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We design a virtual element method for the numerical treatment of the two-dimensional parabolic variational inequality problem on unstructured polygonal meshes. Due to the expected low regularity of the exact solution, the virtual element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-06-01 Dibyendu Adak , Gianmarco Manzini , Sundararajan Natarajan

In this paper, we discuss a novel higher-order stabilization-free virtual element method for general second-order elliptic eigenvalue problems. Optimal a priori error estimates are derived for both the approximate eigenspace and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-07 Liangkun Xu , Shixi Wang , Yidu Yang , Hai Bi

The $H^m$-nonconforming virtual elements of any order $k$ on any shape of polytope in $\mathbb R^n$ with constraints $m>n$ and $k\geq m$ are constructed in a universal way. A generalized Green's identity for $H^m$ inner product with $m>n$…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-02-05 Xuehai Huang

In this present paper we consider a full divergence-free of high order virtual finite element algorithm to approximate the stationary inductionless magnetohydrodynamic model on polygonal meshes. More precisely, we choice appropriate virtual…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-10-19 Xianghai Zhou , Haiyan Su

We present and analyze a Virtual Element Method (VEM) of arbitrary polynomial order $k\in\mathbb{N}$ for the Laplace-Beltrami equation on a surface in $\mathbb{R}^3$. The method combines the Surface Finite Element Method (SFEM) [Dziuk,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-01-20 Massimo Frittelli , Ivonne Sgura

We present the construction and application of a first order stabilization-free virtual element method to problems in plane elasticity. Well-posedness and error estimates of the discrete problem are established. The method is assessed on a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-03-17 Alvin Chen , N. Sukumar

The mesh flexibility offered by the virtual element method through the permission of arbitrary element geometries, and the seamless incorporation of `hanging' nodes, has made the method increasingly attractive in the context of adaptive…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-07-19 Daniel van Huyssteen , Felipe Lopez Rivarola , Guillermo Etse , Paul Steinmann

The virtual element method (VEM) is a Galerkin approximation method that extends the finite element method to polytopal meshes. In this paper, we present two different conforming virtual element formulations for the numerical approximation…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-30 Gianmarco Manzini , Annamaria Mazzia

This paper introduces a novel eXtended virtual element method, an extension of the conforming virtual element method. The XVEM is formulated by incorporating appropriate enrichment functions in the local spaces. The method is designed to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-06-19 Jerome Droniou , Gianmarco Manzini , Liam Yemm

One remarkable feature of virtual element methods (VEMs) is their great flexibility and robustness when used on almost arbitrary polytopal meshes. This very feature makes it widely used in both fitted and unfitted mesh methods. Despite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-09 Ruchi Guo

We present an optimization procedure for generic polygonal or polyhedral meshes, tailored for the Virtual Element Method (VEM). Once the local quality of the mesh elements is analyzed through a quality indicator specific to the VEM, groups…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-08 Tommaso Sorgente , Stefano Berrone , Silvia Biasotti , Gianmarco Manzini , Michela Spagnuolo , Fabio Vicini

The present work deals with the formulation of a Virtual Element Method (VEM) for two dimensional structural problems. The contribution is split in two parts: in part I, the elastic problem is discussed, while in part II [3] the method is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-24 Edoardo Artioli , Lourenco Beirao da Veiga , Carlo Lovadina , Elio Sacco

We present a priori and a posteriori error analysis of a Virtual Element Method (VEM) to approximate the vibration frequencies and modes of an elastic solid. We analyze a variational formulation relying only on the solid displacement and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-12-20 David Mora , Gonzalo Rivera

An posteriori error analysis for the virtual element method (VEM) applied to general elliptic problems is presented. The resulting error estimator is of residual-type and applies on very general polygonal/polyhedral meshes. The estimator is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-04-26 Andrea Cangiani , Emmanuil H. Georgoulis , Tristan Pryer , Oliver J. Sutton

We study finite element approximations of second-order elliptic problems with measure-valued right-hand sides supported on lower-dimensional sets. The exact solution generally lacks $H^1$-regularity due to the source singularity, which…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-10 Huadong Gao , Yuhui Huang

An explicit and computable error estimator for the $hp$ version of the virtual element method (VEM), together with lower and upper bounds with respect to the exact energy error, is presented. Such error estimator is employed to provide $hp$…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-06-21 L. Beirão da Veiga , G. Manzini , L. Mascotto

We rewrite the standard nodal virtual element method as a generalised gradient method. This re-formulation allows for computing a reliable and efficient error estimator by locally reconstructing broken fluxes and potentials on elemental…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-18 Théophile Chaumont-Frelet , Joscha Gedicke , Lorenzo Mascotto

In the present paper we initiate the study of $hp$ Virtual Elements. We focus on the case with uniform polynomial degree across the mesh and derive theoretical convergence estimates that are explicit both in the mesh size $h$ and in the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-08-11 L. Beirão da Veiga , A. Chernov , L. Mascotto , A. Russo

In the present contribution we develop a sharper error analysis for the Virtual Element Method, applied to a model elliptic problem, that separates the element boundary and element interior contributions to the error. As a consequence we…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-05-26 L. Beirao da Veiga , G. Vacca

We present a higher order stabilization-free virtual element method applied to plane elasticity problems. We utilize a serendipity approach to reduce the total number of degrees of freedom from the corresponding high-order approximations.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-12-21 Alvin Chen , N. Sukumar