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The finite element method (FEM) is a well-established numerical method for solving partial differential equations (PDEs). However, its mesh-based nature gives rise to substantial computational costs, especially for complex multiscale…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-06-24 Weihang Ouyang , Yeonjong Shin , Si-Wei Liu , Lu Lu

We extend the conforming virtual element method to the numerical resolution of eigenvalue problems with potential terms on a polytopal mesh. An important application is that of the Schrodinger equation with a pseudopotential term. This…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-04-04 Ondrej Certik , Francesca Gardini , Gianmarco Manzini , Giuseppe Vacca

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

The Virtual Element Method (VEM) is an extension of the Finite Element Method (FEM) used for handling polytopal meshes. This paper provides a brief introduction to the VEM for a two-dimensional Laplacian problem. Additionally, it highlights…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-10 F. Dassi

The present paper is the second part of a twofold work, whose first part is reported in [3], concerning a newly developed Virtual Element Method (VEM) for 2D continuum problems. The first part of the work proposed a study for linear elastic…

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

In this work we present a novel bulk-surface virtual element method (BSVEM) for the numerical approximation of elliptic bulk-surface partial differential equations (BSPDEs) in three space dimensions. The BSVEM is based on the discretisation…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-05-24 Massimo Frittelli , Anotida Madzvamuse , Ivonne Sgura

The reliable and accurate numerical approximation of the $p$-Laplacian is particularly challenging in the extreme regimes $p \to 1^{+}$ and $p \gg 1$, where the operator becomes either highly singular or strongly degenerate, often causing…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-28 Tianhao Hu , Guanglian Li , Fengru Wang , Yifeng Xu , Zhi Zhou

This paper presents the Virtual Element Method (VEM) for the modeling of crack propagation in 2D within the context of linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM). By exploiting the advantage of mesh flexibility in the VEM, we establish an…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2018-08-02 Vien Minh Nguyen-Thanh , Xiaoying Zhuang , Hung Nguyen-Xuan , Timon Rabczuk , Peter Wriggers

We design an adaptive virtual element method (AVEM) of lowest order over triangular meshes with hanging nodes in 2d, which are treated as polygons. AVEM hinges on the stabilization-free a posteriori error estimators recently derived in [8].…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-02-28 L. Beirão da Veiga , C. Canuto , R. H. Nochetto , G. Vacca , M. Verani

In this paper, we analyze a virtual element method (VEM) for solving a non-selfadjoint fourth-order eigenvalue problem derived from the transmission eigenvalue problem. We write a variational formulation and propose a $C^1$-conforming…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-03-12 David Mora , Iván Velásquez

We consider the discretization of a boundary value problem for a general linear second-order elliptic operator with smooth coefficients using the Virtual Element approach. As in [59] the problem is supposed to have a unique solution, but…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-12-09 L. Beirão da Veiga , F. Brezzi , L. D. Marini , A. Russo

The virtual element method (VEM) is a Galerkin approximation method that extends the finite element method to polytopal meshes. In this paper, we present two different conforming virtual element formulations for the numerical approximation…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-30 Gianmarco Manzini , Annamaria Mazzia

We present a virtual element method (VEM) for the numerical approximation of the electromagnetics subsystem of the resistive magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) model in two spatial dimensions. The major advantages of the virtual element method…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-04-27 S. Naranjo Alvarez , V. A. Bokil , V. Gyrya , G. Manzini

The potential of neural networks (NN) in engineering is rooted in their capacity to understand intricate patterns and complex systems, leveraging their universal nonlinear approximation capabilities and high expressivity. Meanwhile,…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-01-23 Mohammed Abda , Elsa Piollet , Christopher Blake , Frédérick P. Gosselin

Recent developments in mechanical, aerospace, and structural engineering have driven a growing need for efficient ways to model and analyse structures at much larger and more complex scales than before. While established numerical methods…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-29 Rui Wu , Nikola Kovachki , Burigede Liu

An introductory exposition of the virtual element method (VEM) is provided. The intent is to make this method more accessible to those unfamiliar with VEM. Familiarity with the finite element method for solving 2D linear elasticity problems…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-09-25 L. L. Yaw

This paper proposes a virtual element method (VEM) combined with a second-order implicit-explicit scheme based on the scalar auxiliary variable (SAV) method for the incompressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations. We employ the BDF2…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-10-25 Xiaojing Dong , Yunqing Huang , Tianwen Wang

We propose volume-preserving networks (VPNets) for learning unknown source-free dynamical systems using trajectory data. We propose three modules and combine them to obtain two network architectures, coined R-VPNet and LA-VPNet. The…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-06-16 Aiqing Zhu , Beibei Zhu , Jiawei Zhang , Yifa Tang , Jian Liu

In the present paper we describe the computational implementation of some integral terms that arise from mixed virtual element methods (mixed-VEM) in two-dimensional pseudostress-velocity formulations. The implementation presented here…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-12-15 Filánder A. Sequeira , Helen Guillén-Oviedo

A refined a priori error analysis of the lowest order (linear) Virtual Element Method (VEM) is developed for approximating a model two dimensional Poisson problem. A set of new geometric assumptions is proposed on shape regularity of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-25 Shuhao Cao , Long Chen