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This paper studies adaptive first-order least-squares finite element methods for second-order elliptic partial differential equations in non-divergence form. Unlike the classical finite element method which uses weak formulations of PDEs…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-06-28 Weifeng Qiu , Shun Zhang

In this paper we construct conforming Virtual Element approximations on domains with curved boundary and/or internal curved interfaces, both in two and three dimensions. Our approach allows to impose both Dirichlet and Neumann…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-30 Daniele Prada , Franco Brezzi , L. Donatella Marini

We devise variants of classical nonconforming methods for symmetric elliptic problems. These variants differ from the original ones only by transforming discrete test functions into conforming functions before applying the load functional.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-10-11 Andreas Veeser , Pietro Zanotti

In this paper, we develop a high-order adaptive virtual element method (VEM) to simulate the self-consistent field theory (SCFT) model in arbitrary domains. The VEM is very flexible in handling general polygon elements and can treat hanging…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-06-15 Huayi Wei , Xin Wang , Chunyu Chen , Kai Jiang

We present a Virtual Element Method (VEM) for a nonlocal reaction-diffusion system of the cardiac electric field. To this system, we analyze an $H^1(\Omega)$-conforming discretization by means of VEM which can make use of general polygonal…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-04-04 Verónica Anaya , Mostafa Bendahmane , David Mora , Mauricio Sepúlveda

Within the framework of the displacement-based Virtual Element Method (VEM) for plane elasticity a significant problem is represented by an accurate evaluation of the stress field. In particular, in the classical VEM formulation, a suitable…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-02-20 Edoardo Artioli , Stefano de Miranda , Carlo Lovadina , Luca Patruno

This article presents an immersed virtual element method for solving a class of interface problems that combines the advantages of both body-fitted mesh methods and unfitted mesh methods. A background body-fitted mesh is generated…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-09-02 Shuhao Cao , Long Chen , Ruchi Guo , Frank Lin

This paper studies formulations of second-order elliptic partial differential equations in nondivergence form on convex domains as equivalent variational problems. The first formulation is that of Smears \& S\"uli [SIAM J.\ Numer.\ Anal.\…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-01-17 Dietmar Gallistl

We analyse the Virtual Element Methods (VEM) on a simple elliptic model problem, allowing for more general meshes than the one typically considered in the VEM literature. For instance, meshes with arbitrarily small edges (with respect to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-07-21 Lourenco Beirao da Veiga , Carlo Lovadina , Alessandro Russo

For the solution of 2D exterior Dirichlet Poisson problems we propose the coupling of a Curved Virtual Element Method (CVEM) with a Boundary Element Method (BEM), by using decoupled approximation orders. We provide optimal convergence error…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-03-28 Luca Desiderio , Silvia Falletta , Matteo Ferrari , Letizia Scuderi

The aim of this paper is to develop a virtual element method (VEM) for the vibration problem of thin plates on polygonal meshes. We consider a variational formulation relying only on the transverse displacement of the plate and propose an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-03-14 David Mora , Gonzalo Rivera , Iván Velásquez

In the present contribution we develop a sharper error analysis for the Virtual Element Method, applied to a model elliptic problem, that separates the element boundary and element interior contributions to the error. As a consequence we…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-05-26 L. Beirao da Veiga , G. Vacca

The third medium contact has been proven to be an effective approach for simulating contact problems involving large deformations. Unlike traditional contact algorithms, the third medium contact introduces a third medium between two…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-05 Bing-Bing Xu , Peter Wriggers

The virtual element method (VEM) is a stabilized Galerkin method that is robust and accurate on general polygonal meshes. This feature makes it an appealing candidate for simulations involving meshes with embedded interfaces and evolving…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-03 Ramsharan Rangarajan , N. Sukumar

The Morley finite element method (FEM) is attractive for semilinear problems with the biharmonic operator as a leading term in the stream function vorticity formulation of 2D Navier-Stokes problem and in the von K\'{a}rm\'{a}n equations.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-12-19 Carsten Carstensen , Gouranga Mallik , Neela Nataraj

We design an adaptive virtual element method (AVEM) of lowest order over triangular meshes with hanging nodes in 2d, which are treated as polygons. AVEM hinges on the stabilization-free a posteriori error estimators recently derived in [8].…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-02-28 L. Beirão da Veiga , C. Canuto , R. H. Nochetto , G. Vacca , M. Verani

A dual hybrid Virtual Element scheme for plane linear elastic problems is presented and analysed. In particular, stability and convergence results have been established. The method, which is first order convergent, has been numerically…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-02-14 Edoardo Artioli , Stefano de Miranda , Carlo Lovadina , Luca Patruno

We present numerical tests of the Virtual Element Method (VEM) tailored for the discretization of a three dimensional Poisson problem with high-order "polynomial" degree (up to $p=10$). Besides, we discuss possible reasons for which the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-09-14 Lorenzo Mascotto , Franco Dassi

In the present paper we construct Virtual Element Spaces that are $H({\rm div})$-conforming and $H({\rm \bf curl})$-conforming on general polygonal and polyhedral elements; these spaces can be interpreted as a generalization of well known…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-07-28 L. Beirao da Veiga , F. Brezzi , L. D. Marini , A. Russo

Finite element methods are well-known to admit robust optimal convergence on simplicial meshes satisfying the maximum angle conditions. But how to generalize this condition to polyhedra is unknown in the literature. In this work, we argue…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-12-15 Ruchi Guo