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Vincent Legat

Professeur ordinaire

SST/EPL Louvain School of Engineering (EPL)

SST/IMMC Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering (iMMC)

SST/ICTM Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Electronics and Applied Mathematics (ICTEAM)

SST/IMMC/MEMA Applied mechanics and mathematics (MEMA)

2025
Journal article

Lambrechts, J., Legat, V., Remacle, J.-F., Thomas Leyssens, Henry, M., & et al. (2025). A coupled PFEM-DEM model for fluid-granular flows with free surface dynamics applied to landslides. Journal of Computational Physics, 537(114082), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2025.114082 (Original work published 2025)


Henry, M., Coppin, N., Dorbolo, S., Legat, V., & Lambrechts, J. (2025). Multiscale FEM-DEM model for spontaneous droplet digging in a hot granular bed. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 241, 126755. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2025.126755 (Original work published 2025)


Ishimwe, A., Deleersnijder, E., Legat, V., & Lambrechts, J. (2025). A multi-scale IMEX second order Runge-Kutta method for 3D hydrodynamic ocean models. Journal of Computational Physics: X, 520, 113482. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2024.113482 (Original work published 2025)


Leyssens, T., Henry, M., Lambrechts, J., Legat, V., & Remacle, J.-F. (2025). A coupled PFEM-DEM model for fluid-granular flows with free surface dynamics applied to landslides. Journal of Computational Physics, 537, 114082. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2025.114082 (Original work published 2025)


2024
Journal article

Lambrechts, J., Legat, V., Remacle, J.-F., Leyssens, T., Henry, M., & et al. (2024). A Delaunay refinement algorithm for the particle finite element method applied to free surface flows. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. Accepted/in-press. https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.7554 (Original work published 2024)


De Le Court, M., Legat, V., & Lambrechts, J. (2024). Ocean Models, But What If We Made Them 100× Faster?


Conference paper

De Le Court, M., Lambrechts, J., Legat, V., & Hanert, E. (2024). Assessing the performances of SLIM3D for multi-GPU simulations. IMUM24 - Book of Abstracts. Published. 21st International Workshop on Multi-scale Unstructured mesh numerical Modeling (IMUM), Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium).


Book chapter

Draoui, I., Lambrechts, J., Legat, V., & Deleersnijder, E. (2024). The discontinuous Galerkin method for river-delta continuum by means of a coupled 1D-2D shallow water model. In Collectif (ed.), River Flow 2022 (p. p. 137-145). Taylor & Francis, CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003323037-19


2023
Journal article

De Le Court, M., Lambrechts, J., & Legat, V. (2023). Accelerating 2D and 3D Ocean models with the Discontinuous Galerkin Method and GPU Computing. Computational methods in marine engineering. Published. https://doi.org/10.23967/marine.2023.065 (Original work published 2023)


De Le Court, M., Legat, V., & Lambrechts, J. (2023). Ocean models, but what if we made them 100x faster?


Ishimwe, A., Deleersnijder, E., Legat, V., & Lambrechts, J. (2023). A split-explicit second order Runge–Kutta method for solving 3D hydrodynamic equations. Ocean Modelling, 186(186), 102273. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2023.102273 (Original work published 2023)


Coppin, N., Henry, M., Cabrera, M., Azéma, E., Dubois, F., Legat, V., & Lambrechts, J. (2023). Collapse dynamics of two-dimensional dry and immersed granular columns of elongated grains. Physical Review Fluids, 8(9), 94303. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.8.094303 (Original work published 2023)


2022
Conference paper

Ishimwe, A. P., Lambrechts, J., Legat, V., & Deleersnijder, E. (2022). A split-explicit Runge-Kutta method for 3D hydrodynamic equations for coastal applications. EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna.


Draoui, I., Lambrechts, J., Legat, V., & Deleersnijder, E. (2022). The discontinuous Galerkin method for coupling a 1D river model to a 2D shallow water one. EGU22, Vienna.


Journal article

Coppin, N., Constant, M., Lambrechts, J., Dubois, F., & Legat, V. (2022). Numerical analysis of the drag on a rigid body in an immersed granular flow. Computational Particle Mechanics, 9, 393-406. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40571-021-00418-w (Original work published 2022)


Fedoseev, P., Karimov, A., Legat, V., & Butusov, D. (2022). Preference and Stability Regions for Semi-Implicit Composition Schemes. Mathematics, 10(22)(10.3390/math10224327), 4327. https://doi.org/10.3390/math10224327 (Original work published 2022)


Beuken, L., Cheffert, O., Tutueva, A., Butusov, D., & Legat, V. (2022). Numerical Stability and Performance of Semi-Explicit and Semi-Implicit Predictor–Corrector Methods. Mathematics, 10(12), 2015. https://doi.org/10.3390/math10122015 (Original work published 2022)


2021
Journal article

Constant, M., Coppin, N., Dubois, F., Artoni, R., Lambrechts, J., & Legat, V. (2021). Numerical investigation of the density sorting of grains using water jigging. Powder Technology, 393(1), 705-721. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2021.07.036 (Original work published 2021)


2020
Conference paper

Draoui, I., Lambrechts, J., Legat, V., Soares Frazao, S., Hoitink, T. (A. J. F. )., & Deleersnijder, E. (2020). Discontinuous Galerkin method for 1D river flows. In Uijttewaal et a. (Eds) (ed.), River Flow 2020 (Taylor & Francis Group, p. p. 1-8). Taylor & Francis Group.


