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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.…
Many differential equations with physical backgrounds are described as gradient systems, which are evolution equations driven by the gradient of some functionals, and such problems have energy conservation or dissipation properties. For…
In this work, we introduce semi-implicit or implicit finite difference schemes for the continuity equation with a gradient flow structure. Examples of such equations include the linear Fokker-Planck equation and the Keller-Segel equations.…
A new energy and enstrophy conserving scheme is evaluated using a suite of test cases over the global spherical domain or bounded domains. The evaluation is organized around a set of pre-defined properties: accuracy of individual opeartors,…
We present the multiplier method of constructing conservative finite difference schemes for ordinary and partial differential equations. Given a system of differential equations possessing conservation laws, our approach is based on…
This paper aims to construct structure-preserving numerical schemes for multi-dimensional space fractional Klein-Gordon-Schr\"{o}dinger equation, which are based on the newly developed partitioned averaged vector field methods. First, we…
First-order energy dissipative schemes in time are available in literature for the Poisson-Nernst-Planck (PNP) equations, but second-order ones are still in lack. This work proposes novel second-order discretization in time and finite…
We develop a structure-preserving computational framework for optimal mixing control in incompressible flows. Our approach exactly conserves the continuous system's key invariants (mass and $L^2$-energy), while also maintaining discrete…
We introduce a residual-based stabilized formulation for incompressible Navier-Stokes flow that maintains discrete (and, for divergence-conforming methods, strong) mass conservation for inf-sup stable spaces with $H^1$-conforming pressure…
This paper aims to investigate the diffusion behavior of particles moving in stochastic flows under a structure-preserving scheme. We compute the effective diffusivity for normal diffusive random flows and establish the power law between…
In this paper we present a numerical scheme for nonlinear continuity equations, which is based on the gradient flow formulation of an energy functional with respect to the quadratic transportation distance. It can be applied to a large…
Dirac-Frenkel instantaneous residual minimization evolves nonlinear parametrizations of PDE solutions in time, but ill-conditioning can render the parameter dynamics non-unique. We interpret this non-uniqueness as a gauge freedom: nullspace…
An energy-conserving and an energy-and-enstrophy conserving numerical schemes are derived, by approximating the Hamiltonian formulation, based on the Poisson brackets and the vorticity-divergence variables, of the inviscid shallow water…
Differential complexes such as the de Rham complex have recently come to play an important role in the design and analysis of numerical methods for partial differential equations. The design of stable discretizations of systems of partial…
We develop structure preserving schemes for a class of nonlinear mobility continuity equation. When the mobility is a concave function, this equation admits a form of gradient flow with respect to a Wasserstein-like transport metric. Our…
This article is concerned with the dynamics of a mixture of gases. Under the assumption that all the gases are isothermal and inviscid, we show that the governing equations have an elegant conservation-dissipation structure. With the help…
We develop a set of numerical schemes for the Poisson--Nernst--Planck equations. We prove that our schemes are mass conservative, uniquely solvable and keep positivity unconditionally. Furthermore, the first-order scheme is proven to be…
The spontaneous emergence of dynamical order, such as persistent currents, is sometimes argued to require principles beyond the entropy maximization of the second law of thermodynamics. I show that, for linear dissipation in the Onsager…
In this paper, we propose a variational Lagrangian scheme for a modified phase-field model, which can compute the equilibrium states for the original Allen-Cahn type model. Our discretization is based on a prescribed energy-dissipation law…
We design and compute first-order implicit-in-time variational schemes with high-order spatial discretization for initial value gradient flows in generalized optimal transport metric spaces. We first review some examples of gradient flows…