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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

This article proposes and analyzes the generalized weak Galerkin ({\rm g}WG) finite element method for the second order elliptic problem. A generalized discrete weak gradient operator is introduced in the weak Galerkin framework so that the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-05-16 Dan Li , Chunmei Wang , Junping Wang , Xiu Ye

This paper introduces an auto-stabilized weak Galerkin (WG) finite element method for solving Stokes equations without relying on traditional stabilizers. The proposed WG method accommodates both convex and non-convex polytopal elements in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-07 Chunmei Wang , Shangyou Zhang

This paper proposes and analyzes a class of new weak Galerkin (WG) finite element methods for 2- and 3-dimensional linear elasticity problems. The methods use discontinuous piecewise-polynomial approximations of degrees $k(\geq 0)$ for the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-10-24 Gang Chen , Xiaoping Xie

A stabilizer free weak Galerkin (WG) finite element method on polytopal mesh has been introduced in Part I of this paper (J. Comput. Appl. Math, 371 (2020) 112699. arXiv:1906.06634.) Removing stabilizers from discontinuous finite element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-09-01 Xiu Ye , Shangyou Zhang

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

This paper is devoted to a weak Galerkin (WG) finite element method for linear poroelasticity problems where weakly defined divergence and gradient operators over discontinuous functions are introduced. We establish both the continuous and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-08-10 Shanshan Gu , Shimin Chai , Chenguang Zhou

In this paper, we present and analyze a weak Galerkin finite element (WG) method for solving the symmetric hyperbolic systems. This method is highly flexible by allowing the use of discontinuous finite elements on element and its boundary…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-11-24 Tie Zhang , Shangyou Zhang

This paper proposes a weak Galerkin (WG) finite element method for elliptic interface problems defined on nonconvex polygonal partitions. The method features a built-in stabilizer and retains a simple, symmetric, and positive definite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-23 Chunmei Wang , Shangyou Zhang

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…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-08-24 Lin Mu , Junping Wang , Xiu Ye , Shan Zhao

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…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-08-18 Chunmei Wang , Junping Wang , Ruishu Wang , Ran Zhang

A new weak Galerkin (WG) method is introduced and analyzed for the second order elliptic equation formulated as a system of two first order linear equations. This method, called WG-MFEM, is designed by using discontinuous piecewise…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-06-27 Junping Wang , Xiu Ye

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…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-08-24 Hehu Xie , Qilong Zhai , Ran Zhang

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

In this paper a hybridized weak Galerkin (HWG) finite element method for solving the Stokes equations in the primary velocity-pressure formulation is introduced. The WG method uses weak functions and their weak derivatives which are defined…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-07-19 Qilong Zhai , Ran Zhang , Xiaoshen Wang

A systematic numerical study on weak Galerkin (WG) finite element method for second order linear parabolic problems is presented by allowing polynomial approximations with various degrees for each local element. Convergence of both…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-03-26 Bhupen Deka , Naresh Kumar

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 presents a generalized weak Galerkin (gWG) finite element method for linear elasticity problems on general polygonal and polyhedral meshes. The proposed framework is flexible and efficient, allowing for the use of nonpolynomial…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-27 Junping Wang , Yue Wang

This paper develops a weak Galerkin (WG) finite element method of arbitrary order for the steady incompressible Magnetohydrodynamics equations. The WG scheme uses piecewise polynomials of degrees $k(k\geq 1),k,k-1$, and $k-1$ respectively…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-06 Min Zhang , Tong Zhang , Xiaoping Xie

This paper introduces an auto-stabilized weak Galerkin (WG) finite element method with a built-in stabilizer for Poisson equations. By utilizing bubble functions as a key analytical tool, our method extends to both convex and non-convex…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-08-23 Chunmei Wang