Journal article

Van Achter, G., Ponsoni, L., Massonnet, F., Fichefet, T., & Legat, V. (2020). Brief communication: Arctic sea ice thickness internal variability and its changes under historical and anthropogenic forcing. The Cryosphere, 14(10), 3479-3486. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3479-2020 (Original work published 2020)


Deleersnijder, E., Draoui, I., Lambrechts, J., Legat, V., & Mouchet Anne. (2020). Consistent boundary conditions for age calculations. Water, 12, 1274. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12051274 (Original work published 2020)


Constant, M., Coppin, N., Dubois, F., Vidal, V., Legat, V., & Lambrechts, J. (2020). Simulation of air invasion in immersed granular beds with an unresolved FEM–DEM model. Computational Particle Mechanics, 8, 535-560. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40571-020-00351-4 (Original work published 2021)


2019
Conference paper

Constant, M., Artoni, R., Dubois, F., Lambrechts, J., & Legat, V. (2019). Sorting grains by successive depositions computed using an unresolved FEM-DEM multiscale model. Particles 2019, Barcelona, Spain.


Coppin, N., Constant, M., Legat, V., Lambrechts, J., & Dubois, F. (2019). Validation du frottement dans un modèle multi-échelles d’écoulements granulaires immergés en vue de l’étude numérique de la traînée. 14ème colloque national en calcul des structures, Presqu’île de Giens, France.


Constant, M., Vidal, V., Dubois, F., Lambrechts, J., Legat, V., & et al. (2019). Approche multi-échelles pour simuler l’injection d’air au sein de matrices granulaires immergées. 14ème Colloque National en Calcul des Structures, Presqu’île de Giens (Var).


Journal article

Constant, M., Dubois, F., Lambrechts, J., & Legat, V. (2019). Implementation of an unresolved stabilised FEM-DEM model to solve immersed granular flows. Computational Particle Mechanics, 6(2), 213-226. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40571-018-0209-4 (Original work published 2019)


2018
Conference paper

MATA Pablo, Delandmeter, P., Lambrechts, J., Deleersnijder, E., & Legat, V. (2018). Numerical study of the hydrodynamics of a marine water body in Western Patagonia. ECCM-ECFD Conference 2018, Glasgow, UK.


Legat, V., Constant, M., Lambrechts, J., & Frédéric Dubois. (2018). A New FEM/DEM Multiscale Model to Solve Immersed Granular Flows Based on Suspension Drops Simulations. 13th World Congress in Computational Mechanics, New York, United States.


Journal article

Delandmeter, P., Lambrechts, J., Legat, V., Vallaeys, V., Naithani, J., Thiery, W., Remacle, J.-F., & Deleersnijder, E. (2018). A fully consistent and conservative vertically adaptive coordinate system for SLIM 3D v0.4 with an application to the thermocline oscillations of Lake Tanganyika. Geoscientific Model Development, 11(3), 1161-1179. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-1161-2018 (Original work published 2018)


2017
Conference paper

Constant, M., Dubois, F., Lambrechts, J., & Legat, V. (2017). An hybrid multiscale model for immersed granular flows. EPJ Web of Conferences, 140, 9-21. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201714009021 (Original work published 2017)


Constant, M., Dubois, F., Lambrechts, J., & Legat, V. (2017). An hybrid multiscale model for immersed granular flows. Particles 2017, Hannover (Germany).


Delandmeter, P., Lambrechts, J., Vallaeys, V., Naithani, J., Remacle, J.-F., Legat, V., & Deleersnijder, E. (2017). Modelling the oscillations of the thermocline in a lake by means of a fully consistent and conservative 3D finite-element model with a vertically adaptive mesh. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2017, Vienna (Austria).


Journal article

Delandmeter, P., Lambrechts, J., Marmorino, G. O., Legat, V., Wolanski, E., Chen, W., Remacle, J.-F., & Deleersnijder, E. (2017). Submesoscale tidal eddies in the wake of coral islands and reefs: satellite data and numerical modelling. Ocean Dynamics : theoretical, computational oceanography and monitoring, 67(7), 897-913. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10236-017-1066-z (Original work published 2017)


2016
Conference paper

Delandmeter, P., Chen, W., Deleersnijder, E., Lambrechts, J., Legat, V., Remacle, J.-F., Wolanski, E., & Marmorino, G. (2016). Comparison of a satellite-derived high-resolution current map and numerical modelling of submesoscale eddies in a shallow-water domain. ECSA56 - Coastal Systems in Transition, Bremen, Germany.


Delandmeter, P., Lambrechts, J., Remacle, J.-F., Legat, V., & Deleersnijder, E. (2016). An adaptive vertical coordinate system for a coastal flows discontinuous Galerkin finite element model. Joint Numerical Sea Modelling Group Conference (JONSMOD 2016), Oslo.


