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The Cahn-Hilliard equation is a fundamental model for describing phase separation phenomena in binary mixtures. Traditional numerical methods, such as finite difference and finite element methods, often incur substantial computational cost,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-26 Yi Liu , Shuting Gu

In this work, we develop a class of up to third-order energy-stable schemes for the Cahn--Hilliard equation. Building on Lawson's integrating factor Runge--Kutta method, which is widely used for stiff semilinear equations, we discuss its…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-26 Haifeng Wang , Jingwei Sun , Hong Zhang , Xu Qian , Songhe Song

The Allen--Cahn equation is one of fundamental equations of phase-field models, while the logarithmic Flory--Huggins potential is one of the most useful energy potentials in various phase-field models. In this paper, we consider numerical…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-05-09 Xiuhua Wang , Jisheng Kou , Jianchao Cai

Methods for solving Maxwell's equations are integral part of optical metrology and computational lithography setups. Applications require accurate geometrical resolution, high numerical accuracy and/or low computation times. We present a…

Optics · Physics 2015-03-24 S. Burger , L. Zschiedrich , J. Pomplun , S. Herrmann , F. Schmidt

This work presents a novel formulation and numerical strategy for the simulation of geometrically nonlinear structures. First, a non-canonical Hamiltonian (Poisson) formulation is introduced by including the dynamics of the stress tensor.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-27 Andrea Brugnoli , Denis Matignon , Joseph Morlier

We present a stability and convergence analysis of the space-time continuous finite element method for the Hamiltonian formulation of the wave equation. More precisely, we prove a continuous dependence of the discrete solution on the data…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-18 Sergio Gómez

In this article we consider the numerical modeling and simulation via the phase field approach of two-phase flows of different densities and viscosities in superposed fluid and porous layers. The model consists of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-09 Yali Gao , Daozhi Han , Xiaoming He , Ulrich Rüde

The ideal MHD equations are a central model in astrophysics, and their solution relies upon stable numerical schemes. We present an implementation of a new method, which possesses excellent stability properties. Numerical tests demonstrate…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-28 Knut Waagan , Christoph Federrath , Christian Klingenberg

This paper focuses on an optimal error analysis of a fully discrete finite element scheme for the Cahn--Hilliard--magnetohydrodynamic (CH-MHD) system. The method use the standard inf-sup stable Taylor--Hood/MINI elements to solve the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-17 Haiyan Su , Jilu Wang , Zeyu Xia , Ke Zhang

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

We consider a mixed hybrid finite element formulation for coupled poromechanics. A stabilization strategy based on a macro-element approach is advanced to eliminate the spurious pressure modes appearing in undrained/incompressible…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-07-28 Matteo Frigo , Nicola Castelletto , Massimiliano Ferronato , Joshua A. White

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 paper, we propose a robust solver for the finite element discrete problem of the stationary incompressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations in three dimensions. By the mixed finite element method, both the velocity and the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-10-23 Lingxiao Li , Weiying Zheng

We present a new multi-dimensional, robust, and cell-centered finite-volume scheme for the ideal MHD equations. This scheme relies on relaxation and splitting techniques and can be easily used at high order. A fully conservative version is…

The magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations are continuum models used in the study of a wide range of plasma physics systems, including the evolution of complex plasma dynamics in tokamak disruptions. However, efficient numerical solution…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-02-09 Qi Tang , Luis Chacon , Tzanio V. Kolev , John N. Shadid , Xian-Zhu Tang

A hybrid spectral/finite-element code is developed to numerically solve the resistive finite-pressure magnetohydrodynamic equilibria without the necessity of postulating nested magnetic flux surfaces in the non-axisymmetric toroidal…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-12-30 Jian Zhang , Ping Zhu , Chris C. Hegna

In this paper, we propose a linear and monolithic finite element method for the approximation of an incompressible viscous fluid interacting with an elastic and deforming plate. We use the arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) approach that…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-01-13 Sebastian Schwarzacher , Bangwei She , Karel Tuma

In this work, we propose a structure-preserving discretisation for the recently studied Cahn-Hilliard-Biot system using conforming finite elements in space and problem-adapted explicit-implicit Euler time integration. We prove that the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-07-18 Aaron Brunk , Marvin Fritz

In this paper a new hybrid semi-implicit finite volume / finite element (FV/FE) scheme is presented for the numerical solution of the compressible Euler and Navier-Stokes equations at all Mach numbers on unstructured staggered meshes in two…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-01-23 Saray Busto , Laura Río-Martín , María Elena Vázquez-Cendón , Michael Dumbser

In this work, we present the construction of two distinct finite element approaches to solve the Porous Medium Equation (PME). In the first approach, we transform the PME to a log-density variable formulation and construct a continuous…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-03-28 Arjun Vijaywargiya , Guosheng Fu