements on tetrahedral grids is constructed for solving the biharmonic equation in 3D. In the family, the $P_\ell$ polynomial space is enriched by some high order polynomials for all…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-09-19 Jun Hu , Shudan Tian , Shangyou Zhang

Explicit relations of matrices for two-dimensional finite element method with third-order triangular elements are given. They are more simple than relations presented in other works and could be easily implemented in new algorithms for both…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-03-30 E. Cojocaru

If a finite element mesh contains concave elements, it is said to tangled. Tangled meshes can occur during mesh generation, mesh optimization, and large deformation simulations, and will lead to erroneous results during finite element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-07-11 Bhagyashree Prabhune , Krishnan Suresh

We construct finite element subspaces of the space of symmetric tensors with square-integrable divergence on a three-dimensional domain. These spaces can be used to approximate the stress field in the classical Hellinger--Reissner mixed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-01-29 Douglas N. Arnold , Gerard Awanou , Ragnar Winther

We consider a mixed finite element method for approximating the solution of nearly incompressible elasticity and Stokes equations. The finite element method is based on quadrilateral and hexahedral triangulation using primal and dual…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-10-23 Bishnu P. Lamichhane

We construct new families of direct serendipity and direct mixed finite elements on general planer convex polygons that are $H^1$ and $H(div)$ conforming, respectively, and possess optimal order of accuracy for any order. They have a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-02-24 Todd Arbogast , Chuning Wang

We consider the reliable implementation of high-order unfitted finite element methods on Cartesian meshes with hanging nodes for elliptic interface problems. We construct a reliable algorithm to merge small interface elements with their…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-08-16 Zhiming Chen , Yong Liu

In recent papers the author introduced a simple alternative to isoparametric finite elements of the n-simplex type, to enhance the accuracy of approximations of second-order boundary value problems with Dirichlet conditions, posed in smooth…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-03-25 Vitoriano Ruas

In this paper we derive a necessary condition for finite element method (FEM) convergence in $H^1(\Omega)$ as well as generalize known sufficient conditions. We deal with the piecewise linear conforming FEM on triangular meshes for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-01-13 Václav Kučera

The state-of-the art proof of a global inf-sup condition on mixed finite element schemes does not allow for an analysis of truly indefinite, second-order linear elliptic PDEs. This paper, therefore, first analyses a nonconforming finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-01-21 Carsten Carstensen , Asha K. Dond , Neela Nataraj , Amiya K. Pani

We present degrees of freedom to accompany the approximation spaces already presented in a companion paper and thus complete the definition of families of high-order conforming finite elements on pyramids for the spaces of the de Rham…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2010-10-29 Nilima Nigam , Joel Phillips

This paper is devoted to analyze of nonconforming finite volume methods (FVMs), whose trial spaces are chosen as the nonconforming finite element (FE) spaces, for solving the second order elliptic boundary value problems. We formulate the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-10-31 Yuanyuan Zhang , Zhongying Chen

We present a family of high-order finite element approximation spaces on a pyramid, and associated unisolvent degrees of freedom. These spaces consist of rational basis functions. We establish conforming, exactness and polynomial…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2010-10-29 Nilima Nigam , Joel Phillips

In the present paper, superconvergence of second order, after an appropriate postprocessing, is achieved for both the two and three dimensional first order rectangular Morley elements of biharmonic equations. The analysis is dependent on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-01-13 Jun Hu , Zhongci Shi , Xueqin Yang