Delandmeter, P., Chen W., Deleersnijder, E., Lambrechts, J., Legat, V., Remacle, J.-F., Marmorino, G., & Wolanski, E. (2016). Comparison of a satellite-derived high-resolution current map and numerical modelling of submesoscale eddies in a shallow-water domain. 48th International Liege Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics Submesoscale Processes: Mechanisms, Implications and new Frontiers, Liège.


2015
Conference paper

Delandmeter, P., Lambrechts, J., Remacle, J.-F., Legat, V., Wolanski, E., & Deleersnijder, E. (2015). Influence of the vertical discretisation of SLIM 3D on a river plume modelling. IMUM 2015 - 14th International workshop on Multi-scale (Un)-structured mesh numerical Modeling for coastal, shelf, and global ocean dynamics., Portland, Oregon, USA.


Delandmeter, P., Lambrechts, J., Lewis, S., Legat, V., Deleersnijder, E., Wolanski, E., & et al. (2015). 3D modelling of the transport and fate of riverine fine sediment exported to a semi-enclosed system. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2015 (EGU 2015), Vienne (Autriche).


Journal article

Delandmeter, P., Lewis, S. E., Lambrechts, J., Deleersnijder, E., Legat, V., & Wolanski, E. (2015). The transport and fate of riverine fine sediment exported to a semi-open system. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 167, 336-346. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2015.10.011 (Original work published 2015)


2014
Journal article

Seny, B., Lambrechts, J., Toulorge, T., Legat, V., & Remacle, J.-F. (2014). An efficient parallel implementation of explicit multirate Runge–Kutta schemes for discontinuous Galerkin computations. Journal of Computational Physics, 256(1), 135-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2013.07.041 (Original work published 2014)


Conference paper

Delandmeter, P., Wolanski, E., Lambrechts, J., Legat, V., Lewis, S., Deleersnijder, E., & et al. (2014). A 3D baroclinic model of the Burdekin River Plume. 13th International Workshop on Multiscale (Un)-structured mesh numerical ocean modeling (IMUM 2014), Lisbonne (Portugal).


Delandmeter, P., Lambrechts, J., Wolanski, E., Legat, V., Deleersnijder, E., & et al. (2014). A 3D baroclinic model of the Burdekin River Plume. Joint Numerical Sea Modelling Group Conference (JONSMOD 2014), Bruxelles (Belgique).


2013
Journal article

Bouillon, S., Fichefet, T., Madec, G., & Legat, V. (2013). The elastic–viscous–plastic method revisited. Ocean Modelling, 71, 2-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2013.05.013 (Original work published 2013)


Seny, B., Lambrechts, J., Comblen, R., Legat, V., & Remacle, J.-F. (2013). Multirate time stepping for accelerating explicit discontinuous Galerkin computations with application to geophysical flows. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 71(1), 41-64. https://doi.org/10.1002/fld.3646 (Original work published 2013)


Gourgue, O., Baeyens, W., Chen, M., Debrauwere, A., de Brye, B., Deleersnijder, E., Elskens, M., & Legat, V. (2013). A depth-averaged two-dimensional sediment transport model for environmental studies in the Scheldt Estuary and tidal river network. Journal of Marine Systems, 128, 27-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2013.03.014 (Original work published 2013)


Kärnä, T., Legat, V., & Deleersnijder, E. (2013). A baroclinic discontinuous Galerkin finite element model for coastal flows. Ocean Modelling, 61(61), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2012.09.009 (Original work published 2013)


Conference paper

Seny, B., Lambrechts, J., Legat, V., & Remacle, J.-F. (2013). Recent progresses in the development of a parallel multirate strategy for ocean modeling. The 12th International workshop on Multi-scale (Un)-structured mesh numerical Modeling for coastal, shelf, and global ocean dynamics, Austin, Texas, USA.


Gourgue, O., Baeyens, W., Chen, M., Debrauwere, A., de Brye, B., Deleersnijder, E., Elskens, M., & Legat, V. (2013). A depth-averaged sediment transport model for environmental studies in the Scheldt Estuary and tidal river network. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.


Lambrechts, J., Toulorge, T., Remacle, J.-F., & Legat, V. (2013). Generation of Provably Correct Curvilinear Meshes. SIAM Conference on Mathematical & Computational Issues in the Geosciences, Padova, Italy.


Seny, B. (2013). An Efficient Parallel Implementation of Multirate Schemes for Ocean Modeling. 2013 SIAM Conference on Mathematical and Computational Issues in the Geosciences, Padoue, Italie.


Delandmeter, P., Lambrechts, J., Remacle, J.-F., Deleersnijder, E., Legat, V., & et al. (2013). SLIM, A Baroclinic Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Model for Marine Flows. Mathematical and Computational Issues in the Geosciences (SIAM GS13), Padoue (Italie).


Seny, B., Lambrechts, J., Legat, V., & Remacle, J.-F. (2013). Development of a parallel third order explicit multirate scheme. YIC2013 Second ECCOMAS Young Investigators Conference, Bordeaux.


2012
Conference paper

Melchior, S., Legat, V., & Van Dooren, P. (2012). Multimesh H2-optimal model reduction for discretized PDEs. In A. Cangiani, R.L. Davidchack, E.H. Georgoulis, A. Gorban, J. Levesley and M.V. Tretyakov (eds) (ed.), Numerical Mathematics and Advanced Applications 2011. Springer.


