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This work proposes a superconvergent hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin (HDG) method for the approximation of the Cauchy formulation of the Stokes equation using same degree of polynomials for the primal and mixed variables. The novel…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-08-16 Matteo Giacomini , Alexandros Karkoulias , Ruben Sevilla , Antonio Huerta

We study an optimization problem that aims to determine the shape of an obstacle that is submerged in a fluid governed by the Stokes equations. The mentioned flow takes place in a channel, which motivated the imposition of a Poiseuille-like…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-08-13 John Sebastian H. Simon , Hirofumi Notsu

We consider the inhomogeneous div-curl system (i.e.\ to find a vector field with prescribed div and curl) in a bounded star-shaped domain in $\mathbb{R}^3$. An explicit general solution is given in terms of classical integral operators,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-10-15 Briceyda B. Delgado , R. Michael Porter

We develop a finite element discretization for the weakly symmetric equations of linear elasticity on tetrahedral meshes. The finite element combines, for $r \geq 0$, discontinuous polynomials of $r$ for the displacement,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-02-09 Tobin Isaac

Matrix-free finite element implementations for large applications provide an attractive alternative to standard sparse matrix data formats due to the significantly reduced memory consumption. Here, we show that they are also competitive…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2020-03-19 Daniel Drzisga , Ulrich Rüde , Barbara Wohlmuth

This paper develops divergence-free mixed finite element methods for the Stokes equation. Using H(div)-conforming velocities and discontinuous pressures ensures the inf-sup condition for the velocity--pressure pair and yields pointwise…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-17 Long Chen , Xuehai Huang , Chao Zhang , Xinyue Zhao

We propose a novel Structure-Preserving Discontinuous Galerkin (SPDG) operator that recovers at the discrete level the algebraic property related to the divergence of the curl of a vector field, which is typically referred to as div-curl…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-04-26 Walter Boscheri , Giacomo Dimarco , Lorenzo Pareschi

The virtual element method (VEM) allows discretization of the problem domain with polygons in 2D. The polygons can have an arbitrary number of sides and can be concave or convex. These features, among others, are attractive for meshing…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-06 L. L. Yaw

We present the Neural Approximated Virtual Element Method to numerically solve elasticity problems. This hybrid technique combines classical concepts from the Finite Element Method and the Virtual Element Method with recent advances in deep…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-09 Stefano Berrone , Moreno Pintore , Gioana Teora

Electrokinetic phenomena in nanopore sensors and microfluidic devices require accurate simulation of coupled fluid-electrostatic interactions in geometrically complex domains with irregular boundaries and adaptive mesh refinement. We…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-19 Sudheer Mishra , Sundararajan Natarajan , E. Natarajan , Gianmarco Manzini

In this paper, we first construct a nonconforming finite element pair for the incompressible Stokes problem on quadrilateral grids, and then construct a discrete Stokes complex associated with that finite element pair. The finite element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-10-18 Shuo Zhang

The nonconforming Morley-type virtual element method for the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations formulated in terms of the stream-function on simply connected polygonal domains (not necessarily convex) is designed. A rigorous analysis…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-12-06 D. Adak , D. Mora , A. Silgado

We present and analyze a new embedded--hybridized discontinuous Galerkin finite element method for the Stokes problem. The method has the attractive properties of full hybridized methods, namely an $H({\rm div})$-conforming velocity field,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-07-06 Sander Rhebergen , Garth N. Wells

In this paper we propose a novel arbitrary high order accurate semi-implicit space-time DG method for the solution of the three-dimensional incompressible Navier-Stokes equations on staggered unstructured curved tetrahedral meshes. As…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-06-22 Maurizio Tavelli , Michael Dumbser

This work develops optimal preconditioners for the discrete H(curl) and H(div) problems on two-dimensional surfaces by nodal auxiliary space preconditioning [R. Hiptmair, J. Xu: SIAM J. Numer. Anal. \textbf{45}, 2483-2509 (2007)]. In…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-24 Yuwen Li

A family of Virtual Element Methods for the 2D Navier-Stokes equations is proposed and analysed. The schemes provide a discrete velocity field which is point-wise divergence-free. A rigorous error analysis is developed, showing that the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-03-07 L. Beirão da Veiga , C. Lovadina , G. Vacca

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

It is well known that the solution of topology optimization problems may be affected both by the geometric properties of the computational mesh, which can steer the minimization process towards local (and non-physical) minima, and by the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-12-28 Paola F. Antonietti , Matteo Bruggi , Simone Scacchi , Marco Verani

In this work, we develop a fully implicit Hybrid High-Order algorithm for the Cahn-Hilliard problem in mixed form. The space discretization hinges on local reconstruction operators from hybrid polynomial unknowns at elements and faces. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-07-01 Florent Chave , Daniele A. Di Pietro , Fabien Marche , Franck Pigeonneau

We prove that the minimizer in the N\'ed\'elec polynomial space of some degree p > 0 of a discrete minimization problem performs as well as the continuous minimizer in H(curl), up to a constant that is independent of the polynomial degree…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-06-03 Théophile Chaumont-Frelet , Alexandre Ern , Martin Vohralík