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We introduce a coupled Cahn-Hilliard Navier-Stokes model that governs the two-phase dynamics of a system that consists of a fluid and a solid phase and prove its thermodynamic consistency. Moreover, we present an associated fully-discrete…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-15 Cedric Riethmüller , Lars von Wolff , Dominik Göddeke , Christian Rohde

In this paper, existence of generalized solutions to a thermodynamically consistent Navier--Stokes--Cahn--Hilliard model introduced in [18] is proven in any space dimension. The generalized solvability concepts are measure-valued and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-12-22 Robert Lasarzik

The Cahn-Hilliard-Navier-Stokes (CHNS) partial differential equations (PDEs) provide a powerful framework for the study of the statistical mechanics and fluid dynamics of multiphase fluids. We provide an introduction to the equilibrium and…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-03-14 Nadia Bihari Padhan , Rahul Pandit

The coupled Cahn-Hilliard and Navier-Stokes (CH-NS) equations provide a powerful framework for modeling multiphase flows with diffuse interfaces, enabling simulations of droplet breakup, bubble dynamics, and hydrodynamic instabilities.…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-09-03 Sukriti Manna , Constantine M Megaridis , Subramanian KRS Sankaranarayanan

The Cahn-Hilliard-Navier-Stokes (CHNS) equations represent the fundamental building blocks of hydrodynamic phase-field models for multiphase fluid flow dynamics. Due to the coupling between the Navier-Stokes equation and the Cahn-Hilliard…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-07-28 Jia Zhao

A unified thermodynamic algorithm (UTA) is presented for constructing thermodynamically consistent dynamical systems, i.e., systems that have Hamiltonian and dissipative parts that conserve energy while producing entropy. The algorithm is…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-01-27 Azeddine Zaidni , Philip J. Morrison

We study the interactions between the thermodynamic transition and hydrodynamic flows which would characterise a thermo- and hydro-dynamic evolution of a binary mixture in a dissolution/nucleation process. The primary attention is given to…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-05-19 Anatoliy Vorobev

Thermodynamically consistent models in continuum physics, i.e. models which satisfy the first and second laws of thermodynamics, may be expressed using the metriplectic formalism. In this work, we leverage the structures underlying this…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-03-07 William Barham , Philip J. Morrison , Azeddine Zaidni

We derive a class of Navier--Stokes--Cahn--Hilliard systems that models two-phase flows with mass transfer coupled to the process of chemotaxis. These thermodynamically consistent models can be seen as the natural Navier--Stokes analogues…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-07-28 Kei Fong Lam , Hao Wu

We present a fully-coupled, implicit-in-time framework for solving a thermodynamically-consistent Cahn-Hilliard Navier-Stokes system that models two-phase flows. In this work, we extend the block iterative method presented in Khanwale et…

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…

We derive a novel thermodynamically consistent Navier--Stokes--Cahn--Hilliard system with dynamic boundary conditions. This model describes the motion of viscous incompressible binary fluids with different densities. In contrast to previous…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-10-25 Andrea Giorgini , Patrik Knopf

A novel numerical scheme including time and spatial discretization is offered for coupled Cahn-Hilliard and Navier-Stokes governing equation sys-tem in this paper. Variable densities and viscosities are considered in the nu-merical scheme.…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-05-25 Xiaoyu Feng , Jisheng Kou , Shuyu Sun

An inclusive framework for joined Hamiltonian and dissipative dynamical systems, which preserve energy and produce entropy, is given. The dissipative dynamics of the framework is based on the metriplectic 4-bracket, a quantity like the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-10-24 Philip J. Morrison , Michael H. Updike

The Cahn-Hilliard Navier-Stokes (CHNS) system provides a computationally tractable model that can be used to effectively capture interfacial dynamics in two-phase fluid flows. In this work, we present a semi-implicit, projection-based…

In this research, we introduce and investigate an approximation method that preserves the structural integrity of the non-isothermal Cahn-Hilliard-Navier-Stokes system. Our approach extends a previously proposed technique [1], which…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-05-24 Aaron Brunk , Dennis Schumann

This work generalizes the classical metriplectic formalism to model Hamiltonian systems with nonconservative dissipation. Classical metriplectic representations allow for the description of energy conservation and production of entropy via…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-10 Sangli Teng , Kaito Iwasaki , William Clark , Xihang Yu , Anthony Bloch , Ram Vasudevan , Maani Ghaffari

The Cahn-Hilliard-Navier-Stokes (CHNS) system utilizes a diffusive phase-field for interface tracking of multi-phase fluid flows. Recently structure preserving methods for CHNS have moved into focus to construct numerical schemes that, for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-02 Jimmy Kornelije Gunnarsson , Robert Klöfkorn

We develop the energy budget equation of the coupled Navier-Stokes-Cahn-Hilliard (NSCH) system. We use the NSCH equations to model the dynamics of liquid droplets in a liquid continuum. Buoyancy effects are accounted for through the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-08-26 LFR Espath , A Sarmiento , P Vignal , BON Varga , AMA Cortes , L Dalcin , VM Calo

The Cahn-Hilliard equation and extensions, notably the Cahn-Hilliard-Darcy and Cahn-Hilliard-Navier-Stokes systems, provide widely used frameworks for coupling interfacial thermodynamics with flow. This review surveys the thermodynamic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-10 Aaron Brunk , Marco F. P. ten Eikelder , Marvin Fritz , Dennis Höhn , Dennis Trautwein
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