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In this paper we introduce an abstract setting for the convergence analysis of the virtual element approximation of an acoustic vibration problem. We discuss the effect of the stabilization parameters and remark that in some cases it is…
A numerical study of tetrahedral Raviart-Thomas mixed finite element methods is presented in the solution of model second order boundary value problems posed in a curved spatial domain. An emphasis is given to the case where normal fluxes…
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…
In many applications the accurate representation of the computational domain is a key factor to obtain reliable and effective numerical solutions. Curved interfaces, which might be internal, related to physical data, or portions of the…
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…
We consider the primal and dual forms of the optimality conditions for PDE-contrained optimization problems arising in Data-Driven Computational Mechanics when specialized to the reaction-diffusion context. Starting with the continuous…
In this paper we analyze a virtual element method for the two dimensional elasticity problem allowing small edges. With this approach, the classic assumptions on the geometrical features of the polygonal meshes can be relaxed. In…
In this work we construct a low-order nonconforming approximation method for linear elasticity problems supporting general meshes and valid in two and three space dimensions. The method is obtained by hacking the Hybrid High-Order method,…
The maximum norm error estimations for virtual element methods are studied. To establish the error estimations, we prove higher local regularity based on delicate analysis of Green's functions and high-order local error estimations for the…
We propose a high-order adaptive numerical solver for the semilinear elliptic boundary value problem modelling magnetic plasma equilibrium in axisymmetric confinement devices. In the fixed boundary case, the equation is posed on curved…
In this paper we present a unified framework for constructing spectrally equivalent low-order-refined discretizations for the high-order finite element de Rham complex. This theory covers diffusion problems in $H^1$, $H({\rm curl})$, and…
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…
This article presents a superconvergence for the gradient approximation of the second order elliptic equation discretized by the weak Galerkin finite element methods on nonuniform rectangular partitions. The result shows a convergence of…
Non divergence-free discretisations for the incompressible Stokes problem may suffer from a lack of pressure-robustness characterised by large discretisations errors due to irrotational forces in the momentum balance. This paper argues that…
We revisit the cell-based smoothed finite element method (SFEM) for quadrilateral elements and extend it to arbitrary polygons and polyhedrons in 2D and 3D, respectively. We highlight the similarity between the SFEM and the virtual element…
We present the construction and application of a first order stabilization-free virtual element method to problems in plane elasticity. Well-posedness and error estimates of the discrete problem are established. The method is assessed on a…
In this paper we introduce a mixed virtual element method to approximate the solution for the two dimensional generalized Oseen problem. We introduce the pseudostress as an additional unknown, which allows to eliminate the pressure from the…
The present paper has two objectives. On one side, we develop and test numerically divergence free Virtual Elements in three dimensions, for variable ``polynomial'' order. These are the natural extension of the two-dimensional divergence…
In this paper, the adaptive numerical solution of a 2D Poisson model problem by Crouzeix-Raviart elements ($\operatorname*{CR}_{k}$ $\operatorname*{FEM}$) of arbitrary odd degree $k\geq1$ is investigated. The analysis is based on an…
We study the discretisation of a uniaxial (rank-one) reduction of the Oldroyd-B model for dilute polymer solutions, in which the conformation tensor is represented as $\sig = \vec b \otimes \vec b$. Building on structural analogies with…