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The lowest-order Neural Approximated Virtual Element Method on polygonal elements is proposed here. This method employs a neural network to locally approximate the Virtual Element basis functions, thereby eliminating issues concerning…
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 $hp$…
The choice of stabilization term is a critical component of the virtual element method (VEM). However, the theory of VEM provides only asymptotic guidance for selecting the stabilization term, which ensures convergence as the mesh size…
We propose and analyze an $H^2$-conforming Virtual Element Method (VEM) for the simplest linear elliptic PDEs in nondivergence form with Cordes coefficients. The VEM hinges on a hierarchical construction valid for any dimension $d \ge 2$.…
A family of quadratic finite volume method (FVM) schemes are constructed and analyzed over tetrahedral meshes. In order to prove stability and error estimate, we propose the minimum V-angle condition on tetrahedral meshes, and the surface…
The purpose of the present paper is to develop $C^1$ Virtual Elements in three dimensions for linear elliptic fourth order problems, motivated by the difficulties that standard conforming Finite Elements encounter in this framework. We…
We design the conforming virtual element method for the numerical approximation of the two dimensional elastodynamics problem. We prove stability and convergence of the semi-discrete approximation and derive optimal error estimates under…
We introduce and analyse the first order Enlarged Enhancement Virtual Element Method (E$^2$VEM) for the Poisson problem. The method allows the definition of bilinear forms that do not require a stabilization term, thanks to the exploitation…
In this paper we analyze a virtual element method for the two dimensional elasticity problem allowing small edges. With this approach, the classic assumptions on the geometrical features of the polygonal meshes can be relaxed. In…
We numerically validate the Virtual Element Method of order k for general second order elliptic problems with variable coefficients in three dimensions. Moreover, we investigate numerically also the Serendipity version of the VEM (in three…
We present a virtual element method (VEM) for the numerical approximation of the electromagnetics subsystem of the resistive magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) model in two spatial dimensions. The major advantages of the virtual element method…
This work presents a Virtual Element Method (VEM) formulation tailored for two-dimensional axisymmetric problems in linear elasticity. By exploiting the rotational symmetry of the geometry and loading conditions, the problem is reduced to a…
In this paper, we develop a high-order adaptive virtual element method (VEM) to simulate the self-consistent field theory (SCFT) model in arbitrary domains. The VEM is very flexible in handling general polygon elements and can treat hanging…
This work concerns adaptive refinement procedures for meshes of polygonal virtual elements. Specifically, refinement procedures previously proposed by the authors for structured meshes are generalized for the challenging case of arbitrary…
In this paper we propose and analyze a virtual element method to approximate the natural frequencies of the acoustic eigenvalue problem with polygonal meshes that allow the presence of small edges. With the aid of a suitable seminorm that…
In this paper, we analyze a virtual element method (VEM) for solving a non-selfadjoint fourth-order eigenvalue problem derived from the transmission eigenvalue problem. We write a variational formulation and propose a $C^1$-conforming…
The Virtual Element Method (VEM) is a very effective framework to design numerical approximations with high global regularity to the solutions of elliptic partial differential equations. In this paper, we review the construction of such…
We develop a numerical assessment of the Virtual Element Method for the discretization of a diffusion-reaction model problem, for higher "polynomial" order k and three space dimensions. Although the main focus of the present study is to…
We analyse the nonconforming Virtual Element Method (VEM) for the approximation of elliptic eigenvalue problems. The nonconforming VEM allow to treat in the same formulation the two- and three-dimensional case.We present two possible…
This paper addresses the problem of evaluating the quality of finite element meshes for the purpose of structural mechanic simulations. It proposes the application of a machine learning model trained on data collected from expert…