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We propose a new discontinuous Galerkin (dG) method for a geometrically nonlinear Kirchhoff plate model for large isometric bending deformations. The minimization problem is nonconvex due to the isometry constraint. We present a practical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-09-30 Andrea Bonito , Ricardo H. Nochetto , Dimitrios Ntogkas

Representing the electrodynamics of relativistically drifting particle ensembles in discrete, co-propagating Galilean coordinates enables the derivation of a Particle-in-Cell algorithm that is intrinsically free of the Numerical Cherenkov…

The gas-kinetic scheme (GKS) provides high computational efficiency and accuracy for continuum flow simulations but is unable to reliably capture rarefaction effects. In contrast, although the discrete velocity method (DVM) is better suited…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-05-08 Hangkong Wu , Yuze Zhu , Yajun Zhu , Kun Xu

We analyze Galerkin discretizations of a new well-posed mixed space-time variational formulation of parabolic PDEs. For suitable pairs of finite element trial spaces, the resulting Galerkin operators are shown to be uniformly stable. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-02-07 Rob Stevenson , Jan Westerdiep

Symmetry-preserving (mimetic) discretization aims to preserve certain properties of a continuous differential operator in its discrete counterpart. For these discretizations, stability and (discrete) conservation of mass, momentum and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-09-25 B. van 't Hof , M. J. Vuik

We propose a class of conservative discontinuous Galerkin methods for the Vlasov-Poisson system written as a hyperbolic system using Hermite polynomials in the velocity variable. These schemes are designed to be systematically as accurate…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-04-07 Francis Filbet , Tao Xiong

We present a novel Galerkin method for solving partial differential equations on the sphere. The problem is discretized by a highly localized basis which is easily constructed. The stiffness matrix entries are computed by a recently…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-02-17 F. J. Narcowich , Stephen T. Rowe , Joseph D. Ward

A numerical method based on the hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin method in space and backward Euler in time is formulated and analyzed for solving the miscible displacement problem. Under low regularity assumptions, convergence is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-05-19 Keegan L. A. Kirk , Beatrice Riviere

Numerical evidence of non-diffusive transport in three-dimensional, resistive pressure-gradient-driven plasma turbulence is presented. It is shown that the probability density function (pdf) of test particles' radial displacements is…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. del-Castillo-Negrete , B. A. Carreras , V. E. Lynch

In this paper, we present an advanced high-order compact gas-kinetic scheme (CGKS) for 3D unstructured mixed-element meshes, augmented with a geometric multigrid technique to accelerate steady-state convergence. The scheme evolves…

Computational Physics · Physics 2024-02-06 Hongyu Liu , Xing Ji , Yunpeng Mao , Yuan Ding , Kun Xu

In this paper, we propose new geometrically unfitted space-time Finite Element methods for partial differential equations posed on moving domains of higher order accuracy in space and time. As a model problem, the convection-diffusion…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-05-09 Fabian Heimann , Christoph Lehrenfeld , Janosch Preuß

The aim of this work is to introduce and analyze a finite element discontinuous Galerkin method on polygonal meshes for the numerical discretization of acoustic waves propagation through poroelastic materials. Wave propagation is modeled by…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-04-14 Paola F. Antonietti , Michele Botti , Ilario Mazzieri , Simone Nati Poltri

Low density plasmas in curved spacetimes, such as those found in accretion flows around black holes, are challenging to model from first principles, owing to the large scale separation between the characteristic scales of the microscopic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-04-03 Tyler Trent , Karin Roley , Matthew Golden , Dimitrios Psaltis , Feryal Özel

We present an efficient nodal discontinuous Galerkin method for approximating nearly incompressible flows using the Boltzmann equations. The equations are discretized with Hermite polynomials in velocity space yielding a first order…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-05-22 A. Karakus , N. Chalmers , J. S. Hesthaven , T. Warburton

A computationally accurate and efficient numerical method under a unified framework is crucial to various multi-scale scientific and engineering problems. So far, many numerical methods have encountered various challenges in efficiently…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-03-21 Rui Zhang , Sha Liu , Jianfeng Chen , Chengwen Zhong , Congshan Zhuo

In this study, we propose a unified, general framework for the direct discontinuous Galerkin methods. In the new framework, the antiderivative of the nonlinear diffusion matrix is not needed. This allows a simple definition of the numerical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-09-29 Mustafa Engin Danis , Jue Yan

Discontinuous Galerkin (DG) methods are promising high order discretizations for unsteady compressible flows. Here, we focus on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP). These flows are characterized by a fine resolution in $z$-direction and low…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-02 Philipp Birken , Andreas Dedner , Robert Klöfkorn

This work focuses on the conservation of quantities such as Hamiltonians, mass, and momentum when solution fields of partial differential equations are approximated with nonlinear parametrizations such as deep networks. The proposed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-12 Paul Schwerdtner , Philipp Schulze , Jules Berman , Benjamin Peherstorfer

We consider a class of time dependent second order partial differential equations governed by a decaying entropy. The solution usually corresponds to a density distribution, hence positivity (non-negativity) is expected. This class of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-11-28 Zheng Sun , José A. Carrillo , Chi-Wang Shu

We propose a structure-preserving discontinuous Galerkin scheme for the Cahn--Hilliard equations with degenerate mobility based on the Symmetric Weighted Interior Penalty formulation. By evaluating the mobility at cell averages rather than…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-03 Jimmy Kornelije Gunnarsson , Robert Klöfkorn