Numerical approximations of Allen-Cahn and Cahn-Hilliard equations (Q708968)
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Numerical approximations of Allen-Cahn and Cahn-Hilliard equations (English)
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15 October 2010
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Stability analyses and error estimates are carried out for a number of commonly used numerical schemes for the Allen-Cahn and Cahn-Hilliard equations. It is shown that all the schemes considered are either unconditionally energy stable, or conditionally energy stable with reasonable stability conditions in the semi-discretized versions. Error estimates for selected schemes with a spectral-Galerkin approximation are also derived. The stability analyses and error estimates are based on a weak formulation thus the results can be easily extended to other spatial discretizations, such as Galerkin finite element methods, which are based on a weak formulation.
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Allen-Cahn equation
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Cahn-Hilliard equations
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spectral method
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error analysis
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stability
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semidiscretization
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spectral-Galerkin approximation
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Galerkin finite element methods
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