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High order finite element calculations for the deterministic Cahn-Hilliard equation

Analysis of PDEs 2019-10-21 v1 Numerical Analysis

Abstract

In this work, we propose a numerical method based on high degree continuous nodal elements for the Cahn-Hilliard evolution. The use of the p-version of the finite element method proves to be very efficient and favorably compares with other existing strategies (C^1 elements, adaptive mesh refinement, multigrid resolution, etc). Beyond the classical benchmarks, a numerical study has been carried out to investigate the influence of a polynomial approximation of the logarithmic free energy and the bifurcations near the first eigenvalue of the Laplace operator.

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@article{arxiv.1003.1077,
  title  = {High order finite element calculations for the deterministic Cahn-Hilliard equation},
  author = {Ludovic Goudenège and Daniel Martin and Grégory Vial},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.1077},
  year   = {2019}
}
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