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In this paper we propose a new method to stabilise non-symmetric indefinite problems. The idea is to solve a forward and an adjoint problem simultaneously using a suitable stabilised finite element method. Both stabilisation of the element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-08-05 Erik Burman

A new high-order conservative finite element method for Darcy flow is presented. The key ingredient in the formulation is a volumetric, residual-based, based on Lagrange multipliers in order to impose conservation of mass that does not…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-07-03 Eduardo Abreu , Ciro Diaz , Juan Galvis , Marcus Sarkis

Localized features such as singularities, sharp gradients, discontinuities, and moving sources require adaptive finite element discretizations. Conventional refinement strategies introduce significant computational overhead through…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2026-04-29 Jan Niklas Schmäke , Martin Ruess

We develop a novel Hybrid High-Order method for the simulation of Darcy flows in fractured porous media. The discretization hinges on a mixed formulation in the bulk region and on a primal formulation inside the fracture. Salient features…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-12-01 Florent Chave , Daniele Di Pietro , Luca Formaggia

We address the discretization of two-phase Darcy flows in a fractured and deformable porous medium, including frictional contact between the matrix-fracture interfaces. Fractures are described as a network of planar surfaces leading to the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-01-24 Francesco Bonaldi , Jérôme Droniou , Roland Masson , Antoine Pasteau

This work develops a convergence theory for H(div)-conforming finite element methods applied to the steady Oseen problem, focusing on cases where the exact finite element complex holds while the commuting diagram property may fail. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-01 Jin Zhang , Xiaowei Liu

In this paper, we consider multipoint flux mixed finite element discretizations for slightly compressible Darcy flow in porous media. The methods are formulated on general meshes composed of triangles, quadrilaterals, tetrahedra or…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-11-07 Andrés Arrarás , Laura Portero

We present a finite element scheme for fractional diffusion problems with varying diffusivity and fractional order. We consider a symmetric integral form of these nonlocal equations defined on general geometries and in arbitrary bounded…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-06-28 Wenyu Lei , George Turkiyyah , Omar Knio

This work is motivated by the need to develop efficient tools for uncertainty quantification in subsurface flows associated with radioactive waste disposal studies. We consider single phase flow problems in random porous media described by…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-12-23 Ivan G. Graham , Robert Scheichl , Elisabeth Ullmann

We consider a stabilized finite element method for the Darcy problem on a surface based on the Masud-Hughes formulation. A special feature of the method is that the tangential condition of the velocity field is weakly enforced through the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-11-13 Peter Hansbo , Mats G. Larson

A stable finite element scheme that avoids pressure oscillations for a three-field Biot's model in poroelasticity is considered. The involved variables are the displacements, fluid flux (Darcy velocity), and the pore pressure, and they are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-05-03 Xiaozhe Hu , Carmen Rodrigo , Francisco J. Gaspar , Ludmil T. Zikatanov

We consider a two-phase Darcy flow in a fractured and deformable porous medium for which the fractures are described as a network of planar surfaces leading to so-called hybrid-dimensional models. The fractures are assumed open and filled…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-08-17 Francesco Bonaldi , Konstantin Brenner , Jérôme Droniou , Roland Masson , Antoine Pasteau , Laurent Trenty

In this work, we consider unfitted finite element methods for the numerical approximation of the Stokes problem. It is well-known that this kind of methods lead to arbitrarily ill-conditioned systems. In order to solve this issue, we…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-09-30 Santiago Badia , Alberto F. Martín , Francesc Verdugo

In this paper we propose a nonconforming finite element method for the solution of the ill-posed elliptic Cauchy problem. We prove error estimates using continuous dependence estimates in the $L^2$-norm. The effect of perturbations in data…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-06-18 Erik Burman

In this work, we develop and analyse a novel Hybrid High-Order discretisation of the Brinkman problem. The method hinges on hybrid discrete velocity unknowns at faces and elements and on discontinuous pressures. Based on the discrete…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-09 Lorenzo Botti , Daniele A. Di Pietro , Jérôme Droniou

In this paper, we develop a new multiphysics finite element method for a nonlinear poroelastic model with Hencky-Mises stress tensor. By introducing some new notations, we reformulate the original model into a fluid-fluid coupling problem,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-24 Yanan He , Zhihao Ge

A lack of regularity in the solution of the porous medium equation poses a serious challenge in its theoretical and numerical studies. A common strategy in theoretical studies is to utilize the pressure formulation of the equation where a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-04-20 Cuong Ngo , Weizhang Huang

We introduce the cut finite element method in the language of finite element exterior calculus, by formulating a stabilisation -- for any form degree -- that makes the method robust with respect to the position of the interface relative to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-17 Daniele Di Pietro , Jérôme Droniou , Erik Nilsson

In this article we present a goal-oriented adaptive finite element method for a class of subsurface flow problems in porous media, which exhibit seepage faces. We focus on a representative case of the steady state flows governed by a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-01-12 Ben Ashby , Cassiano Bortolozo , Alex Lukyanov , Tristan Pryer

In this article, we analyse a stabilised equal-order finite element approximation for the Stokes equations on anisotropic meshes. In particular, we allow arbitrary anisotropies in a sub-domain, for example along the boundary of the domain,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-12 Stefan Frei