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Robust mixed finite element methods are developed for a quad-curl singular perturbation problem. Lower order H(grad curl)-nonconforming but H(curl)-conforming finite elements are constructed, which are extended to nonconforming finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-06-24 Xuehai Huang , Chao Zhang

One approach for the simulation of metamaterials is to extend an associated continuum theory concerning its kinematic equations, and the relaxed micromorphic continuum represents such a model. It incorporates the Curl of the nonsymmetric…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-03-03 Adam Sky , Michael Neunteufel , Ingo Münch , Joachim Schoeberl , Patrizio Neff

This paper is devoted to the construction of finite elements on grids that consist of general quadrilaterals not limited in parallelograms. Two finite elements defined as Ciarlet's triple are established for the $H^1$ and $H(\rm rot)$…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-06-25 Qimeng Quan , Xia Ji , Shuo Zhang

We present degrees of freedom to accompany the approximation spaces already presented in a companion paper and thus complete the definition of families of high-order conforming finite elements on pyramids for the spaces of the de Rham…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2010-10-29 Nilima Nigam , Joel Phillips

A construction of prismatic Hardy space infinite elements to discretize wave equations on unbounded domains $\Omega$ in $H^1_{loc}(\Omega)$, $H_{loc}(curl;\Omega)$ and $H_{loc}(div;\Omega)$ is presented. As our motivation is to solve…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-04-01 Lothar Nannen , Thorsten Hohage , Achim Schädle , Joachim Schöberl

It is well-known that it is comparatively difficult to design nonconforming finite elements on quadrilateral meshes by using Gauss-Legendre points on each edge of triangulations. One reason lies in that these degrees of freedom associated…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-06-15 Jun Hu , Shangyou Zhang

In this work we test the numerical behaviour of matrix-valued fields approximated by finite element subspaces of $[\mathit{H}^1]^{3\times 3}$, $[\mathit{H}(\mathrm{curl})]^3$ and $\mathit{H}(\mathrm{sym}\mathrm{Curl})$ for a linear abstract…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-02-18 Adam Sky , Ingo Muench , Patrizio Neff

The lowest order nonconforming rectangular element in three dimensions involves 54 degrees of freedom for the stress and 12 degrees of freedom for the displacement. With a modest increase in the number of degrees of freedom (24 for the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-03-04 Gerard Awanou

We propose a new stable variational formulation for the quad-div problem in three dimensions and prove its well-posedness. Using this weak form, we develop and analyze the $\boldsymbol{H}(\operatorname{grad-div})$-conforming virtual element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-10 Xiaojing Dong , Yibing Han , Yunqing Huang

In this paper, we propose a family of nonconforming finite elements for $2m$-th order partial differential equations in $\mathbb{R}^n$ on simplicial grids when $m=n+1$. This family of nonconforming elements naturally extends the elements…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-01-10 Shuonan Wu , Jinchao Xu

A family of mixed finite elements is proposed for solving the first order system of linear elasticity equations in any space dimension, where the stress field is approximated by symmetric finite element tensors. This family of elements has…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-04-22 Jun Hu , Hongying Man , Shangyou Zhang

In this paper, we present explicit expressions for conforming finite element function spaces, basis functions, and degrees of freedom on the pentatope and tetrahedral prism elements. More generally, our objective is to construct finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-08-15 David M. Williams , Nilima Nigam

In this paper we present a nonconforming finite element method for solving fourth order curl equations in three dimensions arising from magnetohydrodynamics models. We show that the method has an optimal error estimate for a model problem…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2010-02-02 Bin Zheng , Qiya Hu , Jinchao Xu

Based on the Stokes complex with vanishing boundary conditions and its dual complex, we reinterpret a grad-curl problem arising from the quad-curl problem as a new vector potential formulation of the three-dimensional Stokes system. By…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-11 Xiaojing Dong , Yibing Han , Yunqing Huang

We discuss the construction of finite element spaces of differential forms which satisfy the crucial assumptions of the finite element exterior calculus, namely that they can be assembled into subcomplexes of the de Rham complex which admit…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-01-29 Douglas N. Arnold

In the present paper we construct Virtual Element Spaces that are $H({\rm div})$-conforming and $H({\rm \bf curl})$-conforming on general polygonal and polyhedral elements; these spaces can be interpreted as a generalization of well known…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-07-28 L. Beirao da Veiga , F. Brezzi , L. D. Marini , A. Russo

We consider finite element approximations of the Maxwell eigenvalue problem in two dimensions. We prove, in certain settings, convergence of the discrete eigenvalues using Lagrange finite elements. In particular, we prove convergence in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-02-17 Daniele Boffi , Johnny Guzman , Michael Neilan

In this paper, we introduce a novel unfitted finite element method to solve the quad-curl interface problem. We adapt Nitsche's method for curlcurl-conforming elements and double the degrees of freedom on interface elements. To ensure…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-11-28 Hailong Guo , Mingyan Zhang , Qian Zhang , Zhimin Zhang

We discuss the approximation of the eigensolutions associated with the Maxwell eigenvalues problem in the framework of least-squares finite elements. We write the Maxwell curl curl equation as a system of two first order equation and design…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-05-17 Fleurianne Bertrand , Daniele Boffi , Lucia Gastaldi

This work proposes two nodal type nonconforming finite elements over convex quadrilaterals, which are parts of a finite element exact sequence. Both elements are of 12 degrees of freedom (DoFs) with polynomial shape function spaces…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-16 Xinchen Zhou , Zhaoliang Meng , Xin Fan , Zhongxuan Luo