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We design a cut finite element method for the incompressible Stokes equations on curved domains. The cut finite element method allows for the domain boundary to cut through the elements of the computational mesh in a very general fashion.…
We consider the bidimensional Stokes problem for incompressible fluids in stream function-vorticity. For this problem, the classical finite elements method of degree one converges only to order one-half for the L2 norm of the vorticity. We…
We analyse the family of $C^1$-Virtual Elements introduced in \cite{Brezzi:Marini:plates} for fourth-order problems and prove optimal estimates in $L^2$ and in $H^1$ via classical duality arguments.
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…
In this paper, we propose and analyze a fully discrete finite element projection method for the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations. A modified Crank--Nicolson method and the Galerkin finite element method are used to discretize the model…
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…
This article presents a simplified formulation for the weak Galerkin finite element method for the Stokes equation without using the degrees of freedom associated with the unknowns in the interior of each element as formulated in the…
We present a virtual element method for the Reissner-Mindlin plate bending problem which uses shear strain and deflection as discrete variables without the need of any reduction operator. The proposed method is conforming in…
In this paper we propose a new mixed virtual element formulation for the numerical approximation of viscoelasticity equations with weakly imposed stress symmetry. The governing equations use the Zener model and are expressed in terms of the…
We design a Mixed Virtual Element Method for the approximated solution to the first-order form of the acoustic wave equation. In absence of external load, the semi-discrete method exactly conserves the system energy. To integrate in time…
We propose, analyze and implement a virtual element discretization for an interfacial poroelasticity-elasticity consolidation problem. The formulation of the time-dependent poroelasticity equations uses displacement, fluid pressure, and…
Finite element approximation of the velocity-pressure formulation of the surfaces Stokes equations is challenging because it is typically not possible to enforce both tangentiality and $H^1$ conformity of the velocity field. Most previous…
This paper addresses the numerical solution of the two-dimensional Navier--Stokes (NS) equations with nonsmooth initial data in the $L^2$ space, which is the critical space for the two-dimensional NS equations to be well-posed. In this…
Non divergence-free discretisations for the incompressible Stokes problem may suffer from a lack of pressure-robustness characterised by large discretisations errors due to irrotational forces in the momentum balance. This paper argues that…
We introduce a surface finite element method for the numerical solution of Navier-Stokes equations on evolving surfaces with a prescribed deformation of the surface in normal direction. The method is based on approaches for the full surface…
An efficient and accurate finite-element algorithm is described for the numerical solution of the incompressible Navier-Stokes (INS) equations. The new algorithm that solves the INS equations in a velocity-pressure reformulation is based on…
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…
We develop an unfitted compatible finite element discretisation for the Darcy problem based on $H(\mathrm{div})$-conforming flux spaces and discontinuous pressure spaces. The method is designed to preserve pointwise discrete mass…
In this work we present a novel bulk-surface virtual element method (BSVEM) for the numerical approximation of elliptic bulk-surface partial differential equations (BSPDEs) in three space dimensions. The BSVEM is based on the discretisation…
We deal with the virtual element method (VEM) for solving the Poisson equation on a domain $\Omega$ with curved boundaries. Given a polygonal approximation $\Omega_h$ of the domain $\Omega$, the standard order $m$ VEM [6], for $m$…