Error estimates for time discretizations of Cahn-Hilliard and Allen-Cahn phase-field models for two-phase incompressible flows (Q2408937)

The paper is devoted to some error analysis for time-discretizations of Cahn-Hilliard and Allen-Cahn phase-field models. The authors carry out a rigorous error analysis for some energy stable time discretization schemes. The last ones were developed by Shen and Yang in former papers. Such estimates are known for the Navier-Stokes-equations, but there are only a few convergence results available for phase-field models of multi-phase flows. A short literature survey on the topic is given, too. The study is comprehensive and detailed. The bibliography contains 24 items. Thus, the paper seems to be selfcontained.