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We analyze and validate the virtual element method combined with a boundary correction similar to the one in [1,2], to solve problems on two dimensional domains with curved boundaries approximated by polygonal domains. We focus on the case…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-08-02 Silvia Bertoluzza , Monica Montardini , Micol Pennacchio , Daniele Prada

An isogeometric boundary element method (BEM) is presented to solve scattering problems in an isotropic homogeneous medium. We consider wave problems governed by the scalar wave equation as in acoustics and the Lam\'e-Navier equations for…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-10-09 Thomas Kramer , Benjamin Marussig , Martin Schanz

We introduce a new family of high order accurate semi-implicit schemes for the solution of non-linear hyperbolic partial differential equations on unstructured polygonal meshes. The time discretization is based on a splitting between…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-09-11 Walter Boscheri , Andrea Chiozzi , Michele Giuliano Carlino , Giulia Bertaglia

We design a Mixed Virtual Element Method for the approximated solution to the first-order form of the acoustic wave equation. In absence of external load, the semi-discrete method exactly conserves the system energy. To integrate in time…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-09-26 Franco Dassi , Alessio Fumagalli , Ilario Mazzieri , Giuseppe Vacca

This paper presents a nonconforming finite element approximation of the space of symmetric tensors with square integrable divergence, on tetrahedral meshes. Used for stress approximation together with the full space of piecewise linear…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-01-29 Douglas N. Arnold , Gerard Awanou , Ragnar Winther

Variational-hemivariational inequalities are an important mathematical framework for nonsmooth problems. The framework can be used to study application problems from physical sciences and engineering that involve non-smooth and even…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-10 Weimin Han , Fang Feng , Fei Wang , Jianguo Huang

We present the novel Reduced Basis Virtual Element Method (rbVEM) for solving the Laplace eigenvalue problem. This approach is based on the virtual element method and exploits the reduced basis technique to obtain an explicit representation…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-13 Silvia Bertoluzza , Fabio Credali , Francesca Gardini

The paper is concerned with the development of efficient and accurate solution procedures for the isogeometric boundary element method (BEM) when applied to problems that contain inclusions that have elastic properties different to the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-10-28 Gernot Beer , Eugenio Ruocco , Christian Duenser , Vincenzo Mallardo

A virtual element discretisation for the numerical approximation of the three-field formulation of linear poroelasticity introduced in [R. Oyarz\'ua and R. Ruiz-Baier, Locking-free finite element methods for poroelasticity, SIAM J. Numer.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-12-13 Raimund Bürger , Sarvesh Kumar , David Mora , Ricardo Ruiz-Baier , Nitesh Verma

The purpose of the present paper is to develop $C^1$ Virtual Elements in three dimensions for linear elliptic fourth order problems, motivated by the difficulties that standard conforming Finite Elements encounter in this framework. We…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-09-15 Lourenco Beirão da Veiga , Franco Dassi , Alessandro Russo

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

We revisit classical Virtual Element approximations on polygonal and polyhedral decompositions. We also recall the treatment proposed for dealing with decompositions into polygons with curved edges. In the second part of the paper we…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-05-15 Franco Brezzi , L. Donatella Marini

In the present paper we initiate the challenging task of building a mathematically sound theory for Adaptive Virtual Element Methods (AVEMs). Among the realm of polygonal meshes, we restrict our analysis to triangular meshes with hanging…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-12-02 L. Beirao da Veiga , C. Canuto , R. H. Nochetto , G. Vacca , M. Verani

In the present work we generalize the curvilinear Virtual Element technology, introduced for a simple linear scalar problem in a previous work, to generic 2D solid mechanic problems in small deformations. Such generalization also includes…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-02-19 E. Artioli , L. Beirão da Veiga , F. Dassi

In this paper, we discuss the accuracy and the robustness of the mixed Virtual Element Methods when dealing with highly-anisotropic diffusion problems. In particular, we analyze the performances of different approaches which are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-18 Stefano Berrone , Stefano Scialò , Gioana Teora

Understanding the flow of deformable particles such as liquid drops, synthetic capsules and vesicles, and biological cells confined in a small channel is essential to a wide range of potential chemical and biomedical engineering…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-11-18 J. M. Lyu , Paul G. Chen , G. Boedec , M. Leonetti , M. Jaeger

The third medium contact has been proven to be an effective approach for simulating contact problems involving large deformations. Unlike traditional contact algorithms, the third medium contact introduces a third medium between two…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-05 Bing-Bing Xu , Peter Wriggers

We extend the hybridization procedure proposed in [Arnold, Brezzi, 1985, ESAIM: M2AN] to the Virtual Element Method for linear elasticity problems based on the Hellinger-Reissner principle. To illustrate such a technique, we focus on the 2D…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-03-02 Franco Dassi , Carlo Lovadina , Michele Visinoni

We consider the approximation of eigenvalue problems for elasticity equations with interface. This kind of problems can be efficiently discretized by using immersed finite element method (IFEM) based on Crouzeix-Raviart P1-nonconforming…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-06-04 Seungwoo Lee , Do Y. Kwak , Imbo Sim

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