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We analyze in this paper a virtual element approximation for the acoustic vibration problem. We consider a variational formulation relying only on the fluid displacement and propose a discretization by means of H(div) virtual elements with…
In this paper we initiate the investigation of Virtual Elements with curved faces. We consider the case of a fixed curved boundary in two dimensions, as it happens in the approximation of problems posed on a curved domain or with a curved…
In this paper, we present a new numerical method for determining the numerical solution of interface problems to optimal accuracy with respect to the polynomial order of the Lagrangian finite element space on polytopial meshes. We introduce…
In this article, we have considered a nonlinear nonlocal time dependent fourth order equation demonstrating the deformation of a thin and narrow rectangular plate. We propose $C^1$ conforming virtual element method (VEM) of arbitrary order,…
We develop a robust solver for a mixed finite element convex splitting scheme for the Cahn-Hilliard equation. The key ingredient of the solver is a preconditioned minimal residual algorithm (with a multigrid preconditioner) whose…
We discuss and analyze the virtual element method on general polygonal meshes for the time-dependent Poisson-Nernst-Planck equations, which are a nonlinear coupled system widely used in semiconductors and ion channels. The spatial…
We consider a model Poisson problem in $\R^d$ ($d=2,3$) and establish error estimates for virtual element methods on polygonal or polyhedral meshes that can contain small edges ($d=2$) or small faces ($d=3$).
We develop a method to compute $H^2$-conforming finite element approximations in both two and three space dimensions using readily available finite element spaces. This is accomplished by deriving a novel, equivalent mixed variational…
We present a family of Virtual Element Methods for three-dimensional linear elasticity problems based on the Hellinger-Reissner variational principle. A convergence and stability analysis is developed. Moreover, using the hybridization…
In this paper, we consider the Fourier spectral method for numerically solving the 2D convective Cahn-Hilliard equation. The semi-discrete and fully discrete schemes are established. Moreover, the existence, uniqueness and the optimal error…
In this work, we exploit the capability of virtual element methods in accommodating approximation spaces featuring high-order continuity to numerically approximate differential problems of the form $\Delta^p u =f$, $p\ge1$. More…
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…
In the present work, we analyze the $hp$ version of Virtual Element methods for the 2D Poisson problem. We prove exponential convergence of the energy error employing sequences of polygonal meshes geometrically refined, thus extending the…
The focus of the present paper is on developing a Virtual Element Method for Darcy and Brinkman equations. In [15] we presented a family of Virtual Elements for Stokes equations and we defined a new Virtual Element space of velocities such…
In this paper the hp-version of the boundary element method is applied to the electric field integral equation on a piecewise plane (open or closed) Lipschitz surface. The underlying meshes are supposed to be quasi-uniform. We use…
We develop a lowest-order nonconforming virtual element method for planar linear elasticity, which can be viewed as an extension of the idea in Falk (1991) to the virtual element method (VEM), with the family of polygonal meshes satisfying…
The virtual element method (VEM) allows discretization of elasticity and plasticity problems with polygons in 2D and polyhedrals in 3D. The polygons (and polyhedrals) can have an arbitrary number of sides and can be concave or convex. These…
In this work, we propose a numerical method based on high degree continuous nodal elements for the Cahn-Hilliard evolution. The use of the p-version of the finite element method proves to be very efficient and favorably compares with other…
In this paper, a non-uniform time-stepping convex-splitting numerical algorithm for solving the widely used time-fractional Cahn-Hilliard equation is introduced. The proposed numerical scheme employs the $L1^+$ formula for discretizing the…
A refined a priori error analysis of the lowest order (linear) Virtual Element Method (VEM) is developed for approximating a model two dimensional Poisson problem. A set of new geometric assumptions is proposed on shape regularity of…