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In this paper, we propose new basis functions defined on curved sides or faces of curvilinear elements (polygons or polyhedrons with curved sides or faces) for the weak Galerkin finite element method. Those basis functions are constructed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-09-12 Qingguang Guan , Gillian Queisser , Wenju Zhao

We present a continuous/discontinuous Galerkin method for approximating solutions to a fourth order elliptic PDE on a surface embedded in $\mathbb{R}^3$. A priori error estimates, taking both the approximation of the surface and the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-06-23 Karl Larsson , Mats G. Larson

The biharmonic equation with Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions discretized using the mixed finite element method and piecewise linear (with the possible exception of boundary triangles) finite elements on triangular elements has…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-04-21 Oded Stein , Eitan Grinspun , Alec Jacobson , Max Wardetzky

We present a Trefftz-type finite element method on meshes consisting of curvilinear polygons. Local basis functions are computed using integral equation techniques that allow for the efficient and accurate evaluation of quantities needed in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-01-28 Akash Anand , Jeffrey S. Ovall , Samuel Reynolds , Steffen Weißer

This paper introduces an extension of the well-known Morley element for the biharmonic equation, extending its application from triangular elements to general polytopal elements using the weak Galerkin finite element methods. By leveraging…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-07-04 Dan Li , Chunmei Wang , Junping Wang

In this paper we present an error analysis of an Eulerian finite element method for solving parabolic partial differential equations posed on evolving hypersurfaces in $\mathbb{R}^d$, $d=2,3$. The method employs discontinuous piecewise…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-04-10 Maxim A. Olshanskii , Arnold Reusken

We propose a new discontinuous Galerkin method based on the least-squares patch reconstruction for the biharmonic problem. We prove the optimal error estimate of the proposed method. The two-dimensional and three-dimensional numerical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-11-26 Ruo Li , Pingbing Ming , Zhiyuan Sun , Fanyi Yang , Zhijian Yang

We propose a new discontinuous Galerkin (dG) method for a geometrically nonlinear Kirchhoff plate model for large isometric bending deformations. The minimization problem is nonconvex due to the isometry constraint. We present a practical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-09-30 Andrea Bonito , Ricardo H. Nochetto , Dimitrios Ntogkas

In this paper, we use isogeometric Kirchhoff plates to approximate composite laminates adopting the classical laminate plate theory. Both isogeometric Galerkin and collocation formulations are considered. Within this framework, interlaminar…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-07-21 Alessia Patton , Pablo Antolin , John-Eric Dufour , Josef Kiendl , Alessandro Reali

We generalise a hybridized discontinuous Galerkin method for incompressible flow problems to non-affine cells, showing that with a suitable element mapping the generalised method preserves a key invariance property that eludes most methods,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-11 Joseph P. Dean , Sander Rhebergen , Garth N. Wells

A geometrically nonlinear finite element model is developed for the bending analysis of micropolar Timoshenko beams using the principle of virtual displacements and linear Lagrange interpolation functions. The nonlinearity enters the model…

Classical Physics · Physics 2019-02-28 Praneeth Nampally , Anssi T. Karttunen , JN Reddy

We introduce a new mixed discontinuous/continuous Galerkin finite element for solving the 2- and 3-dimensional wave equations and equations of incompressible flow. The element, which we refer to as P1dg-P2, uses discontinuous piecewise…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2007-08-01 C. J. Cotter , D. A. Ham , C. C. Pain , S. Reich

We propose a discontinuous least squares finite element method for solving the Helmholtz equation. The method is based on the L2 norm least squares functional with the weak imposition of the continuity across the interior faces as well as…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-05-06 Ruo Li , Qicheng Liu , Fanyi Yang

In this work we consider the numerical solution of incompressible flows on two-dimensional manifolds. Whereas the compatibility demands of the velocity and the pressure spaces are known from the flat case one further has to deal with the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-03-26 Philip L. Lederer , Christoph Lehrenfeld , Joachim Schöberl

We present an extended framework for hybrid finite element approximations of self-adjoint, positive definite operators. It covers the cases of primal, mixed, and ultraweak formulations, both at the continuous and discrete levels, and gives…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-30 Norbert Heuer

A new $n-$ noded polygonal plate element is proposed for the analysis of plate structures comprising of thin and thick members. The formulation is based on the discrete Kirchhoff Mindlin theory. On each side of the polygonal element,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-23 Javier Videla , Sundararajan Natarajan , Stephane PA Bordas

Inspired by recent results on self-avoiding inextensible curves, we propose and experimentally investigate a numerical method for simulating isometric plate bending without self-intersections. We consider a nonlinear two-dimensional…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-08-12 Sören Bartels , Frank Meyer , Christian Palus

Dealing with variational formulations of second order elliptic problems with discontinuous coefficients, we recall a single field minimization problem of an extended functional presented by Bevilacqua et al (1974), which we associate with…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-11 Abimael F. D. Loula , Maicon R. Correa , João N. C. Guerreiro , Elson M. Toledo

A discontinuous Galerkin method has been developed for strain gradient-dependent damage. The strength of this method lies in the fact that it allows the use of $C^0$ interpolation functions for continuum theories involving higher-order…

Computational Physics · Physics 2009-09-29 L. Molari , G. N. Wells , K. Garikipati , F. Ubertini

We provide a unified analysis of a posteriori and a priori error bounds for a broad class of discontinuous Galerkin and $C^0$-IP finite element approximations of fully nonlinear second-order elliptic Hamilton--Jacobi--Bellman and Isaacs…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-03-24 Ellya L. Kawecki , Iain Smears