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This paper is devoted to the construction of finite elements on grids that consist of general quadrilaterals not limited in parallelograms. Two finite elements defined as Ciarlet's triple are established for the $H^1$ and $H(\rm rot)$…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-06-25 Qimeng Quan , Xia Ji , Shuo Zhang

This article introduces continuous $H^2$-nonconforming finite elements in two and three space dimensions which satisfy a strong discrete Miranda--Talenti inequality in the sense that the global $L^2$ norm of the piecewise Hessian is bounded…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-07-02 Dietmar Gallistl , Shudan Tian

Robust mixed finite element methods are developed for a quad-curl singular perturbation problem. Lower order H(grad curl)-nonconforming but H(curl)-conforming finite elements are constructed, which are extended to nonconforming finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-06-24 Xuehai Huang , Chao Zhang

This paper constructs a unified family of nonconforming finite element spaces for $H\Lambda^k$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$ ($0\leqslant k\leqslant n$, $n\geqslant 1$). The spaces employ piecewise Whitney forms as shape functions, and include the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-22 Shuo Zhang

We investigate numerical solutions of high order curl problems with various formulations and finite elements. We show that several classical conforming finite elements lead to spurious solutions, while mixed formulations with finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-11-12 Kaibo Hu , Qian Zhang , Jiayu Han , Lixiu Wang , Zhimin Zhang

We extend the basic idea of Serendipity Virtual Elements from the previous case (by the same authors) of nodal ($H^1$-conforming) elements, to a more general framework. Then we apply the general strategy to the case of $H(div)$ and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-06-06 L. Beirao da Veiga , F. Brezzi , L. D. Marini , A. Russo

A unified construction of $H(\textrm{div})$-conforming finite element tensors, including vector element, symmetric matrix element, traceless matrix element, and, in general, tensors with linear constraints, is developed in this work. It is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-09-04 Long Chen , Xuehai Huang

We construct conforming finite elements for the spaces $H(\text{sym}\,\text{Curl})$ and $H(\text{dev}\,\text{sym}\,\text{Curl})$. Those are spaces of matrix-valued functions with symmetric or deviatoric-symmetric $\text{Curl}$ in a Lebesgue…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-06-21 Oliver Sander

In this paper, the authors devise a new discretization scheme for div-curl systems defined in connected domains with heterogeneous media by using the weak Galerkin finite element method. Two types of boundary value problems are considered…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-01-20 Chunmei Wang , Junping Wang

This paper presents a novel approach to the construction of the lowest order $H(\mathrm{curl})$ and $H(\mathrm{div})$ exponentially-fitted finite element spaces ${\mathcal{S}_{1^-}^{k}}~(k=1,2)$ on 3D simplicial mesh for corresponding…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-08-16 Jindong Wang , Shuonan Wu

Two nonconforming finite element Stokes complexes starting from the conforming Lagrange element and ending with the nonconforming $P_1$-$P_0$ element for the Stokes equation in three dimensions are constructed. And commutative diagrams are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-09-01 Xuehai Huang

We develop a finite element discretization for the weakly symmetric equations of linear elasticity on tetrahedral meshes. The finite element combines, for $r \geq 0$, discontinuous polynomials of $r$ for the displacement,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-02-09 Tobin Isaac

In this paper, we construct discrete versions of some Bernstein-Gelfand-Gelfand (BGG) complexes, i.e., the Hessian and the divdiv complexes, on triangulations in 2D and 3D. The sequences consist of finite elements with local polynomial…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-11-28 Kaibo Hu , Ting Lin , Qian Zhang

In this paper, we discuss how to efficiently evaluate and assemble general finite element variational forms on H(div) and H(curl). The proposed strategy relies on a decomposition of the element tensor into a precomputable reference tensor…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-05-15 Marie Rognes , Robert C. Kirby , Anders Logg

In [24], we proposed H(curl^2)-conforming elements on both a triangle and a rectangle. This family of elements provides a brand new method to solve the quad-curl problem in 2 dimensions. In this paper, we turn our focus to 3 dimensions and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-10-05 Qian Zhang , Zhimin Zhang

We propose a finite element discretisation approach for the incompressible Euler equations which mimics their geometric structure and their variational derivation. In particular, we derive a finite element method that arises from a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-10-17 Andrea Natale , Colin J. Cotter

This study investigates high-order face and edge elements in finite element methods, with a focus on their geometric attributes, indexing management, and practical application. The exposition begins by a geometric decomposition of Lagrange…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-05-09 Chunyu Chen , Long Chen , Xuehai Huang , Huayi Wei

This article deals with solving partial differential equations with the finite element method on hybrid non-conforming hexahedral-tetrahedral meshes. By non-conforming, we mean that a quadrangular face of a hexahedron can be connected to…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2016-05-10 Maxence Reberol , Bruno Lévy

We introduce a new family of discontinuous Galerkin (DG) finite element schemes for the discretization of first order systems of hyperbolic partial differential equations (PDE) on unstructured simplex meshes in two and three space…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-20 R. Abgrall , M. Dumbser , P. H. Maire

In this paper we study semi-discrete and fully discrete evolving surface finite element schemes for the Cahn-Hilliard equation with a logarithmic potential. Specifically we consider linear finite elements discretising space and backward…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-11 Charles M. Elliott , Thomas Sales