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We consider a model Poisson problem in $\R^d$ ($d=2,3$) and establish error estimates for virtual element methods on polygonal or polyhedral meshes that can contain small edges ($d=2$) or small faces ($d=3$).
We present a stabilized, structure-preserving finite element framework for solving the Vlasov-Maxwell equations. The method uses a tensor product of continuous polynomial spaces for the spatial and velocity domains, respectively, to…
A robust $C^0$-continuous nonconforming virtual element method (VEM) is developed for a boundary value problem arising from strain gradient elasticity in two dimensions, with the family of polygonal meshes satisfying a very general…
The present paper is the second part of a twofold work, whose first part is reported in [3], concerning a newly developed Virtual Element Method (VEM) for 2D continuum problems. The first part of the work proposed a study for linear elastic…
This work provides an efficient virtual element scheme for the modeling of nonlinear elastodynamics undergoing large deformations. The virtual element method (VEM) has been applied to various engineering problems such as elasto-plasticity,…
One of the reasons for the success of the finite element method is its versatility to deal with different types of geometries. This is particularly true of problems posed in curved domains of arbitrary shape. In the case of second order…
In this work, we present and analyze a novel stabilized virtual element formulation for the coupled Stokes-Temperature equation on polygonal meshes, employing equal-order element pairs where viscosity depends on temperature. The main…
The use of orthonormal polynomial bases has been found to be efficient in preventing ill-conditioning of the system matrix in the primal formulation of Virtual Element Methods (VEM) for high values of polynomial degree and in presence of…
The paper deals with finite element approximations of elliptic Dirichlet boundary control problems posed on two-dimensional polygonal domains. Error estimates are derived for the approximation of the control and the state variables. Special…
We analyse the p- and hp-versions of the virtual element method (VEM) for the the Stokes problem on a polygonal domain. The key tool in the analysis is the existence of a bijection between Poisson-like and Stokes-like VE spaces for the…
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…
For the solution of 2D exterior Dirichlet Poisson problems we propose the coupling of a Curved Virtual Element Method (CVEM) with a Boundary Element Method (BEM), by using decoupled approximation orders. We provide optimal convergence error…
We consider, as a simple model problem, the application of Virtual Element Methods (VEM) to the linear Magnetostatic three-dimensional problem in the formulation of F. Kikuchi. In doing so, we also introduce new serendipity VEM spaces,…
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…
In the present paper we develop a new family of Virtual Elements for the Stokes problem on polygonal meshes. By a proper choice of the Virtual space of velocities and the associated degrees of freedom, we can guarantee that the final…
This work describes and demonstrates the operation of a virtual X-ray algorithm operating on finite-element post-processing results which allows for higher polynomial orders in geometry representation as well as density distribution. A…
Finite element methods are well-known to admit robust optimal convergence on simplicial meshes satisfying the maximum angle conditions. But how to generalize this condition to polyhedra is unknown in the literature. In this work, we argue…
In this paper we develop an evolution of the $C^1$ virtual elements of minimal degree for the approximation of the Cahn-Hilliard equation. The proposed method has the advantage of being conforming in $H^2$ and making use of a very simple…
In this paper, an enhanced Virtual Element Method (VEM) formulation is proposed for plane elasticity. It is based on the improvement of the strain representation within the element, without altering the degree of the displacement…
We present in a unified framework new conforming and nonconforming Virtual Element Methods (VEM) for general second order elliptic problems in two and three dimensions. The differential operator is split into its symmetric and non-symmetric…