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In this work a novel method for the analysis with trimmed CAD surfaces is presented. The method involves an additional mapping step and the attraction stems from its sim- plicity and ease of implementation into existing Finite Element (FEM)…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2015-01-28 Gernot Beer , Benjamin Marussig , Jürgen Zechner

In this article, we have considered a nonlinear nonlocal time dependent fourth order equation demonstrating the deformation of a thin and narrow rectangular plate. We propose $C^1$ conforming virtual element method (VEM) of arbitrary order,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-02-08 D. Adak , D. Mora , S. Natarajan

In this paper, we employ the techniques developed for second order operators to obtain the new estimates of Virtual Element Method for fourth order operators. The analysis is based on elements with proper shape regularity. Estimates for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-17 Qingguang Guan

In this paper, we propose an eXtended Virtual Element Method (X-VEM) for two-dimensional linear elastic fracture. This approach, which is an extension of the standard Virtual Element Method (VEM), facilitates mesh-independent modeling of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-02-02 Elena Benvenuti , Andrea Chiozzi , Gianmarco Manzini , N. Sukumar

We explore the potential applications of virtual elements for solving the Sobolev equation with a convective term. A conforming virtual element method is employed for spatial discretization, while an implicit Euler scheme is used to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-05 Ankit Kumar , Sarvesh Kumar , Sangita Yadav

We consider the approximation of the 2D frictionless contact problem in elasticity using the Virtual Element Methods (VEMs). To overcome the volumetric locking phenomenon in the nearly incompressible case, we adopt a mixed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-07 C. Lovadina , L. Molinari

The third medium contact has been proven to be an effective approach for simulating contact problems involving large deformations. Unlike traditional contact algorithms, the third medium contact introduces a third medium between two…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-05 Bing-Bing Xu , Peter Wriggers

Polytopal methods provide a flexible framework for the numerical approximation of partial differential equations on general meshes. Their convergence analysis raises specific challenges due to their inherently non-conforming nature and, in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-25 Lourenço Beirão da Veiga , Daniele Antonio Di Pietro , Jérôme Droniou

This short note reports a new derivation of the optimal order of the a priori error estimates for conforming virtual element methods (VEM) on 3D polyhedral meshes based on an error equation. The geometric assumptions, which are necessary…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-03 Shuhao Cao , Long Chen , Frank Lin

We propose new strategies to handle polygonal grids refinement based on Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs). We show that CNNs can be successfully employed to identify correctly the "shape" of a polygonal element so as to design suitable…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-02-28 P. F. Antonietti , E. Manuzzi

This paper presents two approaches: the virtual element method (VEM) and the stabilization-free virtual element method (SFVEM) for analyzing thermomechanical behavior in electronic packaging structures with geometric multi-scale features.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-29 Yanpeng Gong , Sishuai Li , Fei Qin , Bingbing Xu

This paper presents a new technique for the virtual reality (VR) visu-alization of complex volume images obtained from computer tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) by combining three-dimensional (3D) mesh processing and…

Multimedia · Computer Science 2023-05-02 Iva Vasic , Roberto Pierdicca , Emanuele Frontoni , Bata Vasic

In this thesis a rendering system and an accompanying tool chain for Virtual Texturing is presented. Our tools allow to automatically retexture existing geometry in order to apply unique texturing on each face. Furthermore we investigate…

Graphics · Computer Science 2010-05-19 Andreas Neu

A novel boundary element method (BEM) removes the classical dependence on explicit fundamental solutions and extends quasi-optimal BEM discretisations to strongly elliptic operators with variable coefficients. The approach constructs a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-22 Benedikt Gräßle , Stefan A. Sauter

In this work, we analyse a simplified frictional contact problem and its variational formulation that has a form of the elliptic variational inequality of the second kind. For this problem, we consider a numerical approximation based on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-12-27 Krzysztof Bartosz , Pawel Szafraniec

This paper devises a novel lowest-order conforming virtual element method (VEM) for planar linear elasticity with the pure displacement/traction boundary condition. The main trick is to view a generic polygon $K$ as a new one…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-01-13 Jianguo Huang , Sen Lin , Yue Yu

In this paper we analyze a conforming virtual element method to approximate the eigenfunctions and eigenvalues of the two dimensional Oseen eigenvalue problem. We consider the classic velocity-pressure formulation which allows us to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-05-24 Danilo Amigo , Felipe Lepe , Nitesh Verma

In this paper we develop a $C^0$-conforming virtual element method (VEM) for a class of second-order quasilinear elliptic PDEs in two dimensions. We present a posteriori error analysis for this problem and derive a residual based error…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-09-27 Scott Congreve , Alice Hodson

We present two a posteriori error estimators for the virtual element method (VEM) based on global and local flux reconstruction in the spirit of [5]. The proposed error estimators are reliable and efficient for the $h$-, $p$-, and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-14 F. Dassi , J. Gedicke , L. Mascotto

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,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-02-28 Alessio Fumagalli , Anna Scotti , Luca Formaggia