Seny, B., & Remacle, J.-F. (2012). Efficient Time Steppers for Ocean Modeling. 10th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM 2012), São Paulo, Brésil.


Seny, B., Gourgue, O., Lambrechts, J., Legat, V., & Remacle, J.-F. (2012). A Parallel Multirate Model of the Scheldt Estuary. 11th International Workshop on Multi-scale (Un)-structured mesh numerical Modelling for coastal, shelf and global ocean dynamics (IMUM2012), Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands.


Journal article

Melchior, S., Legat, V., Van Dooren, P., & Wathen, A. J. (2012). Analysis of preconditioned iterative solvers for incompressible flow problems. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 68, 269-286. https://doi.org/10.1002/fld.2505 (Original work published 2012)


Kärnä, T., Legat, V., Deleersnijder, E., & Burchard, H. (2012). Coupling of a discontinuous Galerkin finite element marine model with a finite difference turbulence closure model. Ocean Modelling, 47, 55-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2012.01.001 (Original work published 2012)


2011
Journal article

Kärnä, T., de Brye, B., Gourgue, O., Lambrechts, J., Comblen, R., Legat, V., & Deleersnijder, E. (2011). A fully implicit wetting-drying method for DG-FEM shallow water models, with an application to the Scheldt Estuary. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 200, 509-524. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2010.07.001 (Original work published 2011)


Lietaer, O., Deleersnijder, E., Fichefet, T., Vancoppenolle, M., Comblen, R., Bouillon, S., & Legat, V. (2011). The vertical age profile in sea ice: Theory and numerical results. Ocean Modelling, 40(3-4), 211-226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2011.09.002 (Original work published 2011)


Samaey, G., Lelièvre, T., & Legat, V. (2011). A numerical closure approach for kinetic models of polymeric fluids: Exploring closure relations for FENE dumbbells. Computers & Fluids, 43(1), 119-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2010.06.023 (Original work published 2011)


Girard, L., Bouillon, S., Weiss, J., Amitrano, D., Fichefet, T., & Legat, V. (2011). A new modeling framework for sea-ice mechanics based on elasto-brittle rheology. Annals of Glaciology, 52(57), 123-132. https://doi.org/10.3189/172756411795931499 (Original work published 2011)


Conference paper

Gourgue, O., Debrauwere, A., de Brye, B., Deleersnijder, E., & Legat, V. (2011). A depth-averaged fine sediment transport model for environmental studies in the Scheldt Estuary (Northwestern Europe). 3rd International Workshop on Modeling the Ocean, Qingdao, China.


Seny, B., Lambrechts, J., Legat, V., & Remacle, J.-F. (2011). Efficient Parallel Multirate Time Stepping with Application to the World Ocean. Advanced COmputational Methods in ENgineering, Liège, Belgium.


Seny, B., Lambrechts, J., Legat, V., & Remacle, J.-F. (2011). Efficient parallel multirate time stepping for accelerating explicit discontinuous Galerkin computations. 11th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Minneapolis, MN, USA.


Seny, B., Lambrechts, J., Legat, V., & Remacle, J.-F. (2011). An efficient parallel multirate model of the Great Barrier Reef. 3rd International Workshop on Modeling the Ocean, Qingdao, China.


Book chapter

Gourgue, O., Deleersnijder, E., Legat, V., Marchal, E., & White, L. (2011). Free and forced thermocline oscillations in Lake Tanganyika. In P. Alpert and T. Sholokhman Cambridge University Press (ed.), The Factor Separation Method in the Atmosphere: Applications and Future Prospects. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511921414.011


2010
Conference paper

Bouillon, S., Lietaer, O., Fichefet, T., & Legat, V. (2010). Three applications of the finite element Louvain-la-Neuve sea ice model (FELIM) : On the sphere, in the Canadian Artic Archipelago and with a moving grid. Belgian IPY Symposium, The Contribution of Belgian Research to the Achievements of the International Polar Year 2007-2009, The Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium, Belgian National Committee on Antartic Research, Palace of the Academies, Brussels, Belgium.


Seny, B., Lambrechts, J., Comblen, R., Legat, V., & Remacle, J.-F. (2010). Multirate time stepping methods for accelerating explicit discontinuous Galerkin computations. 9th International workshop on Multiscale (Un)-structured mesh numerical Modeling for coastal, shelf, and global ocean dynamics, Cambridge, MA, USA.


Gourgue, O., Lambrechts, J., Deleersnijder, E., Legat, V., & Wolanski, E. (2010). A fine sediment module for the two-dimensional component of SLIM. 9th International workshop on Multiscale (Un)-structured mesh numerical Modeling for coastal, shelf, and global ocean dynamics, Cambridge, MA, USA.


Lietaer, O., Deleersnijder, E., Fichefet, T., Vancoppenolle, M., Comblen, R., Bouillon, S., & Legat, V. (2010). SLIM: A finite-element, unstructured-mesh model forsimulating thermodynamic and dynamic sea-ice processes. : Application: the theory of the sea-ice age. Belgian IPY Symposium. The Contribution of Belgian Research to the Achievements of the International Polar Year 2007-2009, Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van Belgie voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten, pp. 24-26, Brussels.


