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A new finite volume (FV) discretisation method for the Lattice Boltzmann (LB) equation which combines high accuracy with limited computational cost is presented. In order to assess the performance of the FV method we carry out a systematic…
This paper introduces the concept of quasi $\alpha$-firmly nonexpansive mappings in Wasserstein spaces over $\mathbb R^d$ and analyzes properties of these mappings. We prove that for quasi $\alpha$-firmly nonexpansive mappings satisfying a…
We study optimization problems whereby the optimization variable is a probability measure. Since the probability space is not a vector space, many classical and powerful methods for optimization (e.g., gradients) are of little help. Thus,…
In this paper, a second-order accurate method was developed for calculating fluid flows in complex geometries. This method uses cut-Cartesian cell mesh in finite volume framework. Calculus is employed to relate fluxes and gradients along…
The well-posedness of a phase-field approximation to the Willmore flow with volume constraint is established. The existence proof relies on the underlying gradient flow structure of the problem: the time discrete approximation is solved by…
A form of the conservation equations for fluid dynamics is presented, deduced using slightly less restrictive hypothesis than those necessary to obtain the Westervelt equation. This formulation accounts for full wave diffraction,…
We develop a new finite volume method using unstructured mesh-vertex grids for coupled systems modeling shallow water flows and solute transport over complex bottom topography. Novel well-balanced positivity preserving discretization…
In this work, we propose a numerical method to compute the Wasserstein Hamiltonian flow (WHF), which is a Hamiltonian system on the probability density manifold. Many well-known PDE systems can be reformulated as WHFs. We use parameterized…
A new time discretization scheme for the numerical simulation of two-phase flow governed by a thermodynamically consistent diffuse interface model is presented. The scheme is consistent in the sense that it allows for a discrete in time…
We present a novel approach to approximate Gaussian and mixture-of-Gaussians filtering. Our method relies on a variational approximation via a gradient-flow representation. The gradient flow is derived from a Kullback--Leibler discrepancy…
The well-posedness of a phase-field approximation to the Willmore flow with area and volume constraints is established when the functional approximating the area has no critical point satisfying the two constraints. The existence proof…
We consider fully discrete finite element approximation of the stochastic total variation flow equation (STVF) with linear multiplicative noise which was previously proposed in \cite{our_paper}. Due to lack of a discrete counterpart of…
In this paper, we construct a simple and robust two-point finite volume discretization applicable to isotropic linearized elasticity, valid in also in the incompressible Stokes' limit. The discretization is based only on co-located,…
Minimizing functionals in the space of probability distributions can be done with Wasserstein gradient flows. To solve them numerically, a possible approach is to rely on the Jordan-Kinderlehrer-Otto (JKO) scheme which is analogous to the…
We formulate a class of velocity-free finite-particle methods for mass transport problems based on a time-discrete incremental variational principle that combines entropy and the cost of particle transport, as measured by the Wasserstein…
In this paper, we propose a method for the construction of locally conservative flux fields through a variation of the Generalized Multiscale Finite Element Method (GMsFEM). The flux values are obtained through the use of a Ritz formulation…
We propose a Variable-Preconditioned Transformed Primal-Dual (VPTPD) method for solving generalized Wasserstein gradient flows based on the structure-preserving JKO scheme. This is a nontrivial extension of the TPD method [Chen et al.…
We study the convergence and error estimates of a finite volume method for the compressible Navier-Stokes-Fourier system with Dirichlet boundary conditions. Physical fluid domain is typically smooth and needs to be approximated by a…
Designing large-scale geological carbon capture and storage projects and ensuring safe long-term CO2 containment - as a climate change mitigation strategy - requires fast and accurate numerical simulations. These simulations involve solving…
We introduce a finite volume scheme for the two-dimensional incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. We use a triangular mesh. The unknowns for the velocity and pressure are both piecewise constant (colocated scheme). We use a projection…