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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 propose finite-volume schemes for the Cahn-Hilliard equation which unconditionally and discretely preserve the boundedness of the phase field and the dissipation of the free energy. Our numerical framework is applicable to a variety of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-12-18 Rafael Bailo , José A. Carrillo , Serafim Kalliadasis , Sergio P. Perez

We consider the Cahn-Hilliard equation with constant mobility and logarithmic potential on a two-dimensional evolving closed surface embedded in $\mathbb R^3$, as well as a related weighted model. The well-posedness of weak solutions for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-02-07 Diogo Caetano , Charles M. Elliott , Maurizio Grasselli , Andrea Poiatti

We introduce a regularization-free approach for the wellposedness of the classic Cahn-Hilliard equation with logarithmic potentials.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-10-29 Dong Li

We consider a Cahn-Hilliard equation which is the conserved gradient flow of a nonlocal total free energy functional. This functional is characterized by a Helmholtz free energy density, which can be of logarithmic type. Moreover, the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-11-15 Helmut Abels , Stefano Bosia , Maurizio Grasselli

This work explores the solvability of a sixth-order Cahn--Hilliard equation with an inertial term, which serves as a relaxation of a higher-order variant of the classical Cahn--Hilliard equation. The equation includes a source term that…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-14 Pierluigi Colli , Gianni Gilardi

In this paper, we present a novel semi-implicit numerical scheme for the stochastic Cahn--Hilliard equation driven by multiplicative noise. By reformulating the original equation into an equivalent stochastic scalar auxiliary variable…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-05 Jianbo Cui , Jie Shen , Derui Sheng , Yahong Xiang

We study two fully discrete evolving surface finite element schemes for the Cahn-Hilliard equation on an evolving surface, given a smooth potential with polynomial growth. In particular we establish optimal order error bounds for a (fully…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-14 Charles M. Elliott , Thomas Sales

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

The Cahn-Hilliard and viscous Cahn-Hilliard equations with singular and possibly nonsmooth potentials and dynamic boundary condition are considered and some well-posedness and regularity results are proved. Key words: Cahn-Hilliard…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-09-29 Pierluigi Colli , Gianni Gilardi , Jürgen Sprekels

We construct a decoupled, first-order, fully discrete, and unconditionally energy stable scheme for the Cahn-Hilliard-Navier-Stokes equations. The scheme is divided into two main parts. The first part involves the calculation of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-08-20 Haijun Gao , Xi Li , Minfu Feng

We present several first-order and second-order numerical schemes for the Cahn-Hilliard equation with discrete unconditional energy stability. These schemes stem from the generalized Positive Auxiliary Variable (gPAV) idea, and require only…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-10-28 Yanxia Qian , Zhiguo Yang , Fei Wang , Suchuan Dong

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

We study the Cahn-Hilliard equation with non-degenerate concentration-dependent mobility and logarithmic potential in two dimensions. We show that any weak solution is unique, exhibits propagation of uniform-in-time regularity, and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-03-25 Monica Conti , Pietro Galimberti , Stefania Gatti , Andrea Giorgini

We propose and analyze a linearly stabilized semi-implicit diffusive Crank--Nicolson scheme for the Cahn--Hilliard gradient flow. In this scheme, the nonlinear bulk force is treated explicitly with two second-order stabilization terms. This…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-04-14 Lin Wang , Haijun Yu

We consider numerical approximations and error analysis for the Cahn-Hilliard equation with reaction rate dependent dynamic boundary conditions (P. Knopf et. al., arXiv, 2020). Based on the stabilized linearly implicit approach, a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-04-22 Xuelian Bao , Hui Zhang

We consider the nonlocal Cahn-Hilliard equation with singular (logarithmic) potential and constant mobility in three-dimensional bounded domains and we establish the validity of the instantaneous strict separation property. This means that…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-12-18 Andrea Poiatti

We consider a system which consists of a Cahn-Hilliard equation coupled with a Cahn-Hilliard-Oono equation in a bounded domain of $\mathbb{R}^d$, $d = 2, 3$. This system accounts for macrophase and microphase separation in a polymer mixture…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-03-25 Andrea Di Primio , Maurizio Grasselli

We present a second-order-in-time finite difference scheme for the Cahn-Hilliard-Hele-Shaw equations. This numerical method is uniquely solvable and unconditionally energy stable. At each time step, this scheme leads to a system of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-11-10 Wenbin Chen , Wenqiang Feng , Yuan Liu , Cheng Wang , Steven M. Wise

We consider the stabilisation of solutions to the Cahn-Hilliard equation towards a given trajectory by means of a finite-dimensional static output feedback mechanism. Exponential stabilisation of the controlled state around the target…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-01 Herbert Egger , Marvin Fritz , Karl Kunisch , Sérgio S. Rodrigues