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In this work, we develop a fully implicit Hybrid High-Order algorithm for the Cahn-Hilliard problem in mixed form. The space discretization hinges on local reconstruction operators from hybrid polynomial unknowns at elements and faces. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-07-01 Florent Chave , Daniele A. Di Pietro , Fabien Marche , Franck Pigeonneau

We propose an optimally performant fully implicit algorithm for the Hall magnetohydrodynamics (HMHD) equations based on multigrid-preconditioned Jacobian-free Newton-Krylov methods. HMHD is a challenging system to solve numerically because…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-07-10 Luis Chacon

The Ohta-Kawasaki model for diblock copolymers exhibits a rich equilibrium bifurcation structure. Even on one-dimensional base domains the bifurcation set is characterized by high levels of multi-stability and numerous secondary bifurcation…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2023-12-29 Peter Rizzi , Evelyn Sander , Thomas Wanner

We present a fully-coupled, implicit-in-time framework for solving a thermodynamically-consistent Cahn-Hilliard Navier-Stokes system that models two-phase flows. In this work, we extend the block iterative method presented in Khanwale et…

In this article, we establish a Hitchin-Kobayashi type correspondence for generalised Seiberg-Witten monopole equations on Kahler surfaces. We show that the "stability" criterion we obtain, for the existence of solutions, coincides with…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-05-09 Indranil Biswas , Varun Thakre

The solution of matrices with $2\times 2$ block structure arises in numerous areas of computational mathematics, such as PDE discretizations based on mixed-finite element methods, constrained optimization problems, or the implicit or steady…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-07-07 Ben S. Southworth , Abdullah A. Sivas , Sander Rhebergen

In this paper, we propose a first order energy stable linear semi-implicit method for solving the Allen-Cahn-Ohta-Kawasaki equation. By introducing a new nonlinear term in the Ohta-Kawasaki free energy functional, all the system forces in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-11-29 Xiang Xu , Yanxiang Zhao

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,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-24 Harald Monsuur

We examine the existence and stability of frozen waves in diblock copolymers with local conservation of the order parameter, which are described by the modified Cahn--Hilliard model. It is shown that a range of stable waves exists and each…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-15 E. S. Benilov , W. T. Lee , R. O. Sedakov

In this paper we devise and analyze a mixed finite element method for a modified Cahn-Hilliard equation coupled with a non-steady Darcy-Stokes flow that models phase separation and coupled fluid flow in immiscible binary fluids and diblock…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-12-24 Amanda E. Diegel , Xiaobing H. Feng , Steven M. Wise

We present a novel block-preconditioner for the elastic Helmholtz equation, based on a reduction to acoustic Helmholtz equations. Both versions of the Helmholtz equations are challenging numerically. The elastic Helmholtz equation is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-09 Rachel Yovel , Eran Treister

A block diagonal preconditioner with the minimal residual method and a block triangular preconditioner with the generalized minimal residual method are developed for Hu-Zhang mixed finite element methods of linear elasticity. They are based…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-05-24 Long Chen , Jun Hu , Xuehai Huang

An efficient pseudo-spectral numerical method is introduced for calculating a self-consistent field (SCF) approximation for the linear susceptibility of ordered phases in block copolymer melts (sometimes referred to as the random phase…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-13 Amit Ranjan , Jian Qin , David C. Morse

This is the third part in a series on a mass conserving, high order, mixed finite element method for Stokes flow. In this part, we study a block-diagonal preconditioner for the indefinite Schur complement system arising from the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-09-30 Mark Ainsworth , Charles Parker

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…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-01-14 Johannes Kraus , Raytcho Lazarov , Maria Lymbery , Svetozar Margenov , Ludmil Zikatanov

We numerically investigate local defectiveness control of self-assembled diblock copolymer patterns through appropriate substrate design. We use a nonlocal Cahn-Hilliard (CH) equation for the phase separation dynamics of diblock copolymers.…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2017-02-13 D. Jeong , Y. Choi , J. Kim

The discretization of Cahn-Hilliard equation with obstacle potential leads to a block 2 by 2 non-linear system, where the p1, 1q block has a non-linear and non-smooth term. Recently a globally convergent Newton Schur method was proposed for…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2021-09-22 Pawan Kumar

In this study, we evaluate the performance of feedback control-based time step adaptivity schemes for the nonlocal Cahn-Hilliard equation derived from the Ohta-Kawasaki free energy functional. The temporal adaptivity scheme is recast under…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2020-10-01 Gabriel F. Barros , Adriano M. A. Côrtes , Alvaro L. G. A. Coutinho

The discretization of the double-layer potential integral equation for the interior Dirichlet Laplace problem in a domain with smooth boundary results in a linear system that has a bounded condition number. Thus, the number of iterations…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-02-27 Bryan Quaife , George Biros

We consider a system which consists of a Cahn-Hilliard equation coupled with a Cahn-Hilliard-Oono equation in a bounded domain of $\mathbb{R}^d$, $d = 2, 3$. This system accounts for macrophase and microphase separation in a polymer mixture…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-03-25 Andrea Di Primio , Maurizio Grasselli