An adaptive time-stepping strategy for solving the phase field crystal model (Q465571)

The authors consider the numerical approaches, which allow for an effective simulations of phase-field crystal models (PFC) that correspond to the energy taken as a functional quartic and quadratic with respect to the density field and quartic with respect to its first and second space derivatives. Two implicit unconditionally energy-stable schemes are constructed: of first and of second order. In addition, the important question of a time step chose is discussed. The analytical estimation provided and supplied with the results of numerical tests chosen in such a way that they visibly demonstrate dynamical structure formation and confirms an effectiveness of the proposed approaches.