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We consider a stabilized finite element method for the Darcy problem on a surface based on the Masud-Hughes formulation. A special feature of the method is that the tangential condition of the velocity field is weakly enforced through the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-11-13 Peter Hansbo , Mats G. Larson

We consider the mathematical analysis and numerical approximation of a system of nonlinear partial differential equations that arises in models that have relevance to steady isochoric flows of colloidal suspensions. The symmetric velocity…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-08-09 Andrea Bonito , Vivette Girault , Diane Guignard , Kumbakonam R. Rajagopal , Endre Süli

We construct new Crouzeix-Raviart (CR) spaces of even degree $p$ that are spanned by basis functions mimicking those for the odd degree case. Compared to the standard CR gospel, the present construction allows for the use of nested bases of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-29 Andrea Bressan , Lorenzo Mascotto , Marialetizia Mosconi

This paper presents a new finite element (FE) formulation for liquid shells that is based on an explicit, 3D surface discretization using $C^1$-continuous finite elements constructed from NURBS interpolation. Both displacement-based and…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2017-01-04 Roger A. Sauer , Thang X. Duong , Kranthi K. Mandadapu , David J. Steigmann

The velocity solution of the incompressible Stokes equations is not affected by changes of the right hand side data in form of gradient fields. Most mixed methods do not replicate this property in the discrete formulation due to a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-04-09 Thomas Apel , Volker Kempf

In this manuscript, we consider a common modeling framework for Arctic landfast ice based on the work of Lemieux et al. [27], which is designed for use in large-scale climate models. This approach extends the classical viscous-plastic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-28 Felix Brandt , Carolin Mehlmann

In this work, we investigate a nonconforming finite element approximation of phase-field parameterized topology optimization governed by the Stokes flow. The phase field, the velocity field and the pressure field are approximated by…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-09 Bangti Jin , Jing Li , Yifeng Xu , Shengfeng Zhu

This paper presents a non-linear stability analysis for dc-microgrids in both, interconnected mode and island operation with primary control. The proposed analysis is based on the fact that the dynamical model of the grid is a gradient…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-01-07 Alejandro Garces

A stable finite element scheme that avoids pressure oscillations for a three-field Biot's model in poroelasticity is considered. The involved variables are the displacements, fluid flux (Darcy velocity), and the pore pressure, and they are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-05-03 Xiaozhe Hu , Carmen Rodrigo , Francisco J. Gaspar , Ludmil T. Zikatanov

A finite element (FE) discretization for the steady, incompressible, fully inhomogeneous, generalized Navier-Stokes equations is proposed. By the method of divergence reconstruction operators, the formulation is valid for all shear stress…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-08 Alex Kaltenbach , Julius Jeßberger

Space-time finite-element discretizations are well-developed in many areas of science and engineering, but much work remains within the development of specialized solvers for the resulting linear and nonlinear systems. In this work, we…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-05 James Jackaman , Scott MacLachlan

A recent paper [J. A. Evans, D. Kamensky, Y. Bazilevs, "Variational multiscale modeling with discretely divergence-free subscales", Computers & Mathematics with Applications, 80 (2020) 2517-2537] introduced a novel stabilized finite element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-21 Sajje Lee Calfy , John A. Evans , David Kamensky

The Crouzeix-Raviart triangular finite elements are $\inf$-$\sup$ stable for the Stokes equations for any mesh with at least one interior vertex. This result affirms a {\em conjecture of Crouzeix-Falk} from 1989 for $p=3$. Our proof applies…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-02-14 C. Carstensen , S. Sauter

Unstructured grid ocean models are advantageous for simulating the coastal ocean and river-estuary-plume systems. However, unstructured grid models tend to be diffusive and/or computationally expensive which limits their applicability to…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2018-10-31 Tuomas Kärnä , Stephan C. Kramer , Lawrence Mitchell , David A. Ham , Matthew D. Piggott , António M. Baptista

The Scott-Vogelius element is a popular finite element for the discretization of the Stokes equations which enjoys inf-sup stability and gives divergence-free velocity approximation. However, it is well known that the convergence rates for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-03-08 Nis-Erik Bohne , Benedikt Gräßle , Stefan A. Sauter

We study a stationary model of doubly diffusive flows with temperature-dependent viscosity on bounded Lipschitz domains in two and three dimensions. A new well-posedness and regularity analysis of weak solutions under minimal assumptions on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-27 Jai Tushar , Arbaz Khan , Manil T. Mohan

Three algebraically stabilized finite element schemes for discretizing convection-diffusion-reaction equations are studied on adaptively refined grids. These schemes are the algebraic flux correction (AFC) scheme with Kuzmin limiter, the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-15 Abhinav Jha , Volker John , Petr Knobloch

This paper presents a conforming finite element discretization of the streamfunction formulation of the one-layer stationary quasi-geostrophic equations, which are a commonly used model for the large scale wind- driven ocean circulation.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-11-05 Erich L Foster , Traian Iliescu , Zhu Wang

We present a finite element method for Stokes equations using the Crouzeix-Raviart element for the velocity and the continuous linear element for the pressure. We show that the inf-sup condition is satisfied for this pair. Two numerical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-06-16 Bishnu P. Lamichhane

The discrete element method (DEM) can provide detailed descriptions of sea ice dynamics that explicitly model floes and discontinuities in the ice, which can be challenging to represent accurately with current models. However, floe-scale…

Geophysics · Physics 2022-07-13 Brendan West , Devin O'Connor , Matthew Parno , Max Krackow , Chris Polashenski