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In this paper we propose and analyze a preconditioner for a system arising from a finite element approximation of second order elliptic problems describing processes in highly het- erogeneous media. Our approach uses the technique of…
In this paper, we consider a non-linear fourth-order evolution equation of Cahn-Hilliard-type on evolving surfaces with prescribed velocity, where the non-linear terms are only assumed to have locally Lipschitz derivatives. High-order…
In this paper, a fractional step lattice Boltzmann method is proposed to model two-phase flows with large density differences by solving Cahn-Hilliard phase-field equation and the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations.In order to maintain…
We consider the problem of minimizing a convex, separable, nonsmooth function subject to linear constraints. The numerical method we propose is a block-coordinate extension of the Chambolle-Pock primal-dual algorithm. We prove convergence…
Numerical simulation of fracture contact poromechanics is essential for various applications, including CO2 sequestration, geothermal energy production and underground gas storage. Modeling this problem accurately presents significant…
Numerical solutions of time-fractional differential equations encounter significant challenges arising from solution singularities at the initial time. To address this issue, the construction of nonuniform temporal meshes satisfying…
An inherent regularization strategy and block Schur complement preconditioning are studied for linear poroelasticity problems discretized using the lowest-order weak Galerkin FEM in space and the implicit Euler scheme in time. At each time…
A typical phase field approach for describing phase separation and coarsening phenomena in alloys is the Cahn-Hilliard model. This model has been generalized to the so-called Cahn-Larch\'e system by combining it with elasticity to capture…
The Cahn-Hilliard equation is a widely used model for describing phase separation processes in a binary mixture. In this paper, we investigate the viscous Cahn-Hilliard equation with a degenerate, phase-dependent mobility. We define the…
We consider the problem of iteratively solving large and sparse double saddle-point systems arising from the stationary Stokes-Darcy equations in two dimensions, discretized by the Marker-and-Cell (MAC) finite difference method. We analyze…
We construct a divergence-free HDG scheme for the Cahn-Hilliard-Navier-Stokes phase field model. The scheme is robust in the convection-dominated regime, produce a globally divergence-free velocity approximation, and can be efficiently…
Due to the indefiniteness and poor spectral properties, the discretized linear algebraic system of the vector Laplacian by mixed finite element methods is hard to solve. A block diagonal preconditioner has been developed and shown to be an…
We present a pollution-free first order system least squares (FOSLS) formulation for the Helmholtz equation, solved iteratively using a block preconditioner. This preconditioner consists of two components: one for the Schur complement,…
In this work, we propose a novel diagonalization-based preconditioner for the all-at-once linear system arising from the optimal control problem of parabolic equations. The proposed preconditioner is constructed based on an…
Microalloying elements tend to segregate to the matrix-precipitate phase boundaries to reduce the interfacial energy. The segregation mechanism is emerging as a novel design strategy for developing precipitation-hardened alloys with…
We consider iterative methods for solving the linearised Navier-Stokes equations arising from two-phase flow problems and the efficient preconditioning of such systems when using mixed finite element methods. Our target application is…
Existence and uniqueness are investigated for a nonlinear diffusion problem of phase-field type, consisting of a parabolic system of two partial differential equations, complemented by Neumann homogeneous boundary conditions and initial…
Phase field models are widely used to describe multiphase systems. Here a smooth indicator function, called phase field, is used to describe the spatial distribution of the phases under investigation. Material properties like density or…
We propose a new Cahn-Hilliard phase field model coupled to incompressible viscoelasticity at large strains, obtained from a diffuse interface mixture model and formulated in the Eulerian configuration. A new kind of diffusive…
Phase separation under directional quenching has been studied in a Cahn-Hilliard model. In distinct contrast to the disordered patterns which develop under a homogeneous quench periodic stripe patterns are generated behind the quench front.…