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This paper presents an arbitrary order locking-free numerical scheme for linear elasticity on general polygonal/polyhedral partitions by using weak Galerkin (WG) finite element methods. Like other WG methods, the key idea for the linear…
A finite element method for elliptic problems with discontinuous coefficients is presented. The discontinuity is assumed to take place along a closed smooth curve. The proposed method allows to deal with meshes that are not adapted to the…
We develop a stabilized cut discontinuous Galerkin framework for the numerical solution of el- liptic boundary value and interface problems on complicated domains. The domain of interest is embedded in a structured, unfitted background mesh…
We present a continuous/discontinuous Galerkin method for approximating solutions to a fourth order elliptic PDE on a surface embedded in $\mathbb{R}^3$. A priori error estimates, taking both the approximation of the surface and the…
When modelling discontinuities (interfaces) using the finite element method, the standard approach is to use a conforming finite-element mesh in which the mesh matches the interfaces. However, this approach can prove cumbersome if the…
We develop a new finite element method for solving planar elasticity problems involving of heterogeneous materials with a mesh not necessarily aligning with the interface of the materials. This method is based on the `broken'…
Unfitted finite element techniques are valuable tools in different applications where the generation of body-fitted meshes is difficult. However, these techniques are prone to severe ill conditioning problems that obstruct the efficient use…
This paper is concerned with finite element approximations of $W^{2,p}$ strong solutions of second-order linear elliptic partial differential equations (PDEs) in non-divergence form with continuous coefficients. A nonstandard (primal)…
A new weak Galerkin (WG) finite element method for solving the biharmonic equation in two or three dimensional spaces by using polynomials of reduced order is introduced and analyzed. The WG method is on the use of weak functions and their…
New finite element methods are proposed for elliptic interface problems in one and two dimensions. The main motivation is not only to get an accurate solution but also an accurate first order derivative at the interface (from each side).…
This article is devoted to computing the eigenvalue of the Laplace eigenvalue problem by the weak Galerkin (WG) finite element method with emphasis on obtaining lower bounds. The WG method is on the use of weak functions and their weak…
We present a high order immersed finite element (IFE) method for solving the elliptic interface problem with interface-independent meshes. The IFE functions developed here satisfy the interface conditions exactly and they have optimal…
A weak Galerkin (WG) method is introduced and numerically tested for the Helmholtz equation. This method is flexible by using discontinuous piecewise polynomials and retains the mass conservation property. At the same time, the WG finite…
In this article, a weak Galerkin method is firstly presented and analyzed for the quasi-linear elliptic problem of non-monotone type. By using Brouwer's fixed point technique, the existence of WG solution and error estimates in both the…
When solving the Poisson equation by the finite element method, we use one degree of freedom for interpolation by the given Laplacian - the right hand side function in the partial differential equation. The finite element solution is the…
In this article we investigate a finite element formulation of strongly monotone quasi-linear elliptic PDEs in the context of fixed-point iterations. As opposed to Newton's method, which requires information from the previous iteration in…
We propose a numerical method to approximate the solution of second order elliptic problems in nonvariational form. The method is of Galerkin type using conforming finite elements and applied directly to the nonvariational (nondivergence)…
We present a new residual-type energy-norm a posteriori error analysis for interior penalty discontinuous Galerkin (dG) methods for linear elliptic problems. The new error bounds are also applicable to dG methods on meshes consisting of…
An adaptive modified weak Galerkin method (AmWG) for an elliptic problem is studied in this paper, in addition to its convergence and optimality. The modified weak Galerkin bilinear form is simplified without the need of the skeletal…
The generalized weak Galerkin (gWG) finite element method is proposed and analyzed for the biharmonic equation. A new generalized discrete weak second order partial derivative is introduced in the gWG scheme to allow arbitrary combinations…