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Convergence of a Nonlocal to a Local Diffuse Interface Model for Two-Phase Flow with Unmatched Densities

Analysis of PDEs 2022-01-19 v1

Abstract

We prove convergence of suitable subsequences of weak solutions of a diffuse interface model for the two-phase flow of incompressible fluids with different densities with a nonlocal Cahn-Hilliard equation to weak solutions of the corresponding system with a standard "local" Cahn-Hilliard equation. The analysis is done in the case of a sufficiently smooth bounded domain with no-slip boundary condition for the velocity and Neumann boundary conditions for the Cahn-Hilliard equation. The proof is based on the corresponding result in the case of a single Cahn-Hilliard equation and compactness arguments used in the proof of existence of weak solutions for the diffuse interface model.

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@article{arxiv.2201.06101,
  title  = {Convergence of a Nonlocal to a Local Diffuse Interface Model for Two-Phase Flow with Unmatched Densities},
  author = {Helmut Abels and Yutaka Terasawa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.06101},
  year   = {2022}
}

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12 pages

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