The phase field method for geometric moving interfaces and their numerical approximations

Q Du, X Feng - Handbook of numerical analysis, 2020 - Elsevier
This chapter surveys recent numerical advances in the phase field method for geometric
surface evolution and related geometric nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs) …

Convergence and error analysis for the scalar auxiliary variable (SAV) schemes to gradient flows

J Shen, J Xu - SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, 2018 - SIAM
We carry out convergence and error analysis of the scalar auxiliary variable (SAV) methods
for L^2 and H^-1 gradient flows with a typical form of free energy. We first derive H^2 …

Isogeometric analysis of the Cahn–Hilliard phase-field model

H Gómez, VM Calo, Y Bazilevs, TJR Hughes - Computer methods in …, 2008 - Elsevier
The Cahn–Hilliard equation involves fourth-order spatial derivatives. Finite element
solutions are not common because primal variational formulations of fourth-order operators …

Second-order convex splitting schemes for gradient flows with Ehrlich–Schwoebel type energy: application to thin film epitaxy

J Shen, C Wang, X Wang, SM Wise - SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, 2012 - SIAM
We construct unconditionally stable, unconditionally uniquely solvable, and second-order
accurate (in time) schemes for gradient flows with energy of the form \int_Ω(F(∇ϕ(\bfx))+ϵ …

Positivity-preserving, energy stable numerical schemes for the Cahn-Hilliard equation with logarithmic potential

W Chen, C Wang, X Wang, SM Wise - Journal of Computational Physics: X, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper we present and analyze finite difference numerical schemes for the Cahn-
Hilliard equation with a logarithmic Flory Huggins energy potential. Both first and second …

A novel fully-decoupled, second-order and energy stable numerical scheme of the conserved Allen–Cahn type flow-coupled binary surfactant model

X Yang - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, we establish a binary fluid surfactant model by coupling two mass-conserved
Allen–Cahn equations and the Navier–Stokes equations and consider numerical …

On energy dissipation theory and numerical stability for time-fractional phase-field equations

T Tang, H Yu, T Zhou - SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 2019 - SIAM
For the time-fractional phase-field models, the corresponding energy dissipation law has not
been well studied on both the continuous and the discrete levels. In this work, we address …

The Cahn-Hilliard model for the kinetics of phase separation

CM Elliott - Mathematical models for phase change problems, 1989 - Springer
In this paper we consider the Cahn-Hilliard mathematical continuum model of spinodal
decomposition (or phase separation) of a binary alloy. The phenomenological model is …

[HTML][HTML] An energy stable fourth order finite difference scheme for the Cahn–Hilliard equation

K Cheng, W Feng, C Wang, SM Wise - Journal of Computational and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper we propose and analyze an energy stable numerical scheme for the Cahn–
Hilliard equation, with second order accuracy in time and the fourth order finite difference …

Generalized SAV-exponential integrator schemes for Allen--Cahn type gradient flows

L Ju, X Li, Z Qiao - SIAM journal on numerical analysis, 2022 - SIAM
The energy dissipation law and the maximum bound principle (MBP) are two important
physical features of the well-known Allen--Cahn equation. While some commonly used first …