Journal article

Blaise, S., Comblen, R., Legat, V., Remacle, J.-F., Deleersnijder, E., & Lambrechts, J. (2010). A discontinuous finite element baroclinic marine model on unstructured prismatic meshes : Part I: space discretization. Ocean Dynamics : theoretical, computational oceanography and monitoring, 6, 1371-1393. (Original work published 2010)


Comblen, R., Blaise, S., Legat, V., Remacle, J.-F., Deleersnijder, E., & Lambrechts, J. (2010). A discontinuous finite element baroclinic marine model on unstructured prismatic meshes : Part II: implicit/explicit time discretization. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 60, 1395-1414. (Original work published 2010)


Comblen, R., Lambrechts, J., Remacle, J.-F., & Legat, V. (2010). Practical evaluation of five partly discontinuous finite element pairs for the non-conservative shallow water equations. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 63(6), 701-724. https://doi.org/10.1002/fld.2094 (Original work published 2010)


2009
Journal article

Bouillon, S., Maqueda, M. A. M., Legat, V., & Fichefet, T. (2009). An elastic-viscous-plastic sea ice model formulated on Arakawa B and C grids. Ocean Modelling, 27(3-4), 174-184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2009.01.004 (Original work published 2009)


Gourgue, O., Comblen, R., Lambrechts, J., Kärnä, T., Legat, V., & Deleersnijder, E. (2009). A flux-limiting wetting-drying method for finite-element shallow-water models, with application to the Scheldt Estuary. Advances in Water Resources, 32(12), 1726-1739. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2009.09.005 (Original work published 2009)


Comblen, R., Legrand, S., Deleersnijder, E., & Legat, V. (2009). A finite element method for solving the shallow water equations on the sphere. Ocean Modelling, 28(1-3), 12-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2008.05.004 (Original work published 2009)


Bernard, P.-E., Remacle, J.-F., & Legat, V. (2009). Boundary discretization for high-order discontinuous Galerkin computations of tidal flows around shallow water islands. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 59(5), 535-557. https://doi.org/10.1002/fld.1831 (Original work published 2009)


Bernard, P.-E., Remacle, J.-F., Comblen, R., Legat, V., & Hillewaert, K. (2009). High-order discontinuous Galerkin schemes on general 2D manifolds applied to the shallow water equations. Journal of Computational Physics, 228(17), 6514-6535. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2009.05.046 (Original work published 2009)


Bernard, P.-E., Remacle, J.-F., & Legat, V. (2009). Modal analysis on unstructured meshes of the dispersion properties of the P-1(NC)-P-1 pair. Ocean Modelling, 28(1-3), 2-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2008.03.005 (Original work published 2009)


Conference paper

Blaise, S., Comblen, R., Lambrechts, J., Legat, V., Deleersnijder, E., & Remacle, J.-F. (2009). Design and preliminary validation of a three-dimensional, baroclinic, unstructured-mesh, finite-element ocean model. 8th World Congress on Computational Mechanics and 5th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Science and Engineering, Venise.


Blaise, S., Comblen, R., Legat, V., Remacle, J.-F., Deleersnijder, E., & Lambrechts, J. (2009). Development and validation of a discontinuous Galerkin baroclinic ocean model. 8th International Workshop on Unstructured Mesh Numerical Modelling of Coastal, Shelf and Ocean Flows, Louvain-la-Neuve.


2008
Journal article

White, L., Deleersnijder, E., & Legat, V. (2008). A three-dimensional unstructured mesh finite element shallow-water model, with application to the flows around an island and in a wind-driven, elongated basin. Ocean Modelling, 22(1-2), 26-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2008.01.001 (Original work published 2008)


Bernard, P.-E., Deleersnijder, E., Legat, V., & Remacle, J.-F. (2008). Dispersion analysis of discontinuous Galerkin schemes applied to Poincare, Kelvin and Rossby waves. Journal of Scientific Computing, 34(1), 26-47. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10915-007-9156-6 (Original work published 2008)


Lambrechts, J., Comblen, R., Legat, V., Geuzaine, C., & Remacle, J.-F. (2008). Multiscale mesh generation on the sphere. Ocean Dynamics, 58(5-6), 461-473. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10236-008-0148-3 (Original work published 2008)


Lambrechts, J., Hanert, E., Deleersnijder, E., Bernard, P.-E., Legat, V., Remacle, J.-F., & Wolanski, E. (2008). A multi-scale model of the hydrodynamics of the whole Great Barrier Reef. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 79(1), 143-151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2008.03.016 (Original work published 2008)


White, L., Legat, V., & Deleersnijder, E. (2008). Tracer conservation for three-dimensional, finite-element, free-surface, ocean Modeling on moving prismatic meshes. Monthly Weather Review, 136(2), 420-442. https://doi.org/10.1175/2007MWR2137.1 (Original work published 2008)


Lietaer, O., Fichefet, T., & Legat, V. (2008). The effects of resolving the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in a finite element sea ice model. Ocean Modelling, 24(3-4), 140-152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2008.06.002 (Original work published 2008)


Conference paper

Bernard, P.-E., Remacle, J.-F., & Legat, V. (2008). High-order discontinuous Galerkin methods for solving conservations laws on general 2D manifolds. 7th International Workshop on Unstructured Mesh Numerical Modelling of Coastal, Shelf & Ocean Flows, Halifax, Canada.


