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We present in a unified framework new conforming and nonconforming Virtual Element Methods (VEM) for general second order elliptic problems in two and three dimensions. The differential operator is split into its symmetric and non-symmetric…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-07-14 Andrea Cangiani , Gianmarco Manzini , Oliver J. Sutton

Virtual element methods (VEMs) without extrinsic stabilization in arbitrary degree of polynomial are developed for second order elliptic problems, including a nonconforming VEM and a conforming VEM in arbitrary dimension. The key is to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-09-25 Chunyu Chen , Xuehai Huang , Huayi Wei

In this paper we analyze a virtual element method for the two dimensional elasticity spectral problem allowing small edges. Under this approach, and with the aid of the theory of compact operators, we prove convergence of the proposed VEM…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-03-02 Danilo Amigo , Felipe Lepe , Gonzalo Rivera

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

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

In this work, we propose an extension of the mixed Virtual Element Method (VEM) for bi-dimensional computational grids with curvilinear edge elements. The approximation by means of rectilinear edges of a domain with curvilinear geometrical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-09-01 Franco Dassi , Alessio Fumagalli , Davide Losapio , Stefano Scialò , Anna Scotti , Giuseppe Vacca

We present the non-conforming Virtual Element Method (VEM) for the numerical approximation of velocity and pressure in the steady Stokes problem. The pressure is approximated using discontinuous piecewise polynomials, while each component…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-09-07 Andrea Cangiani , Vitaliy Gyrya , Gianmarco Manzini

In this paper, we study applications of the virtual element method (VEM) for simulating the deformation of multiphase composites. The VEM is a Galerkin approach that is applicable to meshes that consist of arbitrarily-shaped polygonal and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-04-29 N. Sukumar , John E. Bolander

Meshing complex engineering domains is a challenging task. Arbitrary polyhedral meshes can provide the much needed flexibility in automated discretization of such domains. The geometric property of the polyhedral meshes such as the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-07-22 Arun L. Gain , Glaucio H. Paulino , Leonardo Duarte , Ivan F. M. Menezes

This work provides an efficient virtual element scheme for the modeling of nonlinear elastodynamics undergoing large deformations. The virtual element method (VEM) has been applied to various engineering problems such as elasto-plasticity,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-02-10 M. Cihan , F. Aldakheel , B. Hudobivnik , P. Wriggers

In this letter we compare the behaviour of standard Virtual Element Methods (VEM) and stabilization free Enlarged Enhancement Virtual Element Methods (E$^2$VEM) with the focus on some elliptic test problems whose solution and diffusivity…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-02-18 Stefano Berrone , Andrea Borio , Francesca Marcon

A robust $C^0$-continuous nonconforming virtual element method (VEM) is developed for a boundary value problem arising from strain gradient elasticity in two dimensions, with the family of polygonal meshes satisfying a very general…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-24 Jianguo Huang , Yue Yu

The aim of this paper is to develop a virtual element method (VEM) for the vibration problem of thin plates on polygonal meshes. We consider a variational formulation relying only on the transverse displacement of the plate and propose an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-03-14 David Mora , Gonzalo Rivera , Iván Velásquez

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…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-03-02 Danilo Amigo , Felipe Lepe , Gonzalo Rivera

This article presents a priori error estimates of the miscible displacement of one incompressible fluid by another through a porous medium characterized by a coupled system of nonlinear elliptic and parabolic equations. The study utilizes…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-04 Sarvesh Kumar , Devika Shylaja

The realization of a standard Adaptive Finite Element Method (AFEM) preserves the mesh conformity by performing a completion step in the refinement loop: in addition to elements marked for refinement due to their contribution to the global…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-02-15 Claudio Canuto , Davide Fassino

This work presents a study on the computational homogenization of electro-magneto-mechanically coupled problems through the Virtual Element Method (VEM). VE-approaches have great potential for the homogenization of the physical properties…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2021-04-07 Christoph Böhm , Blaž Hudobivnik , Michele Marino , Peter Wriggers

We analyse the nonconforming Virtual Element Method (VEM) for the approximation of elliptic eigenvalue problems. The nonconforming VEM allow to treat in the same formulation the two- and three-dimensional case.We present two possible…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-02-09 Francesca Gardini , Gianmarco Manzini , Giuseppe Vacca

This work studies the approximation of plane problems concerning transversely isotropic elasticity, using a low-order Virtual Element Method (VEM), with a focus on near-incompressibility and near-inextensibility. Additionally, both…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-03-06 D. van Huyssteen , B. D. Reddy

In this paper, we propose a robust low-order stabilization-free virtual element method on quadrilateral meshes for linear elasticity that is based on the stress-hybrid principle. We refer to this approach as the Stress-Hybrid Virtual…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-11-28 Alvin Chen , N. Sukumar