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20152023
most citedStochastic Galerkin methods for the steady-state Navier-Stokes equations

27 citations · 123 across the 18 of their papers we have counts for

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20 papers

physics.comp-ph2023

Multilevel Monte Carlo methods for the Grad-Shafranov free boundary problem

Howard C. Elman, Jiaxing Liang, Tonatiuh Sánchez-Vizuet

The equilibrium configuration of a plasma in an axially symmetric reactor is described mathematically by a free boundary problem associated with the celebrated Grad--Shafranov equa…

math.OC2023

An Assessment of the Supremizer and Aggregation Methods of Stabilization for Reduced-Order Models

Kayla D. Davie, Howard C. Elman

We explore the features of two methods of stabilization, aggregation and supremizer methods, for reduced-order modeling of parametrized optimal control problems. In both methods, t…

math.NA2021★ 1 cited

Surrogate Approximation of the Grad-Shafranov Free Boundary Problem via Stochastic Collocation on Sparse Grids

Howard C. Elman, Jiaxing Liang, Tonatiuh Sánchez-Vizuet

In magnetic confinement fusion devices, the equilibrium configuration of a plasma is determined by the balance between the hydrostatic pressure in the fluid and the magnetic forces…

math.NA2021★ 3 cited

On Surrogate Learning for Linear Stability Assessment of Navier-Stokes Equations with Stochastic Viscosity

Bedřich Sousedík, Howard C. Elman, Kookjin Lee +1

We study linear stability of solutions to the Navier\textendash Stokes equations with stochastic viscosity. Specifically, we assume that the viscosity is given in the form of a~sto…

math.NA2021★ 6 cited

Novel Deep neural networks for solving Bayesian statistical inverse

Harbir Antil, Howard C Elman, Akwum Onwunta +1

We consider the simulation of Bayesian statistical inverse problems governed by large-scale linear and nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs). Markov chain Monte Carlo (MC…

math.NA2020

Alternating Energy Minimization Methods for Multi-term Matrix Equations

Kookjin Lee, Howard C. Elman, Catherine E. Powell +1

We develop computational methods for approximating the solution of a linear multi-term matrix equation in low rank. We follow an alternating minimization framework, where the solut…

math.NA2019★ 2 cited

Reduced-order modeling for nonlinear Bayesian statistical inverse problems

Howard C. Elman, Akwum Onwunta

Bayesian statistical inverse problems are often solved with Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC)-type schemes. When the problems are governed by large-scale discrete nonlinear partial d…

math.NA2019★ 6 cited

A Low-rank Solver for the Stochastic Unsteady Navier-Stokes Problem

Howard C. Elman, Tengfei Su

We study a low-rank iterative solver for the unsteady Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible flows with a stochastic viscosity. The equations are discretized using the stochast…

math.NA2018★ 15 cited

Semi-smooth Newton methods for nonlinear complementarity formulation of compositional two-phase flow in porous media

Q. M. Bui, H. C. Elman

Simulating compositional multiphase flow in porous media is a challenging task, especially when phase transition is taken into account. The main problem with phase transition stems…

math.NA2018★ 2 cited

Low-Rank Solution Methods for Stochastic Eigenvalue Problems

Howard C. Elman, Tengfei Su

We study efficient solution methods for stochastic eigenvalue problems arising from discretization of self-adjoint partial differential equations with random data. With the stochas…

math.NA2017★ 13 cited

A Low-rank solver for the Navier--Stokes equations with uncertain viscosity

Kookjin Lee, Howard C. Elman, Bedřich Sousedík

We study an iterative low-rank approximation method for the solution of the steady-state stochastic Navier--Stokes equations with uncertain viscosity. The method is based on linear…

math.NA2017

An adaptive reduced basis collocation method based on PCM ANOVA decomposition for anisotropic stochastic PDEs

Heyrim Cho, Howard C. Elman

The combination of reduced basis and collocation methods enables efficient and accurate evaluation of the solutions to parameterized PDEs. In this paper, we study the stochastic co…

math.NA2017

Collocation Methods for Exploring Perturbations in Linear Stability Analysis

Howard C. Elman, David J. Silvester

Eigenvalue analysis is a well-established tool for stability analysis of dynamical systems. However, there are situations where eigenvalues miss some important features of physical…

math.NA2017

Stochastic Least-Squares Petrov-Galerkin Method for Parameterized Linear Systems

Kookjin Lee, Kevin Carlberg, Howard C. Elman

We consider the numerical solution of parameterized linear systems where the system matrix, the solution, and the right-hand side are parameterized by a set of uncertain input para…

math.NA2016

A Low-Rank Multigrid Method for the Stochastic Steady-State Diffusion Problem

Howard C. Elman, Tengfei Su

We study a multigrid method for solving large linear systems of equations with tensor product structure. Such systems are obtained from stochastic finite element discretization of…

math.NA2016★ 25 cited

Algebraic Multigrid Preconditioners for Multiphase Flow in Porous Media

Quan M. Bui, Howard C. Elman, J. D. Moulton

Multiphase flow is a critical process in a wide range of applications, including carbon sequestration, contaminant remediation, and groundwater management. Typically, this process…

math.NA2016★ 12 cited

Numerical Solution of the Steady-State Navier-Stokes Equations using Empirical Interpolation Methods

Howard C. Elman, Virginia Forstall

Reduced-order modeling is an efficient approach for solving parameterized discrete partial differential equations when the solution is needed at many parameter values. An offline s…

math.NA2016

A Preconditioned Low-Rank Projection Method with a Rank-Reduction Scheme for Stochastic Partial Differential Equations

Kookjin Lee, Howard C. Elman

In this study, we consider the numerical solution of large systems of linear equations obtained from the stochastic Galerkin formulation of stochastic partial differential equation…

math.NA2015★ 11 cited

Inverse subspace iteration for spectral stochastic finite element methods

Bedřich Sousedík, Howard C. Elman

We study random eigenvalue problems in the context of spectral stochastic finite elements. In particular, given a parameter-dependent, symmetric positive-definite matrix operator,…

math.NA2015★ 27 cited

Stochastic Galerkin methods for the steady-state Navier-Stokes equations

Bedřich Sousedík, Howard C. Elman

We study the steady-state Navier-Stokes equations in the context of stochastic finite element discretizations. Specifically, we assume that the viscosity is a random field given in…