Blaise, S., Comblen, R., Lambrechts, J., Legat, V., Deleersnijder, E., & Remacle, J.-F. (2008). Design and preliminary validation of a three-dimensional, baroclinic, unstructured-mesh, finite-element ocean model. EGU General Assembly 2008, Vienne.


Bernard, P.-E., Remacle, J.-F., & Legat, V. (2008). High-order discontinuous Galerkin methods for solving conservation laws on general 2D manifolds. 5th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, Venice, Italy.


Lambrechts, J., Deleersnijder, E., Legat, V., Remacle, J.-F., Comblen, R., Gourgue, O., Blaise, S., & White, L. (2008). Toward a Multi-Purpose, Unstructured Mesh, Finite Element, Marine Model Slim. 13th SIAM Conference on Parallel Processing for Scientific Computing, Atlanta.


Lambrechts, J., Deleersnijder, E., Legat, V., Hanert, E., & Wolanski, E. (2008). Finite-element model of the Great Barrier Reef circulation. EGU General Assembly 2008, Vienna, Austria.


2007
Journal article

Bernard, P.-E., Chevaugeon, N., Legat, V., Deleersnijder, E., & Remacle, J.-F. (2007). High-order h-adaptive discontinuous Galerkin methods for ocean modelling (vol 57, pg 579, 2007). Ocean Dynamics : theoretical, computational oceanography and monitoring, 57(6), 579-580. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10236-007-0127-0 (Original work published 2007)


Legrand, S., Deleersnijder, E., Delhez, E. J. M., & Legat, V. (2007). Unstructured, anisotropic mesh generation for the Northwestern European continental shelf, the continental slope and the neighbouring ocean. Continental Shelf Research, 27(9), 1344-1356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2007.01.009 (Original work published 2007)


Bernard, P.-E., Chevaugeon, N., Legat, V., Deleersnijder, E., & Remacle, J.-F. (2007). High-order h-adaptive discontinuous Galerkin methods for ocean modelling. Ocean Dynamics : theoretical, computational oceanography and monitoring, 57(2), 109-121. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10236-006-0093-y (Original work published 2007)


Conference paper

Gourgue, O., Deleersnijder, E., Legat, V., Marchal, E., Naithani, J., Plisnier, P.-D., & White, L. (2007). A finite-element reduced-gravity model of Lake Tanganyika. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.


Bernard, P.-E., Legat, V., Deleersnijder, E., & Remacle, J.-F. (2007). Towards an ocean model using the discontinuous Galerkin method. 9th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, San Francisco, USA.


Bernard, P.-E., Legat, V., & Remacle, J.-F. (2007). Simulation of tidal flows around a shallow water island with the discontinuous Galerkin method. 6th International Workshop on Unstructured Mesh Numerical Modelling of Coastal, Shelf & Ocean Flows, London, England.


Gourgue, O., Deleersnijder, E., Legat, V., & White, L. (2007). Finite element hydrodynamic modelling in Lake Tanganyika. 30th Congress of the International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology, Montreal, Canada.


2006
Journal article

Hanert, E., & Legat, V. (2006). How to save a bad element with weak boundary conditions. Computers & Fluids, 35(5), 477-484. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2005.02.005 (Original work published 2006)


Hanert, E., Deleersnijder, E., & Legat, V. (2006). An adaptive finite element water column model using the Mellor-Yamada level 2.5 turbulence closure scheme (vol 12, pg 205, 2006). Ocean Modelling, 15(1-2), 137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2006.07.001 (Original work published 2006)


Oozeer, M., Veraart, C., Legat, V., & Delbeke, J. (2006). A model of the mammalian optic nerve fibre based on experimental data. Vision Research, 46(16), 2513-2524. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2006.01.021 (Original work published 2006)


Friebel, C., Doghri, I., & Legat, V. (2006). General mean-field homogenization schemes for viscoelastic composites containing multiple phases of coated inclusions. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 43(9), 2513-2541. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2005.06.035 (Original work published 2006)


White, L., Legat, V., Deleersnijder, E., & Le Roux, D. (2006). A one-dimensional benchmark for the propagation of Poincare waves. Ocean Modelling, 15(1-2), 101-123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2005.11.001 (Original work published 2006)


Legrand, S., Deleersnijder, E., Hanert, E., Legat, V., & Wolanski, E. (2006). High-re solution, unstructured meshes for hydrodynamic models of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 68(1-2), 36-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2005.08.017 (Original work published 2006)


Hanert, E., Deleersnijder, E., & Legat, V. (2006). An adaptive finite element water column model using the Mellor-Yamada level 2.5 turbulence closure scheme. Ocean Modelling, 12(1-2), 205-223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2005.05.003 (Original work published 2006)


White, L., Beckers, JM., Deleersnijder, E., & Legat, V. (2006). Comparison of free-surface and rigid-lid finite element models of barotropic instabilities. Ocean Dynamics : theoretical, computational oceanography and monitoring, 56(2), 86-103. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10236-006-0059-0 (Original work published 2006)


Conference paper

Bernard, P.-E., Legat, V., Deleersnijder, E., & Remacle, J.-F. (2006). Dispersion analysis of Discontinuous Galerkin Schemes Applied to Poincaré, Kelvin and Rossby waves. 7th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Los Angeles, USA.


