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A refined a priori error analysis of the lowest order (linear) Virtual Element Method (VEM) is developed for approximating a model two dimensional Poisson problem. A set of new geometric assumptions is proposed on shape regularity of…
In this paper, we propose and analyze a mixed virtual element method for the approximation of the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of the two-dimensional elasticity eigenvalue problem. Under standard assumptions on polygonal meshes, we prove…
Virtual element methods is a new promising finite element methods using general polygonal meshes. Its optimal a priori error estimates are well established in the literature. In this paper, we take a different viewpoint. We try to uncover…
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…
In this work, we introduce a new Hybrid High-Order method for the numerical simulation of fracture propagation based on phase-field models. The proposed method supports general meshes made of polygonal/polyhedral elements, which provides…
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…
The numerical simulation of physical processes in the underground frequently entails challenges related to the geometry and/or data. The former are mainly due to the shape of sedimentary layers and the presence of fractures and faults,…
The Virtual Element Method (VEM) is a Galerkin approximation method that extends the Finite Element Method (FEM) to polytopal meshes. In this paper, we present a conforming formulation that generalizes the Scott-Vogelius finite element…
We extend the conforming virtual element method to the numerical resolution of eigenvalue problems with potential terms on a polytopal mesh. An important application is that of the Schrodinger equation with a pseudopotential term. This…
In this paper, we employ the linear virtual element spaces to discretize the semilinear sine-Gordon equation in two dimensions. The salient features of the virtual element method (VEM) are: (a) it does not require explicit form of the shape…
In this work, we try to address the challenging problem of dimple detection and segmentation in Titanium alloys using machine learning methods, especially neural networks. The images i.e. fractographs are obtained using a Scanning Election…
Polytopal Element Methods (PEM) allow to solve differential equations on general polygonal and polyhedral grids, potentially offering great flexibility to mesh generation algorithms. Differently from classical finite element methods, where…
We investigate the performance of algebraic multigrid methods for the solution of the linear system of equations arising from a Virtual Element discretization. We provide numerical experiments on very general polygonal meshes for a model…
The accuracy of finite element solutions is closely tied to the mesh quality. In particular, geometrically nonlinear problems involving large and strongly localized deformations often result in prohibitively large element distortions. In…
The modeling of large deformation fracture mechanics has been a challenging problem regarding the accuracy of numerical methods and their ability to deal with considerable changes in deformations of meshes where having the presence of…
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…
Prefracture method is a practical implementation for real-time object destruction that is hardly achievable within performance constraints, but can produce unrealistic results due to its heuristic nature. To mitigate it, we approach the…
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…
We consider the discretization of a boundary value problem for a general linear second-order elliptic operator with smooth coefficients using the Virtual Element approach. As in [59] the problem is supposed to have a unique solution, but…
In this paper we study the use of Virtual Element method for geomechanics. Our emphasis is on applications to reservoir simulations. The physical processes that form the reservoirs, such as sedimentation, erosion and faulting, lead to…