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We investigate two unconditionally energy stable invariant energy quadratization (IEQ) finite element methods (FEMs) [Chen et al. Numerical Algorithms, DOI: 10.1007/s11075-024-01910-z, 2024] for solving the Cahn-Hilliard-Navier-Stokes…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-24 Yaoyao Chen , Dongqian Li , Yin Yang , Peimeng Yin

We present a space-time Cut Finite Element Method (CutFEM) for the time-dependent Navier-Stokes equations involving two immiscible incompressible fluids with different viscosities, densities, and with surface tension. The numerical method…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-03-27 Thomas Frachon , Sara Zahedi

A high-order numerical method is developed for solving the Cahn-Hilliard-Navier-Stokes equations with the Flory-Huggins potential. The scheme is based on the $Q_k$ finite element with mass lumping on rectangular grids, the second-order…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-07-24 Yali Gao , Daozhi Han , Sayantan Sarkar

In this paper we consider a fully discrete numerical method for the unsteady Navier-Stokes equations on a smooth closed stationary surface in $\mathbb{R}^3$. We use the surface finite element method (SFEM) with a generalized Taylor-Hood…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-03 Charles M. Elliott , Achilleas Mavrakis

This paper is devoted to the numerical study of droplet impact on solid substrates in presence of surfactants. We formulate the problem in an energetically variational framework and introduce an incompressible Cahn-Hilliard-Navier-Stokes…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-12-20 Chenxi Wang , Ming-Chih Lai , Zhen Zhang

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…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-03-07 Cedric Aaron Beschle , Balázs Kovács

We present a spectral element solver for the steady incompressible Navier-Stokes equations subject to a free surface. Utilizing the kinematic behaviour of the free surface boundary, an iterative pseudo-time procedure is proposed to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-30 Simone Minniti , Jens Visbech , Claes Eskilsson , Nicola Parolini , Allan Peter Engsig-Karup

Binary-fluid flows can be modeled using the Navier-Stokes-Cahn-Hilliard equations, which represent the boundary between the fluid constituents by a diffuse interface. The diffuse-interface model allows for complex geometries and topological…

We report on simulations of two-phase flows with deforming interfaces at various density contrasts by solving thermodynamically consistent Cahn-Hilliard Navier-Stokes equations. An (essentially) unconditionally energy-stable…

This paper presents a general theory and isogeometric finite element implementation for studying mass conserving phase transitions on deforming surfaces. The mathematical problem is governed by two coupled fourth-order nonlinear partial…

The paper focuses on a new error analysis of a class of mixed FEMs for stationary incompressible magnetohydrodynamics with the standard inf-sup stable velocity-pressure space pairs to Navier-Stokes equations and the N\'ed\'elec's edge…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-03-22 Yuchen Huang , Weifeng Qiu , Weiwei Sun

This paper presents a new mixed finite element method for the Cahn-Hilliard equation. The well-posedness of the mixed formulation is established and the error estimates for its linearized fully discrete scheme are provided. The new mixed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-11 Zhen Liu , Rui Ma , Min Zhang

A well-known diffuse interface model consists of the Navier-Stokes equations nonlinearly coupled with a convective Cahn-Hilliard type equation. This system describes the evolution of an incompressible isothermal mixture of binary-fluids and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-02-22 Pierluigi Colli , Sergio Frigeri , Maurizio Grasselli

We propose and analyse an augmented mixed finite element method for the Navier--Stokes equations written in terms of velocity, vorticity, and pressure with non-constant viscosity and no-slip boundary conditions. The weak formulation…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-06-27 Veronica Anaya , Ruben Caraballo , Ricardo Ruiz-Baier , Hector Torres

In this paper, we study the contact line problem in a channel. Precisely, we consider the incompressible Navier-Stokes/Cahn-Hilliard system with eneralized Navier boundary condition and relaxation boundary condition in a channel, which is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-11-12 Shijin Ding , Yinghua Li , Zhilin Lin , Yuanxiang Yan

The paper introduces a geometrically unfitted finite element method for the numerical solution of the tangential Navier--Stokes equations posed on a passively evolving smooth closed surface embedded in $\mathbb{R}^3$. The discrete…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-16 Maxim A. Olshanskii , Arnold Reusken , Paul Schwering

In this paper a mixed spectral element formulation is presented for planar, linear elasticity. The degrees of freedom for the stress are integrated traction components, i.e. surface force components. As a result the tractions between…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-03-06 K. Olesen , B. Gervang , J. N. Reddy , M. Gerritsma

In this work, we develop a high-order pressure-robust method for the rotation form of the stationary incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. The original idea is to change the velocity test functions in the discretization of trilinear and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-03-15 Di Yang , Yinnian He

Interfacial energy plays an important role in equilibrium morphologies of nanosized microstructures of solid materials due to the high interface-to-volume ratio, and can no longer be neglected as it does in conventional mechanics analysis.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-10-22 Xujun Zhao , Stéphane P. A. Bordas , Jianmin Qu

In this work, we propose a numerical method based on high degree continuous nodal elements for the Cahn-Hilliard evolution. The use of the p-version of the finite element method proves to be very efficient and favorably compares with other…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-10-21 Ludovic Goudenège , Daniel Martin , Grégory Vial