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In this article, we introduce a new method for discretizing micro-macro models of dilute polymeric fluids by integrating a finite element discretization for the macroscopic fluid dynamic equation with a deterministic variational particle…

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Subsurface flows are commonly modeled by advection-diffusion equations. Insufficient measurements or uncertain material procurement may be accounted for by random coefficients. To represent, for example, transitions in heterogeneous media,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-01-25 Andrea Barth , Andreas Stein

This work examines the distributed optimal control of generalized Oseen equations with non-constant viscosity. We propose and analyze a new conforming augmented mixed finite element method and a Discontinuous Galerkin (DG) method for the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-18 Harpal Singh , Arbaz Khan

The gas-kinetic scheme (GKS) provides high computational efficiency and accuracy for continuum flow simulations but is unable to reliably capture rarefaction effects. In contrast, although the discrete velocity method (DVM) is better suited…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-05-08 Hangkong Wu , Yuze Zhu , Yajun Zhu , Kun Xu

In a recent paper we presented a new ultra efficient numerical method for solving kinetic equations of the Boltzmann type (G. Dimarco, R. Loubere, Towards an ultra efficient kinetic scheme. Part I: basics on the 689 BGK equation, J. Comp.…

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We investigate two-fluid BGK kinetic methods for binary fluids. The developed theory works for asymmetric as well as symmetric systems. For symmetric systems it recovers Sirovich's theory and is summarized in models A and B. For asymmetric…

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Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element (DGFE) methods offer a mathematically beautiful, computationally efficient, and efficiently parallelizable way to solve hyperbolic partial differential equations. These properties make them highly…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-12-12 Jonah M. Miller , Erik Schnetter

We develop and study a time-space discrete discontinuous Galerkin finite elements method to approximate the solution of one-dimensional nonlinear wave equations. We show that the numerical scheme is stable if a nonuniform time mesh is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-04-07 Asma Azaiez , Mondher Benjemaa , Aida Jrajria , Hatem Zaag

This paper is a continuation of our earlier work [Z.L. Guo {\it et al.}, Phys. Rev. E {\bf 88}, 033305 (2013)] where a multiscale numerical scheme based on kinetic model was developed for low speed isothermal flows with arbitrary Knudsen…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-06-22 Zhaoli Guo , Ruijie Wang , Kun Xu

This study introduces the divergence-conforming discontinuous Galerkin finite element method (DGFEM) for numerically approximating optimal control problems with distributed constraints, specifically those governed by stationary generalized…

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The increasing application of cardiorespiratory simulations for diagnosis and surgical planning necessitates the development of computational methods significantly faster than the current technology. To achieve this objective, we leverage…

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This paper is devoted to the study of Bingham flow with variable density. We propose a local bi-viscosity regularization of the stress tensor based on a Huber smoothing step. Next, our computational approach is based on a second-order,…

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We present a robust and accurate numerical method to solve the modified Buckley-Leverett equation in two-phase porous media flow with dynamic capillary pressure effect. A symmetric interior penalty discontinuous Galerkin method is used to…

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Solving the Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook (BGK) equation with a stochastic particle approach enables efficient and flexible simulations of flows in the transition regime, between continuum and free molecular flow. However, the usual first-order…

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We establish a simple, rigorous, and easy to implement connection between the classical continuous finite element method (FEM) and the discontinuous Galerkin (DG) method for Poisson's problem. The key idea is to insert a vanishing-thickness…

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We revisit the classical stability versus accuracy dilemma for the lattice Boltzmann methods (LBM). Our goal is a stable method of second-order accuracy for fluid dynamics based on the lattice Bhatnager--Gross--Krook method (LBGK). The LBGK…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. A. Brownlee , A. N. Gorban , J. Levesley

The Runge--Kutta discontinuous Galerkin (RKDG) method is a high-order technique for addressing hyperbolic conservation laws, which has been refined over recent decades and is effective in handling shock discontinuities. Despite its…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-05-01 Yixiao Wang , Xing Ji , Gang Chen , Kun Xu

This paper analyzes a class of globally divergence-free (and therefore pressure-robust) hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin (HDG) finite element methods for stationary Navier-Stokes equations. The methods use the…

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