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We describe a density-, momentum-, and energy-conserving discretization of the nonlinear Landau collision integral. The method is suitable for both the finite-element and discontinuous Galerkin methods and does not require structured…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-04-26 Eero Hirvijoki , Mark Adams

We present a novel framework for addressing the nonlinear Landau collision integral in terms of finite element and other subspace projection methods. We employ the underlying metriplectic structure of the Landau collision integral and,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-10-05 Michael Kraus , Eero Hirvijoki

This paper contributes new insights into discretizing Coulomb collisions in kinetic plasma models. Building on the previous works [Carrillo et al. J. Comp. Phys. X 7:100066 (2020), Hirvijoki and Burby Phys. Plasmas 27(8):082307 (2020)], I…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-05-12 Eero Hirvijoki

This paper proposes a novel numerical integrator for modeling multispecies Coulomb collisions in kinetic plasmas. The proposed scheme provides an energy-, momentum-, and positivity-preserving particle discretization of the nonlinear Landau…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-12-28 Filippo Zonta , Joseph V. Pusztay , Eero Hirvijoki

The Landau collision integral is often considered the gold standard in the context of kinetic plasma simulation due to its conservative properties, despite challenges involved in its discretization. The primary challenge when implementing…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-06-23 Joseph Pusztay , Filippo Zonta , Matt Knepley , Mark Adams

We present a novel family of particle discretisation methods for the nonlinear Landau collision operator. We exploit the metriplectic structure underlying the Vlasov-Maxwell-Landau system in order to obtain disretisation schemes that…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-04-30 Sandra Jeyakumar , Michael Kraus , Matthew J. Hole , David Pfefferlé

We present a novel and comparative analysis of finite element discretizations for a nonlinear Rosenau-Burgers model including a biharmonic term. We analyze both continuous and mixed finite element approaches, providing stability, existence,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-02-15 Ankur , Ram Jiwari , Akil Narayan

In this work we propose a new, arbitrary order space-time finite element discretisation for Hamiltonian PDEs in multisymplectic formulation. We show that the new method which is obtained by using both continuous and discontinuous…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-08-18 Elena Celledoni , James Jackaman

This paper explores energy-, momentum-, density-, and positivity-preserving spatio-temporal discretizations for the nonlinear Landau collision operator. We discuss two approaches, namely direct Galerkin formulations and discretizations of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-04-24 Eero Hirvijoki , Joshua W. Burby , Michael Kraus

In this paper, we present a new framework for addressing the nonlinear Landau collision operator in terms of particle-in-cell methods. We employ the underlying metriplectic structure of the collision operator and, using a macro particle…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-02-15 Eero Hirvijoki , Michael Kraus , Joshua W. Burby

We consider the numerical approximation of a continuum model of antiferromagnetic and ferrimagnetic materials. The state of the material is described in terms of two unit-length vector fields, which can be interpreted as the magnetizations…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-12-11 Hywel Normington , Michele Ruggeri

We consider the numerical approximation of a nonlinear system of partial differential equations modeling magnetostriction in the small-strain regime consisting of the Landau--Lifshitz--Gilbert equation for the magnetization and the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-01 Martin Kružík , Hywel Normington , Michele Ruggeri

We construct a finite element discretization and time-stepping scheme for the incompressible Euler equations with variable density that exactly preserves total mass, total squared density, total energy, and pointwise incompressibility. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-04-22 Evan S. Gawlik , François Gay-Balmaz

We propose an explicit particle method for the Vlasov-Fokker-Planck equation that conserves energy at the fully discrete level. The method features two key components: a deterministic and conservative particle discretization for the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-10-07 Jiyoung Yoo , Jingwei Hu , Lee F. Ricketson

A finite element discretization using a method of lines approached is proposed for approximately solving the Poisson-Nernst-Planck (PNP) equations. This discretization scheme enforces positivity of the computed solutions, corresponding to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-03-17 Chun Liu , Maximilian Metti , Jinchao Xu

We propose a finite element discretisation approach for the incompressible Euler equations which mimics their geometric structure and their variational derivation. In particular, we derive a finite element method that arises from a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-10-17 Andrea Natale , Colin J. Cotter

This paper aims to develop numerical approximations of the Keller--Segel equations that mimic at the discrete level the lower bounds and the energy law of the continuous problem. We solve these equations for two unknowns: the organism (or…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-07-25 Santiago Badia , Jesús Bonilla , Juan Vicente Gutiérrez-Santacreu

We consider the coupled system of the Landau--Lifshitz--Gilbert equation and the conservation of linear momentum law to describe magnetic processes in ferromagnetic materials including magnetoelastic effects in the small-strain regime. For…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-15 Hywel Normington , Michele Ruggeri

We present a continuous finite element method for some examples of fully nonlinear elliptic equation. A key tool is the discretisation proposed in Lakkis & Pryer (2011, SISC) allowing us to work directly on the strong form of a linear PDE.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-03-19 Omar Lakkis , Tristan Pryer

In this paper, we construct new finite element methods for the approximation of the equations of linear elasticity in three space dimensions that produce direct approximations to both stresses and displacements. The methods are based on a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-01-29 Douglas N. Arnold , Richard S. Falk , Ragnar Winther
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