Lambrechts, J., Bernard, P.-E., Deleersnijder, E., Hanert, E., Legat, V., Legrand, S., Remacle, J.-F., & Wolanski, E. (2006). Towards a high-resolution Model of the eco-hydrodynamics of the whole Great Barrier Reef (Australia). International Society for Reef Studies European Meeting, Bremen, Germany.


2005
Conference paper

Bernard, P.-E., Chevaugeon, N., Legat, V., Deleersnijder, E., & Remacle, J.-F. (2005). High-order h-adaptive Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for Ocean Modeling. In P. Diez, N.E. Wibergs (ed.), Proceedings of the 2th International Conference on Adaptive Modeling and Simulation (p. p. 50-61). CIMNE.


Hanert, E., & Legat, V. (2005). Effect of boundary conditions on the stability of some finite element models of the shallow water equations. 17th IMACS Congress, Paris, France.


Bernard, P.-E., Chevaugeon, N., Legat, V., Deleersnijder, E., & Remacle, J.-F. (2005). High-order h-adaptive Discontinuous Galerkin methods for ocean modeling. 4th international workshop on unstructured mesh numerical modeling of coastal, shelf and ocean flows, Bremenhaven, Germany.


Legrand, S., Lambrechts, J., Hanert, E., Deleersnijder, E., Legat, V., & Wolanski, E. (2005). Towards a high-resolution, unstructured-mesh model of the Great Barrier Reef. EGU General Assembly, Vienne.


Hanert, E., Bernard, P.-E., Deleersnijder, E., Fichefet, T., Legat, V., Remacle, J.-F., White, L., Legrand, S., & Lietaer, O. (2005). Towards the second-generation Louvain-la-Neuve, ice-ocean model (SLIM) (Abstract). Geodesy and Geophysics for the Third Millennium in Belgium, Brussel.


Journal article

Hanert, E., Le Roux, D., Legat, V., & Deleersnijder, E. (2005). An efficient Eulerian finite element method for the shallow water equations. Ocean Modelling, 10(1-2), 115-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2004.06.006 (Original work published 2005)


Oozeer, M., Veraart, C., Legat, V., & Delbeke, J. (2005). Simulation of intra-orbital optic nerve electrical stimulation. Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 43(5), 608-617. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02351034 (Original work published 2005)


2004
Journal article

Alsteens, B., Legat, V., & Avalosse, T. (2004). Parametric study of the mixing efficiency in a kneading block section of a twin-screw extruder. International Polymer Processing, 19(3), 207-217. https://doi.org/10.3139/217.1836 (Original work published 2004)


Balan, C., Legat, V., Neagoe, A., & Nistoran, D. (2004). Experimental investigations and numerical simulations for an open channel flow of a weak elastic polymer solution around a T-profile. Experiments in Fluids : experimental methods and their applications to fluid flow, 36(3), 408-418. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-003-0727-5 (Original work published 2004)


Hanert, E., Le Roux, D., Legat, V., & Deleersnijder, E. (2004). Advection schemes for unstructured grid ocean modelling. Ocean Modelling, 7(1-2), 39-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1463-5003(03)00029-5 (Original work published 2004)


Conference paper

Legat, V., & Hanert, E. (2004). How to save a bad element with weak boundary conditions ? The Third International Workshop on Unstructured Grid Numerical Modelling of Coastal Shelf and Ocean FlowsOcean Modelling, Toulouse - France.


2003
Conference paper

Hanert, E., Le Roux, D. Y., Legat, V., & Deleersnijder, E. (2003). A comparison of 4 advection schemes for use in unstructured grid ocean modelling. 6th National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Ghent, Belgium.


Journal article

Hanert, E., Legat, V., & Deleersnijder, E. (2003). A comparison of three finite elements to solve the linear shallow water equations. Ocean Modelling, 5(1), 17-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1463-5003(02)00012-4 (Original work published 2003)


2000
Journal article

Parrini, S., Delbeke, J., Legat, V., & Veraart, C. (2000). Modelling analysis of human optic nerve fibre excitation based on experimental data. Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 38(4), 454-464. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02345016 (Original work published 2000)


Grosso, M., Maffettone, P., Halin, P., Keunings, R., & Legat, V. (2000). Flow of nematic polymers in eccentric cylinder geometry: influence of closure approximations. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 94(2-3), 119-134. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0377-0257(00)00146-4 (Original work published 2000)


Wapperom, P., Keunings, R., & Legat, V. (2000). The backward-tracking Lagrangian particle method for transient viscoelastic flows. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 91(2-3), 273-295. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0377-0257(99)00095-6 (Original work published 2000)


Legrand, S., Legat, V., & Deleersnijder, E. (2000). Delaunay mesh generation for an unstructured-grid ocean general circulation model. Ocean Modelling, 2(1-2), 17-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1463-5003(00)00005-6 (Original work published 2000)


