A natural language framework for non-conforming hybrid polytopal methods in Gridap.jl

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Auteurs principaux: Manyer, Jordi, Tushar, Jai, Badia, Santiago
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author Manyer, Jordi
Tushar, Jai
Badia, Santiago
author_facet Manyer, Jordi
Tushar, Jai
Badia, Santiago
contents Hybrid finite element methods such as hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin, hybrid high-order and weak Galerkin have emerged as powerful techniques for solving partial differential equations on general polytopal meshes. Despite their diverse mathematical origins, these methods share a common computational structure involving hybrid discrete spaces, local projection operators and static condensation. This work presents a comprehensive framework for implementing such methods within the Gridap finite element library. We introduce new abstractions for polytopal mesh representation using graph-based structures, broken polynomial spaces on arbitrary mesh entities, patch-based local assembly for cell-wise linear systems, high-level local operator construction and automated static condensation. These abstractions enable concise implementations of hybrid methods while maintaining computational efficiency through Julia's just-in-time compilation and Gridap's lazy evaluation strategies. We demonstrate the framework through implementations of several non-conforming polytopal methods for the Poisson problem, linear elasticity, incompressible Stokes flow and optimal control on polytopal meshes.
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spellingShingle A natural language framework for non-conforming hybrid polytopal methods in Gridap.jl
Manyer, Jordi
Tushar, Jai
Badia, Santiago
Mathematical Software
Numerical Analysis
68-04 (Primary) 65Y15, 65N30 (Secondary)
G.4; G.1.8
Hybrid finite element methods such as hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin, hybrid high-order and weak Galerkin have emerged as powerful techniques for solving partial differential equations on general polytopal meshes. Despite their diverse mathematical origins, these methods share a common computational structure involving hybrid discrete spaces, local projection operators and static condensation. This work presents a comprehensive framework for implementing such methods within the Gridap finite element library. We introduce new abstractions for polytopal mesh representation using graph-based structures, broken polynomial spaces on arbitrary mesh entities, patch-based local assembly for cell-wise linear systems, high-level local operator construction and automated static condensation. These abstractions enable concise implementations of hybrid methods while maintaining computational efficiency through Julia's just-in-time compilation and Gridap's lazy evaluation strategies. We demonstrate the framework through implementations of several non-conforming polytopal methods for the Poisson problem, linear elasticity, incompressible Stokes flow and optimal control on polytopal meshes.
title A natural language framework for non-conforming hybrid polytopal methods in Gridap.jl
topic Mathematical Software
Numerical Analysis
68-04 (Primary) 65Y15, 65N30 (Secondary)
G.4; G.1.8
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.00880