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This work presents a study on the computational homogenization of electro-magneto-mechanically coupled problems through the Virtual Element Method (VEM). VE-approaches have great potential for the homogenization of the physical properties…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2021-04-07 Christoph Böhm , Blaž Hudobivnik , Michele Marino , Peter Wriggers

We consider the $C^1$-Virtual Element Method (VEM) for the conforming numerical approximation of some variants of the Cahn-Hilliard equation on polygonal meshes. In particular, we focus on the discretization of the advective Cahn-Hilliard…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-01-03 Paola F. Antonietti , Simone Scacchi , Giuseppe Vacca , Marco Verani

We consider the approximation of the 2D frictionless contact problem in elasticity using the Virtual Element Methods (VEMs). To overcome the volumetric locking phenomenon in the nearly incompressible case, we adopt a mixed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-07 C. Lovadina , L. Molinari

This short note reports a new derivation of the optimal order of the a priori error estimates for conforming virtual element methods (VEM) on 3D polyhedral meshes based on an error equation. The geometric assumptions, which are necessary…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-03 Shuhao Cao , Long Chen , Frank Lin

In the present paper we develop the Virtual Element Method for hyperbolic problems on polygonal meshes, considering the linear wave equations as our model problem. After presenting the semi-discrete scheme, we derive the convergence…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-02-19 Giuseppe Vacca

This article presents a priori error estimates of the miscible displacement of one compressible fluid by another in a porous medium. The study utilizes the $H(\rm div)$ conforming virtual element method (VEM) for the approximation of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-05-13 Sarvesh Kumar , Devika Shylaja

In this paper, we employ the linear virtual element spaces to discretize the semilinear sine-Gordon equation in two dimensions. The salient features of the virtual element method (VEM) are: (a) it does not require explicit form of the shape…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-12-12 Dibyendu Adak , Sundararajan Natarajan

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 $m$…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-04-13 Silvia Bertoluzza , Micol Pennacchio , Daniele Prada

We introduce and analyse the first order Enlarged Enhancement Virtual Element Method (E$^2$VEM) for the Poisson problem. The method allows the definition of bilinear forms that do not require a stabilization term, thanks to the exploitation…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-08 Stefano Berrone , Andrea Borio , Francesca Marcon

In the present contribution, we construct a virtual element (VE) discretization for the problem of miscible displacement of one incompressible fluid by another, described by a time-dependent coupled system of nonlinear partial differential…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-07-31 Lourenco Beirao da Veiga , Alexander Pichler , Giuseppe Vacca

In this work, we propose an extension of the mixed Virtual Element Method (VEM) for bi-dimensional computational grids with curvilinear edge elements. The approximation by means of rectilinear edges of a domain with curvilinear geometrical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-09-01 Franco Dassi , Alessio Fumagalli , Davide Losapio , Stefano Scialò , Anna Scotti , Giuseppe Vacca

We develop a virtual element method to solve a convective Brinkman-Forchheimer problem coupled with a heat equation. This coupled model may allow for thermal diffusion and viscosity as a function of temperature. Under standard…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-09-05 Danilo Amigo , Felipe Lepe , Enrique Otarola , Gonzalo Rivera

Meshing complex engineering domains is a challenging task. Arbitrary polyhedral meshes can provide the much needed flexibility in automated discretization of such domains. The geometric property of the polyhedral meshes such as the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-07-22 Arun L. Gain , Glaucio H. Paulino , Leonardo Duarte , Ivan F. M. Menezes

A robust $C^0$-continuous nonconforming virtual element method (VEM) is developed for a boundary value problem arising from strain gradient elasticity in two dimensions, with the family of polygonal meshes satisfying a very general…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-24 Jianguo Huang , Yue Yu

This paper analyses the nonconforming Morley type virtual element method to approximate a regular solution to the von K\'{a}rm\'{a}n equations that describes bending of very thin elastic plates. Local existence and uniqueness of a discrete…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-09-12 Devika Shylaja , Sarvesh Kumar

This document contains working annotations on the Virtual Element Method (VEM) for the approximate solution of diffusion problems with variable coefficients. To read this document you are assumed to have familiarity with concepts from the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-12-30 Gianmarco Manzini

In the present work we introduce a novel refinement algorithm for two-dimensional elliptic partial differential equations discretized with Virtual Element Method (VEM). The algorithm improves the numerical solution accuracy and the mesh…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-03-18 Stefano Berrone , Fabio Vicini

Virtual element methods (VEMs) without extrinsic stabilization in arbitrary degree of polynomial are developed for second order elliptic problems, including a nonconforming VEM and a conforming VEM in arbitrary dimension. The key is to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-09-25 Chunyu Chen , Xuehai Huang , Huayi Wei

We present a Virtual Element Method (VEM) for the solution of Dirichlet problems for the quasilinear equation $-\text{div} (k(u)\text{grad} u)=f$ with essential boundary conditions. Within the VEM the nonlinear coefficient is evaluated with…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-05-28 Andrea Cangiani , Panagiotis Chatzipantelidis , Ganesh Diwan , Emmanuil H. Georgoulis

A virtual element discretisation of an Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian method for two-dimensional convection-diffusion equations is proposed employing an isoparametric Virtual Element Method to achieve higher-order convergence rates on curved…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-04-30 H. Wells