1999
Journal article

Gallez, X., Halin, P., Lielens, G., Keunings, R., & Legat, V. (1999). The adaptive Lagrangian particle method for macroscopic and micro-macro computations of time-dependent viscoelastic flows. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 180(3-4), 345-364. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0045-7825(99)00173-5 (Original work published 1999)


Parrini, S., Delbeke, J., Romero, E., Legat, V., & Veraart, C. (1999). Hybrid finite elements and spectral method for computation of the electric potential generated by a nerve cuff electrode. Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 37(6), 733-736. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02513375 (Original work published 1999)


Sizaire, R., Lielens, G., Jaumain, I., Keunings, R., & Legat, V. (1999). On the hysteretic behaviour of dilute polymer solutions in relaxation following extensional flow. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 82(2-3), 233-253. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0377-0257(98)00164-5 (Original work published 1999)


Lielens, G., Keunings, R., & Legat, V. (1999). The FENE-L and FENE-LS closure approximations to the kinetic theory of finitely extensible dumbbells. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 87(2-3), 179-196. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0377-0257(99)00063-4 (Original work published 1999)


1998
Journal article

Halin, P., Lielens, G., Keunings, R., & Legat, V. (1998). The Lagrangian particle method for macroscopic and micro-macro viscoelastic flow computations. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 79(2-3), 387-403. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0377-0257(98)00123-2 (Original work published 1998)


Lielens, G., Halin, P., Jaumain, I., Keunings, R., & Legat, V. (1998). New closure approximations for the kinetic theory of finitely extensible dumbbells. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 76(1-3), 249-279. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0377-0257(97)00121-3 (Original work published 1998)


1997
Journal article

Dantinne, G., Jeanmart, H., Winckelmans, G., Legat, V., & Carati, D. (1997). Hyperviscosity and vorticity-based models for subgrid scale modeling. Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 59(4), 409-420. (Original work published 1997)


Warichet, V., & Legat, V. (1997). Adaptive high-order prediction of the drag correction factor for the upper-convected Maxwell fluid. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 73(1-2), 95-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0377-0257(97)00057-8 (Original work published 1997)


Dantinne, G., Jeanmart, H., Winckelmans, G., Legat, V., & Carati, D. (1997). Hyperviscosity and vorticity-based models for subgrid scale modeling. Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 59(4), 409-420. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1001179014517 (Original work published 1998)


Sizaire, R., & Legat, V. (1997). Finite element simulation of a filament stretching extensional rheometer. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 71(1-2), 89-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0377-0257(97)00013-X (Original work published 1997)


Dantinne, G., Jeanmart, H., Winckelmans, G., Legat, V., & Carati, D. (1997). Hyperviscosity and vorticity-based models for subgrid scale modeling. Applied Scientific Research, 59(4), 409-420. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1001179014517 (Original work published 1997)


1996
Journal article

Warichet, V., & Legat, V. (1996). Adaptive hp-finite element viscoelastic flow calculations. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 136(1-2), 93-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/0045-7825(96)01052-3 (Original work published 1996)


Purnode, B., & Legat, V. (1996). Hyperbolicity and change of type in flows of FENE-P fluids. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 65(1), 111-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/0377-0257(96)01449-8 (Original work published 1996)


1995
Journal article

Legat, V., & Oden, JT. (1995). An Adaptive Hp-finite Element Method for Incompressible Free-surface Flows of Generalized Newtonian Fluids. Zeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und Physik, 46, S643-S678. (Original work published 1995)


Oden, J. T., Wu, W., & Legat, V. (1995). An hp adaptive strategy for finite element approximations of the Navier-Stokes equations. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 20(8-9), 831-851. https://doi.org/10.1002/fld.1650200810 (Original work published 1995)


1994
Journal article

Debae, F., Legat, V., & Crochet, M. (1994). Practical Evaluation of 4 Mixed Finite-element Methods for Viscoelastic Flow. Journal of Rheology, 38(2), 421-442. https://doi.org/10.1122/1.550521 (Original work published 1994)


1993
Journal article

Legat, V., & Marchal, JM. (1993). Die Design - An Implicit Formulation for the Inverse Problem. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 16(1), 29-42. https://doi.org/10.1002/fld.1650160103 (Original work published 1993)


1992
Journal article

Legat, V., & Marchal, JM. (1992). On the Stability and Accuracy of Fully Coupled Finite-element Techniques Used To Simulate the Flow of Differential Viscoelastic Fluids - a One-dimensional Model. Journal of Rheology, 36(7), 1325-1348. https://doi.org/10.1122/1.550265 (Original work published 1992)


Crochet, M., & Legat, V. (1992). The Consistent Streamline Upwind Petrov-galerkin Method for Viscoelastic Flow Revisited. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 42(3), 283-299. https://doi.org/10.1016/0377-0257(92)87014-3 (Original work published 1992)


Legat, V., & Marchal, JM. (1992). Prediction of 3-dimensional General Shape Extrudates By An Implicit Iterative Scheme. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 14(5), 609-625. https://doi.org/10.1002/fld.1650140507 (Original work published 1992)


Dissertation

Legat, V. (1992). Méthodes d’éléments finis pour le calcul d’écoulements tridimensionnels à surfaces libres.


 

 

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