This article deals with the computational study of the nonlinear Galerkin method, which is the extension of commonly known Faedo-Galerkin method. The weak formulation of the method is derived and applied to the particular ScottWang-Showalter reaction-diffusion model concerning the problem of combustion of hydrocarbon gases. The proof of convergence of the method based on the method of compactne...

In this paper, authors shall introduce a finite element method by using a weakly defined gradient operator over discontinuous functions with heterogeneous properties. The use of weak gradients and their approximations results in a new concept called discrete weak gradients which is expected to play important roles in numerical methods for partial differential equations. This article intends to ...

This paper presents a hybridized formulation for the weak Galerkin finite element method for the biharmonic equation based on the discrete weak Hessian recently proposed by the authors. The hybridized weak Galerkin scheme is based on the use of a Lagrange multiplier defined on the element interfaces. The Lagrange multiplier is verified to provide a numerical approximation for certain derivative...

A stabilized mixed finite element method for finite elasticity is presented. The method circumvents the fulfillment of the Ladyzenskaya-Babuska-Brezzi condition by adding mesh-dependent terms, which are functions of the residuals of the Euler-Lagrange equations, to the usual Galerkin method. The weak form and the linearized weak form are presented in terms of the reference and current configura...

A meshless method based on the local Petrov-Galerkin approach is proposed for solution of static and elastodynamic problems in a homogeneous anisotropic medium. The Heaviside step function is used as the test functions in the local weak form. It is leading to derive local boundary integral equations (LBIEs). For transient elastodynamic problems the Laplace transfor technique is applied and the ...

We propose a nonconforming finite element method for isentropic viscous gas flow in situations where convective effects may be neglected. We approximate the continuity equation by a piecewise constant discontinuous Galerkin method. The velocity (momentum) equation is approximated by a finite element method on div–curl form using the nonconforming Crouzeix– Raviart space. Our main result is that...

The weak Lagrange–Galerkin finite element method for the two-dimensional shallow water equations on adaptive unstructured grids is presented. The equations are written in conservation form and the domains are discretized using triangular elements. Lagrangian methods integrate the governing equations along the characteristic curves, thus being well suited for resolving the non-linearities introd...

Standard low order Lagrangian finite element discretization of boundary value problems for the Helmholtz equation −∆u−ωu = f are afflicted with the so-called pollution phenomenon: though for sufficiently small hω an accurate approximation of u is possible, the Galerkin procedure fails to provide it. Attempts to remedy this have focused on incorporating extra information in the form of plane wav...