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We present a space-time virtual element method for the discretization of the heat equation, which is defined on general prismatic meshes and variable degrees of accuracy. Strategies to handle efficiently the space-time mesh structure are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-11-13 Sergio Gómez , Lorenzo Mascotto , Ilaria Perugia

The Poisson-Boltzmann equation (PBE) models the electrostatic interactions of charged bodies such as molecules and proteins in an electrolyte solvent. The PBE is a challenging equation to solve numerically due to the presence of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-07-17 Jehanzeb H. Chaudhry

An posteriori error analysis for the virtual element method (VEM) applied to general elliptic problems is presented. The resulting error estimator is of residual-type and applies on very general polygonal/polyhedral meshes. The estimator is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-04-26 Andrea Cangiani , Emmanuil H. Georgoulis , Tristan Pryer , Oliver J. Sutton

Some error analysis on virtual element methods including inverse inequalities, norm equivalence, and interpolation error estimates are presented for polygonal meshes which admits a virtual quasi-uniform triangulation.

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-09-08 Long Chen , Jianguo Huang

The present work deals with the formulation of a Virtual Element Method (VEM) for two dimensional structural problems. The contribution is split in two parts: in part I, the elastic problem is discussed, while in part II [3] the method is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-24 Edoardo Artioli , Lourenco Beirao da Veiga , Carlo Lovadina , Elio Sacco

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…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-06-16 L. Beirão da Veiga , F. Dassi , A. Russo

In this paper, we propose and analyse a numerical method to solve 2D Dirichlet time-harmonic elastic wave equations. The procedure is based on the decoupling of the elastic vector field into scalar Pressure ($P$-) and Shear ($S$-) waves via…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-03-21 Silvia Falletta , Matteo Ferrari , Letizia Scuderi

We present a Virtual Element Method (VEM) for the solution of Dirichlet problems for the quasilinear equation $-\text{div} (k(u)\text{grad} u)=f$ with essential boundary conditions. Within the VEM the nonlinear coefficient is evaluated with…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-05-28 Andrea Cangiani , Panagiotis Chatzipantelidis , Ganesh Diwan , Emmanuil H. Georgoulis

In an error estimation of finite element solutions to the Poisson equation, we usually impose the shape regularity assumption on the meshes to be used. In this paper, we show that even if the shape regularity condition is violated, the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-08-19 Kenta Kobayashi , Takuya Tsuchiya

The Virtual Element Method is well suited to the formulation of arbitrarily regular Galerkin approximations of elliptic partial differential equations of order $2p_1$, for any integer $p_1\geq 1$. In fact, the virtual element paradigm…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-04-09 Paola Francesca Antonietti , Gianmarco Manzini , Simone Scacchi , Marco Verani

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…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-06-19 Alexey Chernov , Carlo Marcati , Lorenzo Mascotto

In this paper we construct conforming Virtual Element approximations on domains with curved boundary and/or internal curved interfaces, both in two and three dimensions. Our approach allows to impose both Dirichlet and Neumann…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-30 Daniele Prada , Franco Brezzi , L. Donatella Marini

This paper presents stochastic virtual element methods for propagating uncertainty in linear elastic stochastic problems. We first derive stochastic virtual element equations for 2D and 3D linear elastic problems that may involve…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-11-01 Zhibao Zheng , Udo Nackenhorst

We develop and analyse residual-based a posteriori error estimates for the virtual element discretisation of a nonlinear stress-assisted diffusion problem in two and three dimensions. The model problem involves a two-way coupling between…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-26 Franco Dassi , Rekha Khot , Andres E. Rubiano , Ricardo Ruiz-Baier

In this paper, we discuss a novel higher-order stabilization-free virtual element method for general second-order elliptic eigenvalue problems. Optimal a priori error estimates are derived for both the approximate eigenspace and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-07 Liangkun Xu , Shixi Wang , Yidu Yang , Hai Bi

We propose, analyze and implement a virtual element discretization for an interfacial poroelasticity-elasticity consolidation problem. The formulation of the time-dependent poroelasticity equations uses displacement, fluid pressure, and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-06-07 Sarvesh Kumar , David Mora , Ricardo Ruiz-Baier , Nitesh Verma

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

This paper focuses on the analysis of conforming virtual element methods for general second-order linear elliptic problems with rough source terms and applies it to a Poisson inverse source problem with rough measurements. For the forward…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-02-20 Rekha Khot , Neela Nataraj , Nitesh Verma

The Poisson-Boltzmann equation is widely used to model molecular electrostatics; however, it is usually solved in linearised form because the sinh nonlinearity is challenging, limiting its applicability in highly charged systems such as…

Computational Physics · Physics 2026-04-20 Mauricio Guerrero-Montero , Michal Bosy , Christopher D. Cooper

We present an a posteriori error analysis for the mixed virtual element method (mixed VEM) applied to second order elliptic equations in divergence form with mixed boundary conditions. The resulting error estimator is of residual-type. It…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-04-24 Andrea Cangiani , Mauricio Munar