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We present new linear energy-stable numerical schemes for numerical simulation of complex polymer-solvent mixtures. The mathematical model proposed by Zhou, Zhang and E (Physical Review E 73, 2006) consists of the Cahn-Hilliard equation…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-12-07 Paul J. Strasser , Giordano Tierra , Burkhard Dünweg , Mária Lukáčová-Medvid'ová

For time-dependent PDEs, the numerical schemes can be rendered bound-preserving without losing conservation and accuracy, by a post processing procedure of solving a constrained minimization in each time step. Such a constrained…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-04-01 Chen Liu , Beatrice Riviere , Jie Shen , Xiangxiong Zhang

We consider two-phase fluid deformable surfaces as model systems for biomembranes. Such surfaces are modeled by incompressible surface Navier-Stokes-Cahn-Hilliard-like equations with bending forces. We derive this model using the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-08-03 Elena Bachini , Veit Krause , Ingo Nitschke , Axel Voigt

Local discontinuous Galerkin methods are developed for solving second order and fourth order time-dependent partial differential equations defined on static 2D manifolds. These schemes are second-order accurate with surfaces triangulized by…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-05 Shixin Xu , Zhiliang Xu

A novel high-order numerical scheme is proposed to compute the covariant derivative, particularly for divergence and curl, on any curved surface. The proposed scheme does not require the construction of a curved axis or metric tensor, which…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-04-30 Sehun Chun

Phase-field models are a popular choice in computational physics to describe complex dynamics of substances with multiple phases and are widely used in various applications. We present nonlocal non-isothermal phase-field models of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-10-13 Olena Burkovska

The inpainting of damaged images has a wide range of applications, and many different mathematical methods have been proposed to solve this problem. Inpainting with the help of Cahn--Hilliard models has been particularly successful, and it…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-09-03 Harald Garcke , Kei Fong Lam , Vanessa Styles

In this paper, we consider the Fourier spectral method for numerically solving the 2D convective Cahn-Hilliard equation. The semi-discrete and fully discrete schemes are established. Moreover, the existence, uniqueness and the optimal error…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-12-13 Xiaopeng Zhao , Fengnan Liu

In this work, the benefits of the phase fitting technique are embedded in high order discrete Lagrangian integrators. The proposed methodology creates integrators with zero phase lag in a test Lagrangian in a similar way used in phase…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-04-02 O. T. Kosmas , D. S. Vlachos

Efficient and unconditionally stable high order time marching schemes are very important but not easy to construct for nonlinear phase dynamics. In this paper, we propose and analysis an efficient stabilized linear Crank-Nicolson scheme for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-04-26 Lin Wang , Haijun Yu

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

A phase-field model for two-phase immiscible, incompressible porous media flow with surface tension effects is considered. The pore-scale model consists of a strongly coupled system of Stokes-Cahn-Hilliard equations. The fluids are…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-01-25 Nitu Lakhmara , Hari Shankar Mahato

We study the asymptotic limit of the Cahn-Hilliard equation on an evolving surface with prescribed velocity. The method of formally matched asymptotic expansions is extended to account for the movement of the domain. We consider various…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-07-20 David O'Connor , Bjorn Stinner

In this work we propose and analyse a structure-preserving approximation of the non-isothermal Cahn-Hilliard-Navier-Stokes system using conforming finite elements in space and implicit time discretisation with convex-concave splitting. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-07-01 Aaron Brunk , Dennis Schumann

We present an adaptation of the so-called structural method \cite{CMM23} for Hamiltonian systems, and redesign the method for this specific context, which involves two coupled differential systems. Structural schemes decompose the problem…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-24 Stéphane Clain , Emmanuel Franck , Victor Michel-Dansac

We focus on the numerical approximation of the Cahn-Hilliard type equations, and present a family of second-order unconditionally energy-stable schemes. By reformulating the equation into an equivalent system employing a scalar auxiliary…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-03-19 Suchuan Dong , Zhiguo Yang , Lianlei Lin

In this paper, we study initial-boundary value problems for the Cahn--Hilliard system with convection and nonconvex potential, where dynamic boundary conditions are assumed for both the associated order parameter and the corresponding…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-03-15 Gianni Gilardi , Jürgen Sprekels

The advective Cahn-Hilliard equation describes the competing processes of stirring and separation in a two-phase fluid. Intuition suggests that bubbles will form on a certain scale, and previous studies of Cahn-Hilliard dynamics seem to…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2007-12-12 Lennon O Naraigh , Jean-Luc Thiffeault

In this work we introduce novel numerical schemes for a penalized version of the ternary Cahn-Hilliard system for the purpose of creating accurate and efficient numerical schemes of interfacial dynamics with three components as well as some…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-06 Justin Swain , Giordano Tierra

The anisotropic Cahn-Hilliard equation is often used to model the formation of faceted pyramids on nanoscale crystal surfaces. In comparison to the isotropic Cahn-Hilliard model, the nonlinear terms associated with strong anisotropic…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-01-08 Xinyue Liu , Lei Wang , Chenrui Liu