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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

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…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-11-13 P. F. Antonietti , G. Manzini , M. Verani

We present an optimization procedure for generic polygonal or polyhedral meshes, tailored for the Virtual Element Method (VEM). Once the local quality of the mesh elements is analyzed through a quality indicator specific to the VEM, groups…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-08 Tommaso Sorgente , Stefano Berrone , Silvia Biasotti , Gianmarco Manzini , Michela Spagnuolo , Fabio Vicini

We introduce the Neural Approximated Virtual Element Method, a novel polygonal method that relies on neural networks to eliminate the need for projection and stabilization operators in the Virtual Element Method. In this paper, we discuss…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-12-01 Stefano Berrone , Davide Oberto , Moreno Pintore , Gioana Teora

In this paper we consider the Virtual Element discretization of a minimal surface problem, a quasi-linear elliptic partial differential equation modeling the problem of minimizing the area of a surface subject to a prescribed boundary…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-12-23 Paola Francesca Antonietti , Silvia Bertoluzza , Daniele Prada , Marco Verani

In this study, we propose a virtual element scheme to solve the Darcy problem in three physical dimensions. The main novelty, here proposed, is that curved elements are naturally handled without any degradation of the solution accuracy. In…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-11-23 Franco Dassi , Alessio Fumagalli , Anna Scotti , Giuseppe Vacca

Some error analysis on virtual element methods including inverse inequalities, norm equivalence, and interpolation error estimates are presented for polygonal meshes which admits a virtual quasi-uniform triangulation.

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-09-08 Long Chen , Jianguo Huang

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

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

A dual hybrid Virtual Element scheme for plane linear elastic problems is presented and analysed. In particular, stability and convergence results have been established. The method, which is first order convergent, has been numerically…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-02-14 Edoardo Artioli , Stefano de Miranda , Carlo Lovadina , Luca Patruno

We introduce a novel residual-based a posteriori error estimator for the conforming $C^1$ Virtual Element Method (VEM) applied to the buckling eigenvalue problem, incorporating nonlinear plane stress effects in both two and three…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-24 Franco Dassi , Andres E Rubiano , Iván Velásquez

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

We present the design of a mesh quality indicator that can predict the behavior of the Virtual Element Method (VEM) on a given mesh family or finite sequence of polyhedral meshes (dataset). The mesh quality indicator is designed to measure…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-22 Tommaso Sorgente , Silvia Biasotti , Gianmarco Manzini , Michela Spagnuolo

The realization of a standard Adaptive Finite Element Method (AFEM) preserves the mesh conformity by performing a completion step in the refinement loop: in addition to elements marked for refinement due to their contribution to the global…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-02-15 Claudio Canuto , Davide Fassino

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…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-05-24 Massimo Frittelli , Anotida Madzvamuse , Ivonne Sgura

For the 2D and 3D Virtual Element Methods (VEM), a new approach to improve the conditioning of local and global matrices in the presence of badly-shaped polytopes is proposed. It defines the local projectors and the local degrees of freedom…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-12-01 Stefano Berrone , Gioana Teora , Fabio Vicini

We present a new method to construct Virtual Element spaces on polygons with curved edges.

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-10-24 L. Beirao Da Veiga , F. Brezzi , L. D. Marini , A. Russo

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…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-05-26 L. Beirão da Veiga , F. Dassi , G. Manzini , L. Mascotto

We derive an anisotropic a posteriori error estimate for the adaptive conforming Virtual Element approximation of a paradigmatic two-dimensional elliptic problem. In particular, we introduce a quasi-interpolant operator and exploit its…

The present paper is the second part of a twofold work, whose first part is reported in [3], concerning a newly developed Virtual Element Method (VEM) for 2D continuum problems. The first part of the work proposed a study for linear elastic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-24 Edoardo Artioli , Lourenco Beirão da Veiga , Carlo Lovadina , Elio Sacco