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It is well-known that the Allen-Cahn equation not only satisfies the energy dissipation law but also possesses the maximum bound principle (MBP) in the sense that the absolute value of its solution is pointwise bounded for all time by some…
In this paper, we propose and analyze a linear, structure-preserving scalar auxiliary variable (SAV) method for solving the Allen--Cahn equation based on the second-order backward differentiation formula (BDF2) with variable time steps. To…
The convective Allen-Cahn equation has been widely used to simulate multi-phase flows in many phase-field models. As a generalized form of the classic Allen-Cahn equation, the convective Allen-Cahn equation still preserves the maximum bound…
The nonlocal Allen-Cahn equation with nonlocal diffusion operator is a generalization of the classical Allen-Cahn equation. It satisfies the energy dissipation law and maximum bound principle (MBP), and is important for simulating a series…
This work delves into the exponential time differencing (ETD) schemes for the matrix-valued Allen-Cahn equation. In fact, the maximum bound principle (MBP) for the first- and second-order ETD schemes is presented in a prior publication…
As a variational phase-field model, the time-fractional Allen-Cahn (TFAC) equation enjoys the maximum bound principle (MBP) and a variational energy dissipation law. In this work, we develop and analyze linear, structure-preserving…
In this paper, we present a class of nonuniform time-stepping, high-order linear stabilized schemes that can preserve both the discrete energy stability and maximum-bound principle (MBP) for the time-fractional Allen-Cahn equation. To this…
In this paper, we investigate linear first- and second-order numerical schemes for the Allen--Cahn equation with a general (possibly degenerate) mobility. Compared with existing numerical methods, our schemes employ a novel dynamic…
This article focuses on the development of high-order energy stable schemes for the multi-length-scale incommensurate phase-field crystal model which is able to study the phase behavior of aperiodic structures. These high-order schemes…
This article focuses on the development of high-order energy stable schemes for the multi-length-scale incommensurate phase-field crystal model which is able to study the phase behavior of aperiodic structures. These high-order schemes…
The scalar auxiliary variable (SAV)-type methods are very popular techniques for solving various nonlinear dissipative systems. Compared to the semi-implicit method, the baseline SAV method can keep a modified energy dissipation law but…
It is well known that the classic Allen-Cahn equation satisfies the maximum bound principle (MBP), that is, the absolute value of its solution is uniformly bounded for all time by certain constant under suitable initial and boundary…
This paper introduces a generalized matrix-valued Allen--Cahn model, where the unknown matrix-valued field belongs to $\mathbb{R}^{m_1\times m_2}$ with dimension $m_1\geq m_2$. By taking different values of $m_1$ and $m_2$, this model…
In this work, we present a second-order nonuniform time-stepping scheme for the time-fractional Allen-Cahn equation. We show that the proposed scheme preserves the discrete maximum principle, and by using the convolution structure of…
The energy dissipation law and maximum bound principle are significant characteristics of the Allen-Chan equation. To preserve discrete counterpart of these properties, the linear part of the target system is usually discretized implicitly,…
We develop and analyze a class of arbitrarily high-order, maximum bound preserving time-stepping schemes for solving Allen-Cahn equations. These schemes are constructed within the iterative framework of exponential integrators, combined…
In this work, we consider a time-fractional Allen-Cahn equation, where the conventional first order time derivative is replaced by a Caputo fractional derivative with order $\alpha\in(0,1)$. First, the well-posedness and (limited) smoothing…
In this paper, a linear second order numerical scheme is developed and investigated for the Allen-Cahn equation with a general positive mobility. In particular, our fully discrete scheme is mainly constructed based on the Crank-Nicolson…
We develop and analyze a class of maximum bound preserving schemes for approximately solving Allen--Cahn equations. We apply a $k$th-order single-step scheme in time (where the nonlinear term is linearized by multi-step extrapolation), and…
The energy dissipation law and the maximum bound principle are two critical physical properties of the Allen--Cahn equations. While many existing time-stepping methods are known to preserve the energy dissipation law, most apply to a…