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In this paper, a few dual least-squares finite element methods and their application to scalar linear hyperbolic problems are studied. The purpose is to obtain $L^2$-norm approximations on finite element spaces of the exact solutions to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-10-06 Delyan Z. Kalchev , Thomas A. Manteuffel , Steffen Münzenmaier

A mixed finite element method for the Navier-Stokes equations is introduced in which the stress is a primary variable. The variational formulation retains the mathematical structure of the Navier-Stokes equations and the classical theory…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-03-31 Jason S. Howell , Noel J. Walkington

We develop multipoint stress mixed finite element methods for linear elasticity with weak stress symmetry on cuboid grids, which can be reduced to a symmetric and positive definite cell-centered system. The methods employ the lowest-order…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-02-04 Ibrahim Yazici , Ivan Yotov

We introduce two pairs of stable cheapest nonconforming finite element space pairs to approximate the Stokes equations. One pair has each component of its velocity field to be approximated by the $P_1$ nonconforming quadrilateral element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-03-07 Sihwan Kim , Jaeryun Yim , Dongwoo Sheen

We present a stable discretization of sea-ice dynamics on triangular grids that can straightforwardly be coupled to an ocean model on a triangular grid with Arakawa C-type staggering. The approach is based on a nonconforming finite element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-02-04 Carolin Mehlmann , Peter Korn

In [2019, Space-time least-squares finite elements for parabolic equations, arXiv:1911.01942] by F\"uhrer& Karkulik, well-posedness of a space-time First-Order System Least-Squares formulation of the heat equation was proven. In the present…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-02-22 Gregor Gantner , Rob Stevenson

A stabilized conforming mixed finite element method for the three-field (displacement, fluid flux and pressure) poroelasticity problem is developed and analyzed. We use the lowest possible approximation order, namely piecewise constant…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-09-23 Lorenz Berger , Rafel Bordas , David Kay , Simon Tavener

A finite element methodology for large classes of variational boundary value problems is defined which involves discretizing two linear operators: (1) the differential operator defining the spatial boundary value problem; and (2) a Riesz…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-12-08 Brendan Keith , Socratis Petrides , Federico Fuentes , Leszek Demkowicz

We propose a discontinuous least squares finite element method for solving the linear elasticity. The approximation space is obtained by patch reconstruction with only one unknown per element. We apply the L 2 norm least squares principle…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-03-05 Ruo Li , Fanyi Yang

In this paper, we propose a finite element pair for incompressible Stokes problem. The pair uses a slightly enriched piecewise linear polynomial space for velocity and piecewise constant space for pressure, and is illustrated to be a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-08-25 Wenjia Liu , Shuo Zhang

The goal of this paper is to introduce a simple finite element method to solve the Stokes and the Navier-Stokes equations. This method is in primal velocity-pressure formulation and is so simple such that both velocity and pressure are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-10-19 Lin Mu , Xiu Ye

This paper constructs the first mixed finite element for the linear elasticity problem in 3D using $P_3$ polynomials for the stress and discontinuous $P_2$ polynomials for the displacement on tetrahedral meshes under some mild mesh…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-08-22 Jun Hu , Rui Ma , Yuanxun Sun

We introduce and analyze a new mixed finite element method with reduced symmetry for the standard linear model in viscoelasticity. Following a previous approach employed for linear elastodynamics, the present problem is formulated as a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-05-05 Gabriel N. Gatica , Antonio Márquez , Salim Meddahi

We propose a new unfitted finite element method for simulation of two-phase flows in presence of insoluble surfactant. The key features of the method are 1) discrete conservation of surfactant mass; 2) the possibility of having meshes that…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-11-30 Thomas Frachon , Sara Zahedi

This article develops a weak Galerkin least-squares (WG--LS) finite element method for first-order linear convection equations in non-divergence form. The method is formulated using discontinuous finite element functions and does not…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-05 Chunmei Wang , Shangyou Zhang

In this work, we present a novel regularized L$_1$ (RL$_1$) finite element spatial discretization scheme for radiation transport problems. We review the recently developed least-squares finite element method in nuclear applications. We then…

Computational Physics · Physics 2016-12-19 Weixiong Zheng , Ryan G. McClarren

A family of implicit-in-time mixed finite element schemes is presented for the numerical approximation of the acoustic wave equation. The mixed space discretization is based on the displacement form of the wave equation and the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-04-17 Samir Karaa

New low-order $H(\textrm{div})$-conforming finite elements for symmetric tensors are constructed in arbitrary dimension. The space of shape functions is defined by enriching the symmetric quadratic polynomial space with the $(d+1)$-order…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-02-22 Xuehai Huang , Chao Zhang , Yaqian Zhou , Yangxing Zhu

We consider a mixed finite element method for approximating the solution of nearly incompressible elasticity and Stokes equations. The finite element method is based on quadrilateral and hexahedral triangulation using primal and dual…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-10-23 Bishnu P. Lamichhane

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…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-12 Alan Demlow , Michael Neilan