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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…
We develop an all-hex meshing strategy for the interstitial space in beds of densely packed spheres that is tailored to turbulent flow simulations based on the spectral element method (SEM). The SEM achieves resolution through elevated…
In this paper we introduce an abstract setting for the convergence analysis of the virtual element approximation of an acoustic vibration problem. We discuss the effect of the stabilization parameters and remark that in some cases it is…
We consider a vector-Laplace problem posed on a 2D surface embedded in a 3D domain, which results from the modeling of surface fluids based on exterior Cartesian differential operators. The main topic of this paper is the development and…
We propose two new strategies based on Machine Learning techniques to handle polyhedral grid refinement, to be possibly employed within an adaptive framework. The first one employs the k-means clustering algorithm to partition the points of…
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…
A discrete-element method (DEM) assembly of virtual particles is calibrated to approximate the behavior of a natural sand in undrained loading. The particles are octahedral, bumpy clusters of spheres that are compacted into assemblies of…
We present a low order virtual element discretization for time dependent Maxwell's equations, which allow for the use of general polyhedral meshes. Both the semi- and fully-discrete schemes are considered. We derive optimal a priori…
In this work, we review the framework of the Virtual Element Method (VEM) for a model in magneto-hydrodynamics (MHD), that incorporates a coupling between electromagnetics and fluid flow, and allows us to construct novel discretizations for…
This manuscript develops edge-averaged virtual element (EAVE) methodologies to address convection-diffusion problems effectively in the convection-dominated regime. It introduces a variant of EAVE that ensures monotonicity (producing an…
In this paper, we propose a reduced-dimensional smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) formulation for quasi-static and dynamic analyses of plate and shell structures undergoing finite deformation and large rotation. By exploiting…
We present new rectangular mixed finite elements for linear elasticity. The approach is based on a modification of the Hellinger-Reissner functional in which the symmetry of the stress field is enforced weakly through the introduction of a…
We present the Neural Approximated Virtual Element Method to numerically solve elasticity problems. This hybrid technique combines classical concepts from the Finite Element Method and the Virtual Element Method with recent advances in deep…
Experiments test the dependence of shearing stress on the first two gradients of shear strain. The tests were conducted by direct numerical simulation using the Discrete Element Method (DEM) on a large two-dimensional (2D) assembly of…
The Virtual Element Method (VEM) is a Galerkin approximation method that extends the Finite Element Method (FEM) to polytopal meshes. In this paper, we present a conforming formulation that generalizes the Scott-Vogelius finite element…
We present two simple finite element methods for the discretization of Reissner--Mindlin plate equations with {\em clamped} boundary condition. These finite element methods are based on discrete Lagrange multiplier spaces from mortar finite…
We present a numerical approach to efficiently calculate spin-wave dispersions and spatial mode profiles in magnetic waveguides of arbitrarily shaped cross section with any non-collinear equilibrium magnetization which is translationally…
We used computer simulations to study spontaneous strain localization in granular materials, as a result of symmetry breaking non-homogeneous deformations. Axisymmetric triaxial shear tests were simulated by means of standard…
In this paper, we present and validate a simple adaptive surface remeshing technique to transfer history dependent variables from an old distorting mesh to a new mesh during finite element simulations of elastic surface deformation. This…
This article presents a detailed analysis of the Arrow-Hurwicz iteration applied to the solution of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations, discretized by a divergence-free mixed virtual element method. Under a set of appropriate…