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An a posteriori error bound for the pointwise error of the quadratic discontinuous Galerkin method for the unilateral contact problem on polygonal domain is presented. The pointwise a posteriori error analysis is based on the direct use of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-05 Rohit Khandelwal , Kamana Porwal , Tanvi Wadhawan

In this paper we analyze Nitsche's method for the stationary Boussinesq system with Navier's slip and a nonlinear boundary condition. Our analysis of the formulation establishes the robustness of a finite elements scheme in arbitrarily…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-09 Aparna Bansal , Nicolás A. Barnafi , Gianmarco Sperone , Dwijendra N. Pandey

A series of robust and optimal mixed methods based on two mixed formulations of the fourth-order elliptic singular perturbation problem are developed in this paper. First, a mixed method based on a second-order system is proposed without…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-18 Xuehai Huang , Zheqian Tang

In this paper, we formulate, analyse and implement the discrete formulation of the Brinkman problem with mixed boundary conditions, including slip boundary condition, using the Nitsche's technique for virtual element methods. The divergence…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-06-13 David Mora , Jesus Vellojin , Nitesh Verma

We extend a distributed finite element method built upon model order reduction to arbitrary polynomial degree using a hybrid Nitsche scheme. The new method considerably simplifies the transformation of the finite element system to the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-13 Tom Gustafsson , Antti Hannukainen , Vili Kohonen , Juha Videman

This paper analyzes an interface-unfitted numerical method for distributed optimal control problems governed by elliptic interface equations. We follow the variational discretization concept to discretize the optimal control problems, and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-05 Tao Wang , Chaochao Yang , Xiaoping Xie

We present and analyze an a posteriori error estimator based on mesh refinement for the solution of the hypersingular boundary integral equation governing the Laplacian in three dimensions. The discretization under consideration is a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-07-30 Catalina Domínguez , Norbert Heuer

In this paper we consider the finite element approximation of Maxwell's problem and analyse the prescription of essential boundary conditions in a weak sense using Nitsche's method. To avoid indefiniteness of the problem, the original…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-30 D. Boffi , R. Codina , Ö. Türk

We show that in the variational multiscale framework, the weak enforcement of essential boundary conditions via Nitsche's method corresponds directly to a particular choice of projection operator. The consistency, symmetry and penalty terms…

In this paper, we present and analyze a posteriori error estimates in the energy norm of a quadratic finite element method for the frictionless unilateral contact problem. The reliability and the efficiency of a posteriori error estimator…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-09-13 Rohit Khandelwal , Kamana Porwal , Tanvi Wadhawan

We study the Stokes--Poisson--Boltzmann equations with Dirichlet and Navier boundary conditions. The system consists of the incompressible Stokes equations coupled with a nonlinear Poisson--Boltzmann equation through electrostatic forcing…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-15 Ayush Agrawal , Aparna Bansal , D. N. Pandey

We introduce and analyze a robust nonconforming finite element method for a three dimensional singularly perturbed quad-curl model problem. For the solution of the model problem, we derive proper a priori bounds, based on which, we prove…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-06-27 Baiju Zhang , Zhimin Zhang

A posteriori error estimators are studied for discontinuous Galerkin methods for solving a frictional contact problem, which is a representative elliptic variational inequality of the second kind. The estimators are derived by relating the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-01-21 Fei Wang , Weimin Han

We present a stabilized finite element method for the numerical solution of cavitation in lubrication, modeled as an inequality-constrained Reynolds equation. The cavitation model is written as a variable coefficient saddle-point problem…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-05-09 Tom Gustafsson , K. R. Rajagopal , Rolf Stenberg , Juha Videman

A residual based {\em a posteriori} error estimator is derived for a quadratic finite element method (fem) for the elliptic obstacle problem. The error estimator involves various residuals consisting the data of the problem, discrete…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-04-14 Thirupathi Gudi , Kamana Porwal

We develop a Nitsche-based formulation for a general class of stabilized finite element methods for the Stokes problem posed on a pair of overlapping, non-matching meshes. By ex- tending the least-squares stabilization to the overlap…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-05-30 André Massing , Mats G. Larson , Anders Logg , Marie E. Rognes

We consider a time-dependent coupled Navier--Stokes/generalized poroelastic flow problem and propose a unified and monolithic finite element discretization based on implicit time stepping. To handle the fluid-structure interface we employ a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-19 Aparna Bansal , Nicolas A. Barnafi , Dwijendra Narain Pandey , Ricardo Ruiz-Baier

A Nitche's method is presented to couple different mechanical models. They include coupling of a solid and a beam and of a solid and a plate. Both conforming and non-conforming formulations are presented. In a non-conforming for- mulation,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-20 Vinh Phu Nguyen , Pierre Kerfriden , Susanne Claus , Stephane P. A. Bordas

An existing solvability result for relaxed one-sided Lipschitz algebraic inclusions is substantially improved. This enhanced solvability result allows the design of a very robust numerical method for the approximation of a solution of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-08-19 Wolf-Jürgen Beyn , Janosch Rieger

Nitsche's method is a well-established approach for weak enforcement of boundary conditions for partial differential equations (PDEs). It has many desirable properties, including the preservation of variational consistency and the fact that…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-03-08 Joseph Benzaken , John A. Evans , Rasmus Tamstorf