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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 present an adaptive scheme for isogeometric phase-field modeling, to perform suitably graded hierarchical refinement and coarsening on both single- and multi-patch geometries by considering truncated hierarchical spline constructions…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-06-13 Cesare Bracco , Carlotta Giannelli , Alessandro Reali , Michele Torre , Rafael Vázquez

In this paper, we consider the numerical approximations for the commonly used binary fluid-surfactant phase field model that consists two nonlinearly coupled Cahn-Hilliard equations. The main challenge in solving the system numerically is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-03-20 Xiaofeng Yang

We present a comprehensive analysis of the coupled scheme introduced in [Springer Proceedings in Mathematics \& Statistics, vol 237. Springer, Cham 2018 \cite{S2018}] for linear and Hamilton-Jacobi equations. This method merges two distinct…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-13 Smita Sahu

In this paper, a non-uniform time-stepping convex-splitting numerical algorithm for solving the widely used time-fractional Cahn-Hilliard equation is introduced. The proposed numerical scheme employs the $L1^+$ formula for discretizing the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-06-04 Jun Zhang , Jia Zhao , JinRong Wang

We introduce a new measure of coarseness for characterizing phase separation processes such as those described by Cahn--Hilliard equations. An advantage of our measure is that it remains consistent throughout the evolution, including for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-22 Peter Howard , Adam Larios , Quyuan Lin

We propose a novel Hybrid High-Order method for the Cahn-Hilliard problem with convection. The proposed method is valid in two and three space dimensions, and it supports arbitrary approximation orders on general meshes containing…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-02-28 Florent Chave , Daniele Di Pietro , Fabien Marche

The Cahn-Hilliard equation is one of the most common models to describe phase separation processes in mixtures of two materials. For a better description of short-range interactions between the material and the boundary, various dynamic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-01-23 Stefan Metzger

Obtaining a rigorous and reliable method for linking computer simulations of polymer blends and composites at different length scales of interest is a highly desirable goal in soft matter physics. In this paper a multiscale modeling…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-05-19 J. McCarty , M. G. Guenza

The Cahn-Hilliard equation describes phase separation in binary liquids. Here we study this equation with spatially-varying sources and stirring, or advection. We specialize to symmetric mixtures and time-independent sources and discuss…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-10-26 Lennon O Naraigh , Jean-Luc Thiffeault

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

In this paper, we formulate and study substructuring type algorithm for the Cahn-Hilliard (CH) equation, which was originally proposed to describe the phase separation phenomenon for binary melted alloy below the critical temperature and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-06 Gobinda Garai , Bankim C. Mandal

We develop a robust solver for a mixed finite element convex splitting scheme for the Cahn-Hilliard equation. The key ingredient of the solver is a preconditioned minimal residual algorithm (with a multigrid preconditioner) whose…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-09-14 Susanne C. Brenner , Amanda E. Diegel , Li-Yeng Sung

A combined method for analyzing quantum dynamical equations which uses the Bohmian mechanics and the quantum phase space representation is proposed. It is based on a presentation of the wave function in phase space in a polar form. The…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Dmytro Babyuk

The Cahn--Hilliard equation is one of the most common models to describe phase separation processes of a mixture of two materials. For a better description of short-range interactions between the material and the boundary, various dynamic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-04-27 Patrik Knopf , Kei Fong Lam , Chun Liu , Stefan Metzger

How to develop efficient numerical schemes while preserving the energy stability at the discrete level is a challenging issue for the three component Cahn-Hilliard phase-field model. In this paper, we develop first and second order temporal…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-02-01 Xiaofeng Yang , Jia Zhao , Qi Wang , Jie Shen

In this paper, we present a novel solution strategy for the Cahn-Hilliard-Biot model, a three-way coupled system that features the interplay of solid phase separation, fluid dynamics, and elastic deformations in porous media. It is a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-02 Cedric Riethmüller , Erlend Storvik

To solve the Cahn-Hilliard equation numerically, a new time integration algorithm is proposed, which is based on a combination of the Eyre splitting and the local iteration modified (LIM) scheme. The latter is employed to tackle the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-09-27 M. A. Botchev , I. A. Fahurdinov , E. B. Savenkov

A MATLAB program has been developed for simulation of polymer blend self-assembly with nano-scaled features. The Cahn-Hilliard equation is implemented to calculate the free energy profile of the polymer blends. The Flory-Huggins type of…

Materials Science · Physics 2010-07-09 Yingrui Shang , David Kazmer

In this paper, the mathematical properties and numerical discretizations of multiphase models that simulate the phase separation of an $N$-component mixture are studied. For the general choice of phase variables, the unisolvent property of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-05-24 Shuonan Wu , Jinchao Xu