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The proximal Galerkin (PG) method is a finite element method for solving variational problems with inequality constraints. It has several advantages, including constraint-preserving approximations and mesh independence. This paper presents…

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A new weak Galerkin (WG) finite element method is introduced and analyzed in this paper for the biharmonic equation in its primary form. This method is highly robust and flexible in the element construction by using discontinuous piecewise…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-03-06 Lin Mu , Junping Wang , Xiu Ye

We introduce a new numerical method for solving time-harmonic Maxwell's equations via the modified weak Galerkin technique. The inter-element functions of the weak Galerkin finite elements are replaced by the average of the two…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-08-08 Chunmei Wang , Xiu Ye , Shangyou Zhang

Element Method. The Finite Volume Method guarantees local and global mass conservation. A property not satisfied by the Finite Volume Method. On the down side, the Finite Volume Method requires non trivial modifications to attain high order…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-01-12 Danalie Azofeifa , Miguel Angel Moreles , Federico Angel Velazquez-Muñoz

This paper is concerned with finite element approximations of $W^{2,p}$ strong solutions of second-order linear elliptic partial differential equations (PDEs) in non-divergence form with continuous coefficients. A nonstandard (primal)…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-05-13 Xiaobing Feng , Lauren Hennings , Michael Neilan

We propose a Discontinuous Galerkin method for the Poisson equation on polygonal tessellations in two dimensions, stabilized by penalizing, locally in each element $K$, a residual term involving the fluxes, measured in the norm of the dual…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-03-11 Silvia Bertoluzza , Daniele Prada

This paper focuses on interior penalty discontinuous Galerkin methods for second order elliptic equations on very general polygonal or polyhedral meshes. The mesh can be composed of any polygons or polyhedra which satisfies certain shape…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-10-17 Mu Lin , Junping Wang , Yanqiu Wang , Xiu Ye

A stabilizing/penalty term is often used in finite element methods with discontinuous approximations to enforce connection of discontinuous functions across element boundaries. Removing stabilizers from discontinuous finite element methods…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-07-15 Xiu Ye , Shangyou Zhang

A Galerkin finite element method for the membrane elasticity problem on a meshed surface is constructed by using two-dimensional elements extended into three dimensions. The membrane finite element model is established using the intrinsic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-03-16 Peter Hansbo , Mats G. Larson

The weak Galerkin (WG) finite element method is an effective and flexible general numerical techniques for solving partial differential equations. A simple weak Galerkin finite element method is introduced for second order elliptic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-04-24 Ahmed Al-Taweel , Xiaoshen Wang , Xiu Ye , Shangyou Zhang

We introduce a new weak Galerkin finite element method whose weak functions on interior neighboring edges are double-valued for parabolic problems. Based on $(P_k(T), P_{k}(e), RT_k(T))$ element, a fully discrete approach is formulated with…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-12-04 Wenya Qi

The novel idea of weak Galerkin (WG) finite element methods is on the use of weak functions and their weak derivatives defined as distributions. Weak functions and weak derivatives can be approximated by polynomials with various degrees.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-04-25 Lin Mu , Junping Wang , Xiu Ye

We present a general framework to compute upper and lower bounds for linear-functional outputs of the exact solutions of the Poisson equation based on reconstructions of the field variable and flux for both the primal and adjoint problems.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-09-22 Nuria Pares , Ngoc-Cuong Nguyen , Pedro Diez , Jaume Peraire

The standard in rod finite element formulations is the Bubnov-Galerkin projection method, where the test functions arise from a consistent variation of the ansatz functions. This approach becomes increasingly complex when highly nonlinear…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-07-12 Simon R. Eugster , Jonas Harsch

This paper is concerned with the development of weak Galerkin (WG) finite element method for optimal control problems governed by second order elliptic partial differential equations (PDEs). It is advantageous to use discontinuous finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-03 Chunmei Wang , Junping Wang , Shangyou Zhang

The weak Galerkin (WG) finite element method is an effective and flexible general numerical technique for solving partial differential equations. It is a natural extension of the classic conforming finite element method for discontinuous…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-04-29 Xiu Ye , 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

We consider a system of second order non-linear elliptic partial differential equations that models the equilibrium configurations of a two dimensional planar bistable nematic liquid crystal device. Discontinuous Galerkin finite element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-05-29 Ruma Rani Maity , Apala Majumdar , Neela Nataraj

In this paper, we consider the extension of the finite element exterior calculus from elliptic problems, in which the Hodge Laplacian is an appropriate model problem, to parabolic problems, for which we take the Hodge heat equation as our…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-11-13 Douglas N. Arnold , Hongtao Chen

Hybrid finite element methods such as hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin, hybrid high-order and weak Galerkin have emerged as powerful techniques for solving partial differential equations on general polytopal meshes. Despite their diverse…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Jordi Manyer , Jai Tushar , Santiago Badia