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We obtain new integral representations, expressed as contour integrals in the complex Fourier plane, for the solution of fully nonhomogeneous interface problems for the linearized Cahn-Hilliard equation with arbitrary initial data on the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-20 Andreas Chatziafratis , Alain Miranville , Tohru Ozawa

We study the numerical algorithm and error analysis for the Cahn-Hilliard equation with dynamic boundary conditions. A second-order in time, linear and energy stable scheme is proposed, which is an extension of the first-order stabilized…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-06-16 Xiangjun Meng , Xuelian Bao , Zhengru Zhang

The Cahn-Hilliard equation is a fundamental model for phase separation phenomena. Its rigorous derivation from the nonlocal aggregation equation, motivated by the desire to link interacting particle systems and continuous descriptions, has…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-07-08 Charles Elbar , Jakub Skrzeczkowski

We propose a novel second order in time numerical scheme for Cahn-Hilliard-Navier- Stokes phase field model with matched density. The scheme is based on second order convex-splitting for the Cahn-Hilliard equation and pressure-projection…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-11-25 Daozhi Han , Xiaoming Wang

In this paper we propose a solution strategy for the Cahn-Larch\'e equations, which is a model for linearized elasticity in a medium with two elastic phases that evolve subject to a Ginzburg-Landau type energy functional. The system can be…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-06-06 Erlend Storvik , Jakub Wiktor Both , Jan Martin Nordbotten , Florin Adrian Radu

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.…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-13 Alexei Krekhov

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…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-02-23 Christian Heinemann , Christiane Kraus

We study the long-time dynamics of a bulk-surface convective Cahn--Hilliard system describing phase separation processes with bulk-surface interaction. The presence of convection terms leads to a non-autonomous dynamical system and prevents…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-12 Patrik Knopf , Andrea Poiatti , Jonas Stange , Sema Yayla

In this paper, we propose, analyze and implement efficient time parallel methods for the Cahn-Hilliard (CH) equation. It is of great importance to develop efficient numerical methods for the CH equation, given the range of applicability of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-04-28 Gobinda Garai , Bankim C. Mandal

This paper is concerned with the designing, analyzing and implementing linear and nonlinear discretization scheme for the distributed optimal control problem (OCP) with the Cahn-Hilliard (CH) equation as constrained. We propose three…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-07-19 Gobinda Garai , Bankim C. Mandal

The kinetic separation of repulsive active Brownian particles into a dense and a dilute phase is analyzed using a systematic coarse-graining strategy. We derive an effective Cahn-Hilliard equation on large length and time scales, which…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2014-06-02 Thomas Speck , Julian Bialké , Andreas M. Menzel , Hartmut Löwen

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…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-11-10 Christian Kahle

We show short-time well-posedness of a diffuse interface model describing the flow of a fluid through a deformable porous medium consisting of two phases. The system non-linearly couples Biot's equations for poroelasticity, including…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-01 Helmut Abels , Jonas Haselböck

We investigate the Cahn-Hilliard equation with nonlinear diffusion and non-degenerate mobility modeling phase separation phenomena in complex systems (e.g., crystals and polymers). Previous results in the literature on this model relied on…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-10 Monica Conti , Stefania Gatti , Andrea Giorgini , Giulio Schimperna

We consider the Cahn-Hilliard equation, which models phase separation in binary fluids, on the two-dimen\-sional torus in the presence of advection by a given background shear flow, satisfying certain conditions and of sufficiently large…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-12 Yu Feng , Yuanyuan Feng , Anna L. Mazzucato , Xiaoqian Xu

We present an approximate analytical solution of the Cahn-Hilliard equation describing the coalescence during a first order phase transition. We have identified all the intermediate profiles, stationary solutions of the noiseless…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 Simon Villain-Guillot

The degenerate Cahn-Hilliard equation is a standard model to describe living tissues. It takes into account cell populations undergoing short-range attraction and long-range repulsion effects. In this framework, we consider the usual…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-04-28 Benoît Perthame , Alexandre Poulain

We consider the two-dimensional Cahn-Hilliard equation with logarithmic potentials and periodic boundary conditions. We employ the standard semi-implicit numerical scheme which treats the linear fourth-order dissipation term implicitly and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-06-21 Dong Li , Tao Tang

In this paper, we present a rigorous proof of the convergence of first order and second order exponential time differencing (ETD) schemes for solving the nonlocal Cahn-Hilliard (NCH) equation. The spatial discretization employs the Fourier…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-07-02 Danni Zhang , Dongling Wang

We rigorously prove the convergence of weak solutions to a model for lipid raft formation in cell membranes which was recently proposed by Garcke et al. to weak (varifold) solutions of the corresponding sharp-interface problem for a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-02-05 Helmut Abels , Johannes Kampmann