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This article introduces a weak Galerkin (WG) finite element method for linear elasticity interface problems on general polygonal/ployhedra partitions. The developed WG method has been proved to be stable and accurate with optimal order…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-14 Chunmei Wang , Shangyou Zhang

A C^0-weak Galerkin (WG) method is introduced and analyzed for solving the biharmonic equation in 2D and 3D. A weak Laplacian is defined for C^0 functions in the new weak formulation. This WG finite element formulation is symmetric,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-12-04 Lin Mu , Junping Wang , Xiu Ye , Shangyou Zhang

Weak Galerkin methods refer to general finite element methods for PDEs in which differential operators are approximated by their weak forms as distributions. Such weak forms give rise to desirable flexibilities in enforcing boundary and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-06-10 Lin Mu , Junping Wang , Guowei Wei , Xiu Ye , Shan Zhao

Many partial differential equations (PDEs) such as Navier--Stokes equations in fluid mechanics, inelastic deformation in solids, and transient parabolic and hyperbolic equations do not have an exact, primal variational structure. Recently,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-04 N. Sukumar , Amit Acharya

In a dual weighted residual method based on the finite element framework, the Galerkin orthogonality is an issue that prevents solving the dual equation in the same space as the one for the primal equation. In the literature, there have…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-03-09 Chengyu Liu , Guanghui Hu

The goal of this article is to clarify some misunderstandings and inappropriate claims made in [6] regarding the relation between the weak Galerkin (WG) finite element method and the hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin (HDG). In this paper,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-20 Junping Wang , Xiu Ye

This paper introduces an efficient stabilizer-free weak Galerkin (WG) finite element method for solving the three-dimensional quad-curl problem. Leveraging bubble functions as a key analytical tool, the method extends the applicability of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-02-13 Chunmei Wang , Shangyou Zhang

In this work, the authors introduce a generalized weak Galerkin (gWG) finite element method for the time-dependent Oseen equation. The generalized weak Galerkin method is based on a new framework for approximating the gradient operator.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-09-14 Wenya Qi , Padmanabhan Seshaiyer , Junping Wang

In this paper, we propose and analyze a numerically stable and convergent scheme for a convection-diffusion-reaction equation in the convection-dominated regime. Discontinuous Galerkin (DG) methods are considered since standard finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-04-10 Satyajith Bommana Boyana , Thomas Lewis , Sijing Liu , Yi Zhang

This paper develops interior penalty discontinuous Galerkin (IP-DG) methods to approximate $W^{2,p}$ strong solutions of second order linear elliptic partial differential equations (PDEs) in non-divergence form with continuous coefficients.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-05-17 Xiaobing Feng , Michael Neilan , Stefan Schnake

A new weak Galerkin finite element method, called generalized weak Galerkin method ({g}WG), is introduced for Stokes equations in this paper by using a new definition of the weak gradient. Error estimates in energy norm and $L^2$ norm for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-05-24 W. Qi , P. Seshaiyer , J. Wang

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…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-02-14 Dan Li , Chunmei Wang , Junping Wang

A newly developed weak Galerkin method is proposed to solve parabolic equations. This method allows the usage of totally discontinuous functions in approximation space and preserves the energy conservation law. Both continuous and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-03-18 Qiaoluan H. Li , Junping Wang

In this article a simplified weak Galerkin finite element method is developed for the Dirichlet boundary value problem of convection-diffusion-reaction equations. The simplified weak Galerkin method utilizes only the degrees of freedom on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-08-29 Yujie Liu , Junping Wang

Weak Galerkin (WG) refers to general finite element methods for partial differential equations in which differential operators are approximated by weak forms through the usual integration by parts. In particular, WG methods allow the use of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-11-04 Lin Mu , Junping Wang , Xiu Ye , Shan Zhao

This paper introduces a novel weak Galerkin (WG) finite element method for the numerical solution of the Brinkman equations. The Brinkman model, which seamlessly integrates characteristics of both the Stokes and Darcy equations, is employed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-09 Chunmei Wang , Shangyou Zhang

In this paper, we develop a new discontinuous Galerkin method for solving several types of partial differential equations (PDEs) with high order spatial derivatives. We combine the advantages of local discontinuous Galerkin (LDG) method and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-03-13 Qi Tao , Yan Xu , Chi-Wang Shu

In this paper, we introduce and analyze a lowest-order locking-free weak Galerkin (WG) finite element scheme for the grad-div formulation of linear elasticity problems. The scheme uses linear functions in the interior of mesh elements and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-09-12 Fuchang Huo , Ruishu Wang , Yanqiu Wang , Ran Zhang

This paper presents a novel Stabilizer-Free weak Galerkin (WG) finite element method for solving the Brinkman equations without the need for conventional stabilization techniques. The Brinkman model, which mathematically blends features of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-28 Chunmei Wang , Shangyou Zhang

This paper presents an auto-stabilized weak Galerkin (WG) finite element method for the Biot's consolidation model within the classical displacement-pressure two-field formulation. Unlike traditional WG approaches, the proposed scheme…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-31 Chunmei Wang , Shangyou Zhang